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) 6341
Area0.4 km2 (0.15 sq mi)
Location
LGA(s) Shire of Kent
State electorate(s) Roe
Federal division(s) O'Connor

Kwobrup is a small town in the locality of Nyabing, Shire of Kent, in the Great Southern 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] and was established as a siding in 1912. Originally called Yellanup, it was seen as to close to the name of Yallingup and alternative name suggestions were made. The first suggestion was Wollakup, which was seen as to close to Wokalup, and Kwobrup was chosen instead, the indigenous name of a nearby swamp, thought to mean "good place". [8]

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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.
  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.
  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.
  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.
  8. ↑ "History of country town names – K". Western Australian Land Information Authority. Archived from the original on 14 March 2022. Retrieved 11 October 2024.



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