Mindarabin, Western Australia

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Mindarabin
Western Australia
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Mindarabin
Mindarabin, Western Australia
Coordinates 33°48′48″S118°21′31″E / 33.81321°S 118.35868°E / -33.81321; 118.35868
Population49 (SAL 2021) [1]
Postcode(s) 6336
Area550.7 km2 (212.6 sq mi)
Location
LGA(s) Shire of Gnowangerup
State electorate(s) Roe
Federal division(s) O'Connor
Localities around Mindarabin:
Nyabing Nyabing Pingrup
Jackitup Mindarabin Mills Lake
Kebaringup Toompup Ongerup

Mindarabin is a rural locality of the Shire of Gnowangerup in the Great Southern region of Western Australia. Mindarabin borders the townsite of Ongerup in the south-east and is home to three unnamed nature reserves in the north. Chester Pass Road passes through the centre of the locality from south to north. [2] [3]

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History

Mindarabin and the Shire of Gnowangerup are located on the traditional land of the Koreng people of the Noongar nation. [4] [5]

The West Ongerup School site, located in Mindarabin, is listed on the shire's heritage register, commemorates one of the many bush schools in the Shire of Gnowangerup. It was operational from 1940 to 1947, after which children from the area were bused to Ongerup for schooling. [6] The Warperup Crossing School site, also in Mindarabin and on the heritage register, commemorates a school that operated there from 1935 to 1939. [7]

Also heritage listed and in Mindarabin is the Wyoming homestead, dating back to 1895 and being the oldest homestead in the Ongerup area. It has been unoccupied since 1969. [8]

Nature reserves

The following unnamed nature reserves are located within Mindarabin. All are located within the Mallee bioregion: [9]

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References

  1. Australian Bureau of Statistics (28 June 2022). "Mindarabin (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 17 November 2024.
  3. "NationalMap". nationalmap.gov.au. Geoscience Australia . Retrieved 17 November 2024.
  4. "Koreng (WA)". www.samuseum.sa.gov.au. South Australian Museum . Retrieved 17 November 2024.
  5. "Map of Indigenous Australia". aiatsis.gov.au. Australian Institute of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Studies . Retrieved 17 November 2024.
  6. "West Ongerup School Site". inherit.stateheritage.wa.gov.au. Heritage Council of Western Australia . Retrieved 17 November 2024.
  7. "Warperup Crossing School Site". inherit.stateheritage.wa.gov.au. Heritage Council of Western Australia . Retrieved 17 November 2024.
  8. "Wyoming". inherit.stateheritage.wa.gov.au. Heritage Council of Western Australia . Retrieved 17 November 2024.
  9. "Terrestrial CAPAD 2022 WA summary". www.dcceew.gov.au/. Department of Climate Change, Energy, the Environment and Water . Retrieved 17 November 2024.