Denbarker, Western Australia

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Denbarker
Western Australia
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Denbarker
Denbarker, Western Australia
Coordinates 34°41′21″S117°28′44″E / 34.68917°S 117.47890°E / -34.68917; 117.47890
Population93 (SAL 2021) [1]
Postcode(s) 6324
Area201 km2 (78 sq mi)
Location
LGA(s) Shire of Plantagenet
State electorate(s) Warren-Blackwood
Federal division(s) O'Connor
Localities around Denbarker:
Perillup Forest Hill Mount Barker
Perillup Denbarker Mount Barker
Mount Lindesay Mount Lindesay Narrikup

Denbarker is a rural locality of the Shire of Plantagenet in the Great Southern region of Western Australia. Denbarker borders the Mount Roe National Park in the south-west and the Mount Lindesay National Park in the south. [2] [3]

Denbarker is located on the traditional land of the Menang people of the Noongar nation. [4]

Like Rocky Gully and neighbouring Perillup, Denbarker was part of the soldier settlement scheme after the Second World War. [5]

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References

  1. Australian Bureau of Statistics (28 June 2022). "Denbarker (suburb and locality)". Australian Census 2021 QuickStats. Retrieved 28 June 2022.  OOjs UI icon edit-ltr-progressive.svg
  2. "SLIP Map". maps.slip.wa.gov.au. Landgate . Retrieved 11 November 2024.
  3. "NationalMap". nationalmap.gov.au. Geoscience Australia . Retrieved 11 November 2024.
  4. "Shire of Plantagenet". www.plantagenet.wa.gov.au. Shire of Plantagenet. Retrieved 10 November 2024. The Shire of Plantagenet acknowledges the traditional custodians of our area ... the Menang Noongar ...
  5. "More Rocky Gully Land For Soldier Settlement". The Daily News . Perth: National Library of Australia. 30 April 1953. p. 4. Retrieved 11 November 2024.