Mumballup, Western Australia
| Mumballup Western Australia | |||||||||||||||
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 The Mumby Pub, Mumballup, in April 2022 | |||||||||||||||
| Coordinates | 33°32′S 116°07′E / 33.53°S 116.11°E / -33.53; 116.11 | ||||||||||||||
| Population | 100 (SAL 2021)[1] | ||||||||||||||
| Postcode(s) | 6225 | ||||||||||||||
| Elevation | 133 m (436 ft) | ||||||||||||||
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| LGA(s) | Shire of Donnybrook-Balingup | ||||||||||||||
| State electorate(s) | Warren-Blackwood | ||||||||||||||
| Federal division(s) | Forrest | ||||||||||||||
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Mumballup is a locality in the South West region of Western Australia, situated between Collie and Boyup Brook, 221 kilometres (137 mi) south of Perth. The town is in the Shire of Donnybrook-Balingup.[2]
It was the location of the death of the former premier of Western Australia James Mitchell in 1951,[3] on a train on the Donnybrook–Katanning railway line.[4] Mumballup was once a siding on the Donnybrook–Katanning railway but the railway line ceased operation in 1982.[5][6] The Mumballup siding, which opened in 1908, was closed in 1980.[7]
It is a location on the Bibbulmun Track.[8][9]
Mumballup and the Shire of Donnybrook–Balingup are located on the traditional land of the Wardandi people of the Noongar nation.[10][11][12]
References
- ^ Australian Bureau of Statistics (28 June 2022). "Mumballup (suburb and locality)". Australian Census 2021 QuickStats. Retrieved 28 June 2022.
- ^ Higham, G. J. (Geoffrey J); Geoproject Solutions (2005), Gone West : explorer's guide to places from Western Australia's past (1st ed.), Geoproject Solutions, ISBN 978-0-9758024-1-0 page 64 offering two spellings - Mummballup (1913) and renamed to current spelling (1948) - located at 150m 30c on the railway system.
- ^ "Death of Sir James Mitchell". The Narrogin Observer. Vol. XXXXVI, no. 2399. Western Australia. 27 July 1951. p. 1. Retrieved 22 September 2023 – via National Library of Australia.
- ^ Cumming, D.A. (Denis Arthur) (1996), Railway bridge near Mumballup on the Donnybrook-Katanning Railway, retrieved 22 September 2023
- ^ "Western Australia Railways Passenger Stations and Stops" (PDF). www.branchline.uk. The Branch Line Society. Retrieved 15 July 2024.
- ^ "Railway Precinct, Donnybrook: Register Entry Assessment Documentation". inherit.stateheritage.wa.gov.au. Heritage Council of Western Australia. Retrieved 14 July 2024.
- ^ Geoffrey Higham. "Back along the line" (PDF). www.geoproject.com.au. Geoproject Solutions Pty Ltd. Retrieved 17 July 2024.
- ^ Western Australia. Department of Conservation and Land Management; Laming, Mark; Pop-Markov, Sacha (1997), Bibbulmun Track. Map 4, Blackwood : Mumballup to Brockman Highway, The Dept, retrieved 22 September 2023
- ^ Bibbulmun Track. Map 3, Collie : Harvey-Quindanning Road to Mumballup / cartography by Information Management Branch, Department of Conservation and Land Management.
- ^ "Map of Indigenous Australia". aiatsis.gov.au. Australian Institute of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Studies. Retrieved 17 July 2024.
- ^ "Catalog of Australian Aboriginal Tribes". www.samuseum.sa.gov.au. South Australian Museum. Retrieved 17 July 2024.
- ^ "Welcome to the Shire of Donnybrook Balingup". www.donnybrook-balingup.wa.gov.au. Shire of Donnybrook–Balingup. Retrieved 17 July 2024.
The Shire of Donnybrook Balingup acknowledges the traditional custodians of the land, the Wardandi People of the Noongar Nation
