Kwobrup, Western Australia

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Kwobrup
Western Australia
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Kwobrup
Kwobrup, Western Australia
Coordinates 33°36′0″S117°58′0″E / 33.60000°S 117.96667°E / -33.60000; 117.96667
Postcode(s) 6317
Location
LGA(s) Shire of Kent
State electorate(s) Roe
Federal division(s) O'Connor

Kwobrup is a small town in the Shire of Kent, in the Wheatbelt region of Western Australia. [1]

The local hall was a significant facility in the early twentieth century. [2] [3] [4] [5] The Kwobrup Reserve, north of the town, forms part of the Kwobrup-Badgebup Important Bird Area. [6]

Kwobrup was a stop on the Katanning to Pingrup railway line. [7]

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References

  1. ↑ Western Australia. Department of Lands and Surveys (1913), Townsite of Kwobrup, Dept. of Lands & Surveys W.A, retrieved 31 July 2024
  2. ↑ "Kwobrup". Gnowangerup Times . Vol. 3, , no. 225. Western Australia. 20 October 1915. p. 3. Retrieved 30 July 2024– via National Library of Australia.{{cite news}}: CS1 maint: extra punctuation (link)
  3. ↑ The hall Kwobrup which is used for school, church and in fact everything, 1922, retrieved 30 July 2024
  4. ↑ "Kwobrup". Gnowangerup Times . Vol. 5, , no. 427. Western Australia. 17 November 1917. p. 2. Retrieved 30 July 2024– via National Library of Australia.{{cite news}}: CS1 maint: extra punctuation (link)
  5. ↑ "KWOBRUP". Great Southern Herald . Vol. XX, , no. 1928. Western Australia. 1 July 1922. p. 4. Retrieved 31 July 2024– via National Library of Australia.{{cite news}}: CS1 maint: extra punctuation (link)
  6. ↑ BirdLife International. (2011). Important Bird Areas factsheet: Kwobrup-Badgebup. Downloaded from http://www.birdlife.org on 2011-07-17.
  7. ↑ "Railway map of Western Australia, 1952". Trove. Retrieved 30 July 2024.



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