Etmilyn Western Australia | |||||||||||||||
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![]() Plavins Pit, a 1960s Bauxite mining site in the locality | |||||||||||||||
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Coordinates | 32°46′S116°08′E / 32.77°S 116.14°E | ||||||||||||||
Population | 0 (SAL 2016) [1] [2] | ||||||||||||||
Postcode(s) | 6213 | ||||||||||||||
Area | 35.5 km2 (13.7 sq mi) | ||||||||||||||
Location | |||||||||||||||
LGA(s) | Shire of Murray | ||||||||||||||
State electorate(s) | Murray-Wellington | ||||||||||||||
Federal division(s) | Canning | ||||||||||||||
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Etmilyn is a rural locality of the Shire of Murray in the Peel Region of Western Australia, located within the Dwellingup State Forest. [3] [4]
Etmilyn is located on the traditional land of the Pindjarup people of the Noongar nation. [5] The Pindjarup language is now considered extinct but the Noongar people remain present in the region. [6] [ failed verification ]
Etmilyn was once a watering stop of the Pinjarra to Narrogin railway until it closed in 1958. The line to Etmilyn was eventually restored as part of the Hotham Valley Railway and continuous to operate today. [7]
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The Shire of Murray is a local government area of Western Australia. It has an area of 1,710.1 square kilometres (660.3 sq mi) and is located in the Peel Region about 80 kilometres (50 mi) south of the Perth CBD.
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