Cherry Tree Pool is a rural locality of the Shire of Kojonup in the Great Southern region of Western Australia. The Carrolup River forms much of its northern border. The Birdwood and Cherry Tree Pool Nature Reserves and the Kojonup Reserve are located within Cherry Tree Pool, as is an unnamed nature reserve.[2][3]
| Cherry Tree Pool Western Australia | |||||||||||||||
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  Cherry Tree Pool | |||||||||||||||
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| Coordinates | 33°43′46″S 117°15′27″E / 33.72944°S 117.25750°E | ||||||||||||||
| Population | 72 (SAL 2021)[1] | ||||||||||||||
| Postcode(s) | 6395 | ||||||||||||||
| Area | 257.9 km2 (99.6 sq mi) | ||||||||||||||
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| LGA(s) | Shire of Kojonup | ||||||||||||||
| State electorate(s) | Roe | ||||||||||||||
| Federal division(s) | O'Connor | ||||||||||||||
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History
editCherry Tree Pool and the Shire of Kojonup are located on the traditional land of the Kaniyang people of the Noongar nation.[4][5][6]
The Carrolup Native Settlement, now referred to as Marribank, is listed on the Western Australian State Register of Heritage Places, and, despite its name, is located west of Carrolup, in Cherry Tree Pool.[7][3]
The Hollywood House, also called Evelyn Farm, is listed on the shire's heritage list and dates back to 1907.[8]
Nature reserves
editThe Birdwood Nature Reserve was gazetted on 18 February 1966 and has a size of 0.46 square kilometres (0.18 sq mi). The Cherry Tree Pool Nature Reserve was gazetted on 21 July 1905 and has a size of 0.06 square kilometres (0.023 sq mi). The unnamed WA05796 Nature Reserve was gazetted on 31 March 1899 and has a size of 0.41 square kilometres (0.16 sq mi). All three are located within the Jarrah Forest bioregion.[9]
Further reading
edit- O'Halloran, Denis (1992). A History of Cherry Tree Pool 1897-1991. Albany: Self-published. p. 76.
References
edit- ^ Australian Bureau of Statistics (28 June 2022). "Cherry Tree Pool (suburb and locality)". Australian Census 2021 QuickStats. Retrieved 28 June 2022.
- ^ "SLIP Map". maps.slip.wa.gov.au. Landgate. Retrieved 12 November 2024.
- ^ a b "NationalMap". nationalmap.gov.au. Geoscience Australia. Retrieved 12 November 2024.
- ^ "Kaneang (WA)". www.samuseum.sa.gov.au. South Australian Museum. Retrieved 12 November 2024.
- ^ "Map of Indigenous Australia". aiatsis.gov.au. Australian Institute of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Studies. Retrieved 12 November 2024.
- ^ "Shire of Kojonup". www.kojonup.wa.gov.au. Shire of Kojonup. Retrieved 12 November 2024.
The Shire of Kojonup acknowledges the Keneang people as the Traditional custodians of this land where the Shire is situated
- ^ "Carrolup Native Settlement". inherit.stateheritage.wa.gov.au. Heritage Council of Western Australia. Retrieved 12 November 2024.
- ^ "Hollywood House". inherit.stateheritage.wa.gov.au. Heritage Council of Western Australia. Retrieved 12 November 2024.
- ^ "Terrestrial CAPAD 2022 WA summary". www.dcceew.gov.au/. Department of Climate Change, Energy, the Environment and Water. Retrieved 12 November 2024.
