Mettler is a locality of the City of Albany in the Great Southern region of Western Australia, located along the Southern Ocean. The South Coast Highway passes through the northern part of the locality. Mettler is home to two nature reserves, the Mettler Lake Nature Reserve and the Basil Road Nature Reserve, while the far eastern end on Hassell National Park extends into the west of the locality.[2][3]
| Mettler Western Australia | |||||||||||||||
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| Coordinates | 34°33′20″S 118°35′11″E / 34.55558°S 118.58640°E | ||||||||||||||
| Population | 35 (SAL 2021)[1] | ||||||||||||||
| Postcode(s) | 6328 | ||||||||||||||
| Area | 244.5 km2 (94.4 sq mi) | ||||||||||||||
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| LGA(s) | City of Albany | ||||||||||||||
| State electorate(s) | Albany | ||||||||||||||
| Federal division(s) | O'Connor | ||||||||||||||
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Mettler and the City of Albany are located on the traditional land of the Minang people of the Noongar nation.[4][5][6][7]
Nature reserves
editThe Basil Road Nature Reserve was gazetted on 3 May 1968 and has a size of 11.62 square kilometres (4.49 sq mi). The Mettler Lake Nature Reserve was gazetted on 19 July 1963 and has a size of 4.02 square kilometres (1.55 sq mi). Both are located within the Esperance Plains bioregion.[8]
Wilyun Pools, a farm in Mettler, forms a wildlife corridor for the two nature reserves and Hassell National Park. During the 1950s and 1960s, widespread land clearing destroyed 88 percent of the native flora on the farm's land, which is now being restored through conservation efforts.[9] The farm won the 2022 Australian Government Landcare farming award.[10][11][12]
References
edit- ^ Australian Bureau of Statistics (28 June 2022). "Mettler (suburb and locality)". Australian Census 2021 QuickStats. Retrieved 28 June 2022.
- ^ "SLIP Map". maps.slip.wa.gov.au. Landgate. Retrieved 22 October 2024.
- ^ "NationalMap". nationalmap.gov.au. Geoscience Australia. Retrieved 22 October 2024.
- ^ "Minang". www.boodjar.sis.uwa.edu.au. University of Western Australia. Retrieved 22 October 2024.
- ^ "Map of Indigenous Australia". aiatsis.gov.au. Australian Institute of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Studies. 14 May 2024. Retrieved 22 October 2024.
- ^ "Minang (WA)". www.samuseum.sa.gov.au. South Australian Museum. Retrieved 22 October 2024.
- ^ "City of Albany". www.albany.wa.gov.au. City of Albany. Retrieved 22 October 2024.
The City of Albany respectfully acknowledges the Menang Noongar people as the traditional custodians of the land ...
- ^ "Terrestrial CAPAD 2022 WA summary". www.dcceew.gov.au/. Department of Climate Change, Energy, the Environment and Water. Retrieved 22 October 2024.
- ^ Leighton, Sylvia (2003), "Profile: Russell and Pattie Leighton, Mettler, Western Australia - Blue Gums with Interconnecting Wildlife Corridors", Australian Forest Grower, 26 (2): 14–15, ISSN 0156-448X
- ^ "ConservAction Program- Wilyun Pools" (PDF). carbonneutral.com.au. Carbon Neutral. Retrieved 22 October 2024.
- ^ "Planting a vision: A farm for the future at Wilyun Pools". carbonneutral.com.au. Carbon Neutral. 14 December 2021. Retrieved 22 October 2024.
- ^ Littlewood, Brooke (6 September 2022). "Wilyun Pools Farm wins Australian Government Landcare farming award". Farm Weekly. Retrieved 22 October 2024.
