Mindarabin is a rural locality of the Shire of Gnowangerup in the Great Southern region of Western Australia. Mindarabin borders the townsite of Ongerup in the south-east and is home to three unnamed nature reserves in the north. Chester Pass Road passes through the centre of the locality from south to north.[2][3]
| Mindarabin Western Australia | |||||||||||||||
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| Coordinates | 33°48′48″S 118°21′31″E / 33.81321°S 118.35868°E | ||||||||||||||
| Population | 49 (SAL 2021)[1] | ||||||||||||||
| Postcode(s) | 6336 | ||||||||||||||
| Area | 550.7 km2 (212.6 sq mi) | ||||||||||||||
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| LGA(s) | Shire of Gnowangerup | ||||||||||||||
| State electorate(s) | Roe | ||||||||||||||
| Federal division(s) | O'Connor | ||||||||||||||
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History
editMindarabin and the Shire of Gnowangerup are located on the traditional land of the Koreng people of the Noongar nation.[4][5]
The West Ongerup School site, located in Mindarabin, is listed on the shire's heritage register, commemorates one of the many bush schools in the Shire of Gnowangerup. It was operational from 1940 to 1947, after which children from the area were bused to Ongerup for schooling.[6] The Warperup Crossing School site, also in Mindarabin and on the heritage register, commemorates a school that operated there from 1935 to 1939.[7]
Also heritage listed and in Mindarabin is the Wyoming homestead, dating back to 1895 and being the oldest homestead in the Ongerup area. It has been unoccupied since 1969.[8]
Nature reserves
editThe following unnamed nature reserves are located within Mindarabin. All are located within the Mallee bioregion:[9]
- WA24770 Road Nature Reserve was gazetted on 9 July 1957 and has a size of 1.05 square kilometres (0.41 sq mi)
- WA26569 Road Nature Reserve was gazetted on 14 December 1962 and has a size of 1.28 square kilometres (0.49 sq mi)
- WA28549 Road Nature Reserve was gazetted on 12 May 1967 and has a size of 0.63 square kilometres (0.24 sq mi)
References
edit- ^ Australian Bureau of Statistics (28 June 2022). "Mindarabin (suburb and locality)". Australian Census 2021 QuickStats. Retrieved 28 June 2022.
- ^ "SLIP Map". maps.slip.wa.gov.au. Landgate. Retrieved 17 November 2024.
- ^ "NationalMap". nationalmap.gov.au. Geoscience Australia. Retrieved 17 November 2024.
- ^ "Koreng (WA)". www.samuseum.sa.gov.au. South Australian Museum. Retrieved 17 November 2024.
- ^ "Map of Indigenous Australia". aiatsis.gov.au. Australian Institute of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Studies. Retrieved 17 November 2024.
- ^ "West Ongerup School Site". inherit.stateheritage.wa.gov.au. Heritage Council of Western Australia. Retrieved 17 November 2024.
- ^ "Warperup Crossing School Site". inherit.stateheritage.wa.gov.au. Heritage Council of Western Australia. Retrieved 17 November 2024.
- ^ "Wyoming". inherit.stateheritage.wa.gov.au. Heritage Council of Western Australia. Retrieved 17 November 2024.
- ^ "Terrestrial CAPAD 2022 WA summary". www.dcceew.gov.au/. Department of Climate Change, Energy, the Environment and Water. Retrieved 17 November 2024.
