Boxwood Hill is a locality in the
Great Southern region of
Western Australia
Western Australia (commonly abbreviated as WA) is a state of Australia occupying the western percent of the land area of Australia excluding external territories. It is bounded by the Indian Ocean to the north and west, the Southern Ocean to th ...
, situated at the intersection of the
South Coast Highway and the
Borden-
Bremer Bay Bremer may refer to:
People
*Bremer (surname)
*Bremer Ehrler (born 1914), American politician
* Bremer (born 1997), Brazilian footballer
Places
;Australia
*Bremer Bay, Western Australia
*Bremer Marine Park
*Bremer Island
* Bremer River (disambigua ...
Road.
The townsite was gazetted in 1963, named after a local shrub, ''
Microcorys
''Microcorys'' is a genus of flowering plants in the family Lamiaceae, first described in 1810. The entire genus is endemic to Australia.
;Species
# '' Microcorys barbata'' R.Br. - Western Australia
# '' Microcorys boxwood'' Newbey - Western ...
'' sp. Boxwood.
The town itself is composed of only a
roadhouse and three houses, but is best known for its sporting facilities. The sports club has facilities for
football
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,
netball
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,
hockey,
cricket
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and
tennis
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, and is known to host over 200 people to sporting events.
References
Towns in Western Australia
Great Southern (Western Australia)
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