Birchmont is a rural
locality
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* Locality (linguistics)
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* Suburbs and localitie ...
of the
Shire of Murray
The Shire of Murray is a local government area of Western Australia. It has an area of and is located in the Peel Region about south of the Perth CBD.
The Shire extends across the Peel Inlet and the Swan Coastal Plain into the Darling ...
in the
Peel Region of Western Australia, located on the eastern shore of the
Harvey Estuary
The Peel-Harvey Estuarine System () is a natural estuarine system that lies roughly parallel to the coast of Western Australia and south of the town of Mandurah.
The strip of land between the Indian Ocean and the estuarine system carries the O ...
.
The locality is on the traditional land of the
Pindjarup
The Bindjareb, Binjareb, Pindjarup or Pinjareb are an Indigenous Noongar people that occupy part of the South West of Western Australia.
Name
It is not clear if ''Pindjarup'' is the historically correct ethnonym for the tribe. After their di ...
people of the
Noongar
The Noongar (, also spelt Noongah, Nyungar , Nyoongar, Nyoongah, Nyungah, Nyugah, and Yunga ) are Aboriginal Australian people who live in the South West, Western Australia, south-west corner of Western Australia, from Geraldton, Western Aus ...
nation. The Pindjarup language is now considered extinct but the Noongar people remain present in the region.
The locality is home to the heritage-listed Birchmont Homestead, which was constructed in 1862 and is located on the shore of
Lake McLarty.
References
{{Shire of Murray towns
Shire of Murray