Ruabon is a locality in Western Australia's
South West
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in the
local government area
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of the
City of Busselton
The City of Busselton is a local government area in the South West region of Western Australia, approximately south of Perth, the state capital. The city covers an area of and had a population of 40,640 as at the 2021 Census. It contains two ...
. At the
2021 census, it had a population of 82.
In 1914 a stopping place called Abba River, named after the
nearby river, on the former
Nannup Branch Railway
The Nannup Branch Railway, also known as the Wonnerup to Nannup Railway, was a branch line of the Western Australian Government Railways (WAGR) between Wonnerup and Nannup.
History
In 1897 the Jarrah Wood and Saw Mills Company leased the ...
was established in the area of the locality.
In 1925 during the
Group Settlement Scheme
The Group Settlement Scheme was an assisted migration scheme which operated in Western Australia from the early 1920s. It was engineered by Premier of Western Australia, Premier James Mitchell (Australian politician), James Mitchell and followe ...
, land near the stopping place was gazetted as a townsite called Abbba River. The stopping place and townsite were renamed to Ruabon in 1928 because the local post office was known as Ruabon Post Office and the Abba River Post Office, which now has
its own locality, was about away from the
railway siding
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; the. Welsh group settlers in the area may have influenced its name, which it shares with the small Welsh town of
Ruabon
Ruabon ( cy, Rhiwabon ) is a village and community in Wrexham County Borough, Wales. The name comes from ''Rhiw Fabon'', ''rhiw'' being the Welsh word for "slope" or "hillside" and ''Fabon'' being a mutation from St Mabon, the original church ...
.
There was a school in the area from 1923 to 1941. The area contains a branch of the
Country Women's Association of Western Australia. The Ruabon Townsite Nature Reserve and the Ruabon–Tutunup Rail Reserve (shared with nearby Tutunup) are in the locality.
References
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City of Busselton