Coyrecup, Western Australia

Coyrecup
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Coyrecup
Coordinates: 33°40′41″S117°49′48″E / 33.67806°S 117.83000°E / -33.67806; 117.83000
Country	Australia
State	Western Australia
LGA(s)	Shire of Katanning
Location	264 km (164 mi) SE of Perth 152 km (94 mi) N of Albany 25 km (16 mi) E of Katanning
Government
•  State electorate(s)	Roe
•  Federal division(s)	O'Connor
Area
• Total	220.1 km2 (85.0 sq mi)
Population
• Total(s)	31 (SAL 2021) [1]
Postcode	6317
Localities around Coyrecup Coblinine Badgebup Badgebup Ewlyamartup Coyrecup Nyabing Broomehill East Broomehill East Pallinup

Coyrecup is a rural locality of the Shire of Katanning in the Great Southern region of Western Australia. The Coyrecup Nature Reserve, centred around Coyrecup Lake, is located within Coyrecup. ^{[2] [3]}

History

Coyrecup is located on the traditional land of the Koreng people of the Noongar nation. ^{[4] [5] [6]}

Coyrecup was once a siding on the Katanning to Pingrup railway line. The siding opened in 1912, under the name of Wurnup, was renamed to Coyrecup in 1922, and closed permanently in 1985. ^{[7] [8]}

The historic Holland Track passes through Coyrecup, following the Katanning-Nyabing Road, on its way to Coolgardie. ^{[9] [10]}

Nature reserve

The Coyrecup Nature Reserve was gazetted on 28 April 1967, has a size of 11.47 square kilometres (4.43 sq mi), and is located within the Avon Wheatbelt and Mallee bioregions. ^{[3] [11]}

References

1. Australian Bureau of Statistics (28 June 2022). "Coyrecup (suburb and locality)". Australian Census 2021 QuickStats. Retrieved 28 June 2022. 
2. "SLIP Map". maps.slip.wa.gov.au. Landgate . Retrieved 8 November 2024.
3. "NationalMap". nationalmap.gov.au. Geoscience Australia . Retrieved 8 November 2024.
4. "Koreng". www.boodjar.sis.uwa.edu.au. University of Western Australia . Retrieved 8 November 2024.
5. "Koreng (WA)". www.samuseum.sa.gov.au. South Australian Museum . Retrieved 8 November 2024.
6. "Map of Indigenous Australia". aiatsis.gov.au. Australian Institute of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Studies . Retrieved 8 November 2024.
7. "Railway map of Western Australia, 1952". Trove. Retrieved 8 November 2024.
8. "Back Along the Line: Section: 63 Katanning-Nyabing-Pingrup" (PDF). Retrieved 8 November 2024.
9. "Shire of Katanning Heritage Places". inherit.stateheritage.wa.gov.au. Heritage Council of Western Australia . Retrieved 8 November 2024.
10. "Holland's Track". inherit.stateheritage.wa.gov.au. Heritage Council of Western Australia . Retrieved 8 November 2024.
11. "Terrestrial CAPAD 2022 WA summary". www.dcceew.gov.au/. Department of Climate Change, Energy, the Environment and Water . Retrieved 8 November 2024.