Kalgan Western Australia | |
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Coordinates | 34°56′53″S118°0′46″E / 34.94806°S 118.01278°E Coordinates: 34°56′53″S118°0′46″E / 34.94806°S 118.01278°E |
Population | 840 (SAL 2021) [1] |
Established | 1912 |
Postcode(s) | 6330 |
Elevation | 32 m (105 ft) |
Location |
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LGA(s) | City of Albany |
State electorate(s) | Albany |
Federal division(s) | O'Connor |
Kalgan is a small town in the Great Southern region of Western Australia.
The town is situated on the banks of the Kalgan River and was first known as Kalganup which means "place of first camp" or "place of many waters". Indigenous Australians used the area as a meeting place up to 19,000 years ago. [2] The name was first recorded in 1831 when explorer Alexander Collie charted the area.
Land was set aside for a townsite in 1837 [3] and was sparsely settled, with approximately a dozen people living in the area in 1900. [4]
The town was gazetted in 1912 following land being opened up in the area. [3] The Upper Kalgan Hall was constructed in 1912 and became a focal point for the community. By 1913 the population was approximately 150 people. [4]
The Lower Kalgan Hall was constructed in 1954. Both the lower and Upper Halls are on the Heritage Council of Western Australia listed places. [5]
An independent school, Great Southern Grammar, was built along Oyster Harbour near where the Kalgan River discharges into the harbour. The school was established in 1999 and is the only school in Kalgan.
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Great Southern Grammar is an independent non-denominational Christian co-educational primary and secondary day and boarding school, located in the Great Southern regional town of Kalgan, Western Australia between the King River and the Kalgan River. The school is situated approximately 16 kilometres (10 mi) East of Albany, a regional centre 390 kilometres (242 mi) south-southeast of Perth.
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Upper Kalgan Hall is a heritage listed building and archaeological site located in Kalgan, close to the Kalgan River north east of Albany in the Great Southern region of Western Australia.
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The Lower Kalgan Hall is a heritage listed building located on Nanarup Road not far from Oyster Harbour and the Kalgan River approximately 18 kilometres (11 mi) east of Albany in the Great Southern region of Western Australia.
Government Jetty, also known as the Kalgan River Jetty or the Fruit Landing, is a heritage listed structure located on Nanarup Road on the Kalgan River near Albany in the Great Southern region of Western Australia.