Charley Creek, Western Australia

Charley Creek is a rural locality of the Shire of Donnybrook–Balingup in the South West region of Western Australia.[2][3]

Charley Creek
Western Australia
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Coordinates33°35′S 115°55′E / 33.58°S 115.91°E / -33.58; 115.91
Population68 (SAL 2021)[1]
Postcode(s)6239
Area21.7 km2 (8.4 sq mi)
Location
LGA(s)Shire of Donnybrook–Balingup
State electorate(s)Collie-Preston
Federal division(s)Forrest
Localities around Charley Creek:
Beelerup Queenwood Lowden
Brookhampton Charley Creek Thomson Brook
Brookhampton Thomson Brook Thomson Brook

Charley Creek and the Shire of Donnybrook–Balingup are located on the traditional land of the Wardandi people of the Noongar nation.[4][5][6]

Queenwood, adjacent to the north-west, was once a siding on the Donnybrook–Katanning railway, but the railway line ceased operation in 1982.[7][8] Queenwood's siding had a loading platform for fruit produced in the area,[9] but the location of the siding at Queenwood was not seen as ideal by local settlers, who would have preferred a location at Charley Creek instead and petitioned for constructing one there in the 1920s, even being willing to cover some of the cost themselves.[10] The main reason for the request was travel distances as it was claimed that the location of the siding at Queenwood only benefitted one farmer while it disadvantaged many others.[11]

References

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  1. ^ Australian Bureau of Statistics (28 June 2022). "Charley Creek (suburb and locality)". Australian Census 2021 QuickStats. Retrieved 28 June 2022.  
  2. ^ "SLIP Map". maps.slip.wa.gov.au. Landgate. Retrieved 14 July 2024.
  3. ^ "NationalMap". nationalmap.gov.au. Geoscience Australia. Retrieved 14 July 2024.
  4. ^ "Map of Indigenous Australia". aiatsis.gov.au. Australian Institute of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Studies. Retrieved 14 July 2024.
  5. ^ "Catalog of Australian Aboriginal Tribes". www.samuseum.sa.gov.au. South Australian Museum. Retrieved 14 July 2024.
  6. ^ "Welcome to the Shire of Donnybrook Balingup". www.donnybrook-balingup.wa.gov.au. Shire of Donnybrook–Balingup. Retrieved 14 July 2024. The Shire of Donnybrook Balingup acknowledges the traditional custodians of the land, the Wardandi People of the Noongar Nation
  7. ^ "Western Australia Railways Passenger Stations and Stops" (PDF). www.branchline.uk. The Branch Line Society. Retrieved 16 July 2024.
  8. ^ "Railway Precinct, Donnybrook: Register Entry Assessment Documentation". inherit.stateheritage.wa.gov.au. Heritage Council of Western Australia. Retrieved 16 July 2024.
  9. ^ "Queenwood". inherit.stateheritage.wa.gov.au. Heritage Council of Western Australia. Retrieved 16 July 2024.
  10. ^ "Queenwood Siding", South Western Times, 12 May 1925, retrieved 16 July 2024
  11. ^ "Removal of Siding", The Bunbury Herald and Blackwood Express, 7 April 1925, retrieved 16 July 2024