Ewlyamartup, Western Australia
| Ewlyamartup Western Australia | |||||||||||||||
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| Coordinates | 33°41′43″S 117°41′09″E / 33.69528°S 117.68580°E / -33.69528; 117.68580 | ||||||||||||||
| Population | 21 (SAL 2021)[1] | ||||||||||||||
| Postcode(s) | 6317 | ||||||||||||||
| Area | 146.4 km2 (56.5 sq mi) | ||||||||||||||
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| LGA(s) | Shire of Katanning | ||||||||||||||
| State electorate(s) | Roe | ||||||||||||||
| Federal division(s) | O'Connor | ||||||||||||||
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Ewlyamartup is a rural locality of the Shire of Katanning in the Great Southern region of Western Australia. Katanning Airport, Lake Ewlyamartup and the southern end of the Coblinine Nature Reserve are located in Ewlyamartup, while Ewlyamartup Creek runs through it.[2][3]
History
Ewlyamartup is located on the traditional land of the Koreng people of the Noongar nation.[4][5][6]
The name Ewlyamartup is of Koreng origin, meaning "come now to this place where there is a water hole associated with a leg".[7]
Ewlyamartup was once a siding on the Katanning to Pingrup railway line. The siding opened in 1912 and closed for good in 1974. Additionally, the siding of Kibbelup, further west, was also in what is now the locality of Ewlyamartup and operated during the same time.[8][9]
The historic Holland Track passes through Ewlyamartup, heading north from Broomehill before turning east after passing Lake Ewlyamartup, along the Katanning-Nyabing Road, on its way to Coolgardie.[10][11]
Ewlyamartup school site is one of a number of sites of former schools in the shire, having been located on Lake Coyrecup Road. A second school, the Murdong and Woodlyn school, was also located within the current locality boundaries, on the corner of Murdong Pools and Belmont Road.[12]
Nature reserve
The Coblinine Nature Reserve, which spans most of the length of the Coblinine River, was gazetted on 4 September 1908, has a size of 41.67 square kilometres (16.09 sq mi), and is located within the Avon Wheatbelt bioregion. The reserve stretches from the Katanning-Nyabing Road in the south, in Ewlyamartup, to Dumbleyung Lake in the north, in the Shire of Dumbleyung.[3][13]
References
- ^ Australian Bureau of Statistics (28 June 2022). "Ewlyamartup (suburb and locality)". Australian Census 2021 QuickStats. Retrieved 28 June 2022.
- ^ "SLIP Map". maps.slip.wa.gov.au. Landgate. Retrieved 8 November 2024.
- ^ a b "NationalMap". nationalmap.gov.au. Geoscience Australia. Retrieved 8 November 2024.
- ^ "Koreng". www.boodjar.sis.uwa.edu.au. University of Western Australia. Retrieved 8 November 2024.
- ^ "Koreng (WA)". www.samuseum.sa.gov.au. South Australian Museum. Retrieved 8 November 2024.
- ^ "Map of Indigenous Australia". aiatsis.gov.au. Australian Institute of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Studies. Retrieved 8 November 2024.
- ^ "Ewlyamartup". www.boodjar.sis.uwa.edu.au. University of Western Australia. Retrieved 8 November 2024.
- ^ "Railway map of Western Australia, 1952". Trove. Retrieved 8 November 2024.
- ^ "Back Along the Line: Section: 63 Katanning-Nyabing-Pingrup" (PDF). Retrieved 8 November 2024.
- ^ "Shire of Katanning Heritage Places". inherit.stateheritage.wa.gov.au. Heritage Council of Western Australia. Retrieved 8 November 2024.
- ^ "Holland's Track". inherit.stateheritage.wa.gov.au. Heritage Council of Western Australia. Retrieved 8 November 2024.
- ^ "Old School Sites - Katanning". inherit.stateheritage.wa.gov.au. Heritage Council of Western Australia. Retrieved 8 November 2024.
- ^ "Terrestrial CAPAD 2022 WA summary". www.dcceew.gov.au/. Department of Climate Change, Energy, the Environment and Water. Retrieved 8 November 2024.
