Bolgart is a townsite north of
Toodyay in
Western Australia
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. It is in the
Shire of Victoria Plains
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.
The town derives its name from a nearby
spring
Spring(s) may refer to:
Common uses
* Spring (season), a season of the year
* Spring (device), a mechanical device that stores energy
* Spring (hydrology), a natural source of water
* Spring (mathematics), a geometric surface in the shape of a he ...
. The spring was discovered and the name recorded by explorer
George Fletcher Moore
George Fletcher Moore (10 December 1798 – 30 December 1886) was a prominent early settler in colonial Western Australia, and "one fthe key figures in early Western Australia's ruling elite" (Cameron, 2000). He conducted a number of exploring ...
in 1836. The area was settled in the 1840s and one of the first settlers, J Scully, named his property Bolgart. The townsite was gazetted in 1909.
The name of the town is
Aboriginal in origin and means ''place of water''.
The town was struck by a magnitude 5.2 earthquake on 11 March 1952 followed by several aftershocks. The earthquake was felt as far away as
Perth
Perth () is the list of Australian capital cities, capital city of Western Australia. It is the list of cities in Australia by population, fourth-most-populous city in Australia, with a population of over 2.3 million within Greater Perth . The ...
, where taller buildings were rocked.
The reserves
Drummond Nature Reserve
The Drummond Nature Reserve is an A class nature reserve 10 kilometres west of Bolgart, Western Australia. Named after the botanist James Drummond, the reserve has 439 species of vascular plants within its boundaries, including two rare and se ...
and Bewmalling Nature Reserve are west and south west of this locality.
The main industry in town is
wheat
Wheat is a group of wild and crop domestication, domesticated Poaceae, grasses of the genus ''Triticum'' (). They are Agriculture, cultivated for their cereal grains, which are staple foods around the world. Well-known Taxonomy of wheat, whe ...
farming with the town being a
Cooperative Bulk Handling
The CBH Group (commonly known as CBH, an acronym
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receival site.
A railway line runs through Bolgart, which was the terminus of the
Newcastle–Bolgart Railway before it was extended to Miling and became the
Clackline–Miling railway.
The town also has a small agricultural museum housing a restored early twentieth century Marshall oil-fired tractor.
Gallery
Image:Bolgart CBH, Western Australia.jpg , Bolgart CBH grain bins
Image:Bolgart Memorial Hall, 2014.JPG , Bolgart Memorial Hall
References
See also
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Earthquakes in Western Australia
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South West Seismic Zone
The South West seismic zone (also identified as SWSZ) is a major intraplate earthquake province located in the south west of Western Australia.
It was known earlier as the Yandanooka–Cape Riche Lineament, including the physiographic bounda ...
Towns in Western Australia
Grain receival points of Western Australia
Shire of Victoria Plains
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