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Gingin Road District
The Shire of Gingin is a Local government areas of Western Australia, local government area in the Wheatbelt (Western Australia), Wheatbelt region of Western Australia, just beyond the northern fringe of the Perth metropolitan area. The Shire covers an area of and its seat of government is the town of Gingin, Western Australia, Gingin. History The Gingin Road District was established on 12 January 1893. 11 days later, on 23 February 1893, the township of Gingin, Western Australia, Gingin separated as the Municipality of Gingin. The municipality merged back into the road district on 26 June 1903. On 1 July 1961, it became a shire following the passage of the ''Local Government Act 1960'', which reformed all remaining road districts into shires. Wards The Shire had been divided into several wards, most with one councillor: This was changed to a no ward system in 2013. Towns and localities * Bambun * Beermullah * Boonanarring * Breera * Breton Bay * Caraban * Coonabidgee * C ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Wheatbelt (Western Australia)
The Wheatbelt is one of nine regions of Western Australia defined as administrative areas for the state's regional development, and a vernacular term for the area converted to agriculture during colonisation. It partially surrounds the Perth metropolitan area, extending north from Perth to the Mid West region, and east to the Goldfields–Esperance region. It is bordered to the south by the South West and Great Southern regions, and to the west by the Indian Ocean, the Perth metropolitan area, and the Peel region. Altogether, it has an area of (including islands). The region has 42 local government authorities, with an estimated population of 75,000 residents. The Wheatbelt accounts for approximately three per cent of Western Australia's population. Ecosystems The area, once a diverse ecosystem, reduced when clearing began in the 1890s with the removal of plant species such as eucalypt woodlands and mallee, is now home to around 11% of Australia's critically end ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gabbadah, Western Australia
Gabbadah is a locality within the Shire of Gingin, located around 30 km north of Perth metropolitan area's northern limit. ''Gabbadah'', an Aboriginal term meaning "mouthful of water", was the original name of the location where the Moore River meets the Indian Ocean. The area marks the southern extent of the Yued Noongar country, with white settlement not occurring until 1905 where a 100-acre block owned by Henry Brockman, was made a reserve for picnicking and camping. A well and 3 cottages were built in 1907 and people were charged one shilling per week for the use of these cottages. The settlement continued to develop until it was regazetted as the town of Guilderton in 1951. Modern day Gabbadah is used to define the postcode boundary for the coastal region separating the towns of Guilderton and Seabird with the eastern limit marking the Moore River State Forest. Indian Ocean Drive bisects the area in two, with the vast majority of the residential development occurring ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
State Register Of Heritage Places
The State Register of Heritage Places is the heritage register of historic sites in Western Australia deemed significant at the state level by the Heritage Council of Western Australia. History In the 1970s, following its establishment of the National Trust of Western Australia, the National Trust created a set of classified properties, and following legislation requiring inventories, Local Government authorities in Western Australia produced a subsequent set of Municipal Inventories, which then resulted in items then being included in the state register. As a result most register records include dates and details from the three different processes. In some cases authorities other than councils had governance over localities such as ''Redevelopment'' authorities, and they also provided Heritage Inventories in that stage of the process. Registration was not always a successful protection. The Mitchells Building on Wellington Street was State heritage listed in 2004 but demoli ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Woodridge, Western Australia
Woodridge is a town and rural residential estate located north of the Perth central business district, the capital city of Western Australia, on the western side of Wanneroo Road near the Moore River Moore River is a river in the Wheatbelt region of Western Australia. Geography The headwaters of the Moore River lie in the Perenjori, Carnamah and Dalwallinu Shires. The river then drains southwards through Moora, flows westerly before j .... It is separated from Perth's residential area by a wide area of State Forest at Wilbinga. In the , it had a population of 645, up from the population of 584 at the 2011 Census, up from 565 at the 2006 Census, and 541 and 485 at the 2001 and 1996 censuses respectively. There is a community hall and a small art and craft shop with crafts handmade by locals. Each year there are a few community Fairs in the warmer months. There is a well tended local park with old large trees and a pond inhabited by ducks and geese, along with large t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Wilbinga, Western Australia
Wilbinga is a locality within the Shire of Gingin, just beyond the Perth metropolitan area's northern limit. Wilbinga is bounded by the City of Wanneroo to the south, Wanneroo Road and the former Gingin Stock Route to the east, Woodridge to the north and the Indian Ocean to the west. Most of the suburb's area is contained within State Forest No. 65 (South) and, apart from Wanneroo Road, the locality contains no sealed roads. Tracks from Wilbinga Road provide access to isolated Wilbinga Beach. As at the 2021 Census, Wilbinga had a population of 8. A fire lookout at Wabling Hill, originally constructed in 1959, provides views to the Moore River to the north, the ocean to the west, and generally over the state forest and small pine plantations nearby. Wabling Hill mallee (''Eucalyptus argutifolia ''Eucalyptus argutifolia'', commonly known as Wabling Hill mallee or Yanchep mallee, is a mallee that is endemic to the south-west of Western Australia. It is a rare species with smoo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Seabird, Western Australia
Seabird is a small coastal town north of Perth, Western Australia in the Shire of Gingin, situated halfway between Two Rocks and Lancelin overlooking the Indian Ocean. Seabird is a popular holiday and retirement spot, similar to surrounding settlements such as Guilderton and Ledge Point, but has also become infamous for its struggles with coastal erosion. History The area that would become Seabird was first founded on sand dunes as a series of squatter shacks used by rock lobster fisherman during the 1950s. In 1965 the decision was made to gazette the area as a townsite named "Chalon", named after the hometown of the botanist Jean-Baptiste Leschenault de La Tour Jean-Baptiste Louis Claude Théodore Leschenault de La Tour (13 November 1773 – 14 March 1826) was a French botanist and ornithologist. Born at the family seat (since 1718), Le Villard, near Chalon-sur-Saône, Leschenault de la Tour arrived in .... The proposed name was unpopular with residents and upon being gaz ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Neergabby, Western Australia
Neergabby is a locality and farming area within the Shire of Gingin, located around 20 km north of Perth metropolitan area's northern limit. Neergabby is situated at the confluence of the Moore River and Gingin Brook, giving it a strategic importance in the development of the North West Stock Route between Perth and Geraldton during the 1850s where it was often known as the Junction. Prior to European settlement the area was used by the Noongar people as an area for women to gather food and medicinal plants. A government road connecting Gingin to Neergabby and the Moore River was built in the early 1860s. This included the Old Junction Bridge, which dates back to 1863 and was restored by the Neergabby Community Association in 2005 after its western span collapsed three years earlier. Neergabby and the wider stock route was heavily trafficked until the Midland railway line was constructed in the 1890s several kilometres further east. This caused the route to decline in impor ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
