Borden is a small town and

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in the

Shire of Gnowangerup The Shire of Gnowangerup is a local government area in the Great Southern region of Western Australia, about north of Albany and about southeast of the capital, Perth. The Shire covers an area of , and its seat of government is the town of ...

, Great Southern region of

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. The town is located south east of the state capital,

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Western Australia, and north of Albany on

Chester Pass Road Chester Pass Road is a long road that passes through the Stirling Range between Nyabing and Albany in the Great Southern region of Western Australia. It passes close to the access road to the base of Bluff Knoll. History It was being prop ...

. At the 2006 census, Borden and the surrounding area had a population of 164. The town was established as a siding on the

Ongerup branch railway The Ongerup branch railway, also known as the Tambellup, Gnowangerup to Ongerup railway is a former railway line in the Great Southern region of Western Australia. History The Tambellup to Ongerup branch line from the Great Southern Rail ...

between Gnowangerup and Ongerup and is named after

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Robert Laird Borden Sir Robert Laird Borden (June 26, 1854 – June 10, 1937) was a Canadian lawyer and Conservative politician who served as the eighth prime minister of Canada from 1911 to 1920. He is best known for his leadership of Canada during World ...

. The stop after Borden, Laurier, was also named after a Canadian Prime Minister,

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. The railway opened for business on 6 January 1913 and closed on 13 October 1957. The area near Paper Collar Creek near where the town stands was a meeting point for

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cutters in the 1840s for when they used to head to the port at Albany. In 1916, of land was set aside for a townsite. Although the site had not been surveyed J.G. Jenkins had already erected the first building containing dwelling, dining, refreshment and assembly rooms. Another man, J. Copeland was also constructing a building at this time. A telephone connection with Gnowangerup had also been established and mail was being received twice a week by train. The local agricultural hall, constructed of

jarrah ''Eucalyptus marginata'', commonly known as jarrah, in Noongar language and historically as Swan River mahogany, is a plant in the myrtle family, Myrtaceae and is endemic to the south-west of Western Australia. It is a tree with rough, fibro ...

and cast iron, was opened in 1928 by the Minister of Lands, Michael H. Troy. Local members H. Stewart and

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were also present. The main industry in town is

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farming, with the town being a

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receival site. The receival bins are able to handle of grain during harvest times. In 2017 the receival site was inundated with floodwaters following a heavy rain event. The harvest had been a new record so that large amounts of grain were stored in overflow bins.

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