Charley Creek is a rural

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of the Shire of Donnybrook–Balingup in the

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region of Western Australia. Charley Creek and the Shire of Donnybrook–Balingup are located on the traditional land of the Wardandi people of the

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nation.

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, adjacent to the north-west, was once a siding on the Donnybrook–Katanning railway, but the railway line ceased operation in 1982. Queenwood's siding had a loading platform for fruit produced in the area, but the location of the siding at Queenwood was not seen as ideal by local settlers, who would have preferred a location at Charley Creek instead and petitioned for constructing one there in the 1920s, even being willing to cover some of the cost themselves. The main reason for the request was travel distances as it was claimed that the location of the siding at Queenwood only benefitted one farmer while it disadvantaged many others.

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{{Towns South West WA Shire of Donnybrook–Balingup