Lowden is a rural
locality
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of the
Shire of Donnybrook–Balingup
The Shire of Donnybrook Balingup is a local government area in the South West region of Western Australia, about southeast of Bunbury and about south of the state capital, Perth. The Shire covers an area of about , and its seat of governme ...
in the
South West region of Western Australia. The
Preston River
The Preston River is a river in the South West region of Western Australia.
The river has a total length of and rises near Goonac siding then flows in a north-westerly direction until discharging into the Leschenault Estuary. The headwaters ...
and the
Donnybrook–
Boyup Brook Road run through the centre of the locality from east to west.
Lowden and the Shire of Donnybrook–Balingup are located on the traditional land of the
Wardandi
The Wadandi, also spelt Wardandi and other variants, are an Aboriginal people of south-western Western Australia, one of fourteen language groups of the Noongar peoples.
Name
There are at least three theories about the meaning of the tribal et ...
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 locality is home to four heritage listed sites, the Preston Valley Store, the Diverbrook Homestead, the Woodlands Homestead and Sunnyvale. The Sunnyvale homestead and farm were established at Lowden in the early 1880s, while the Woodlands Homestead dates back to 1892.
Lowden was once a siding on the
Donnybrook–Katanning railway, of which remnants can still be seen south of the Donnybrook–Boyup Brook Road at the Preston Valley Store. The railway line ceased operation in 1982. The Lowden siding, which opened in 1908, was closed in 1985.
Lowden is home to "Frogs Hollow", a collection of frog statues, similar to "
Gnomesville", which lies further north on Ferguson Road.
References
{{Towns South West WA
Shire of Donnybrook–Balingup