Ogilvie, Western Australia

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Ogilvie
Western Australia
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Ogilvie
Coordinates 28°8′25″S114°38′52″E / 28.14028°S 114.64778°E / -28.14028; 114.64778 Coordinates: 28°8′25″S114°38′52″E / 28.14028°S 114.64778°E / -28.14028; 114.64778
Population56 (SAL 2021) [1]
Postcode(s) 6535
LGA(s) Shire of Northampton
State electorate(s) Moore
Federal division(s) Durack

Ogilvie is a small town in the Mid West region of Western Australia. Other than sheep, agriculturally the area was known for wheat, barley, oats, lupins, Wimmera rye, and clover. [2]

The area is about 70 kilometres north of Geraldton, and includes the small Ogilvie Nature Reserve. [3]

The town was named by 1916 as a farming community, [4] likely to have been named after Andrew Jameson Ogilvie (–8 October 1906), [5] the land owner of the nearby Murchison House Station. Over time the locale was serviced by a railway siding of the same name.

The Ogilvie State School was in existence by 1917, [6] while two acres of land was set aside for a tennis court in the same year. [7] The Ogilvie Agricultural Hall was opened in May 1919. [8] This public hall was used for dances, a church, and as the local school. [9] [10] By 1953, the hall also had a supper room and nursery. [2]

The Ogilvie and District Branch of the Primary Producers' Association was re-formed in July 1925. [11] Its representations included to the Western Australian Minister for Agriculture for emus to be declared vermin following continued widespread crop destruction. [12]

Tennis continued to be an important community activity, with new tennis courts constructed by and opened in December 1946. [13] In that year, the wheat and barley crops were only a moderate harvest, an abundance of emus, but a notable impact of foxes on lambing stock. [13]

Efforts were made to form a fire brigade in 1952. [14]

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References

  1. ↑ Australian Bureau of Statistics (28 June 2022). "Ogilvie (Suburb and Locality)". Australian Census 2021 QuickStats. Retrieved 28 June 2022.  OOjs UI icon edit-ltr-progressive.svg
  2. 1 2 "District news". Geraldton Guardian . Western Australia. 19 March 1953. p. 3. Retrieved 15 April 2020– via Trove.
  3. ↑ "Ogilvie in Australia". Protected planet. Retrieved 14 April 2020.
  4. ↑ "Farmers' and Settlers' Association". Geraldton Guardian . Western Australia. 3 February 1916. p. 1. Retrieved 15 April 2020– via Trove.
  5. ↑ "Local and general". The Geraldton Express . Western Australia. 12 October 1906. p. 2. Retrieved 15 April 2020– via Trove.
  6. ↑ "Arts and crafts exhibition". Geraldton Guardian . Western Australia. 31 March 1917. p. 1. Retrieved 15 April 2020– via Trove.
  7. ↑ "Local and General". The Geraldton Express . Western Australia. 25 June 1917. p. 2. Retrieved 15 April 2020– via Trove.
  8. ↑ "Ogilvie notes". Geraldton Guardian . Western Australia. 10 April 1919. p. 2. Retrieved 15 April 2020– via Trove.
  9. ↑ "Correspondence". Geraldton Guardian . Western Australia. 22 April 1924. p. 3. Retrieved 15 April 2020– via Trove.
  10. ↑ 1924 'Correspondence.', Geraldton Guardian (WA : 1906 - 1928), 1 May, p. 2. , viewed 15 Apr 2020, http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article66925204
  11. ↑ "Primary Producers' Association". Geraldton Guardian . Western Australia. 1 August 1925. p. 1. Retrieved 15 April 2020– via Trove.
  12. ↑ "Hordes of emus". Geraldton Guardian And Express . Western Australia. 21 January 1929. p. 3. Retrieved 17 April 2020– via Trove.
  13. 1 2 "News of the district". Geraldton Guardian And Express . Western Australia. 31 December 1946. p. 1. Retrieved 15 April 2020– via Trove.
  14. ↑ "News and notes". Geraldton Guardian . Western Australia. 30 October 1952. p. 2. Retrieved 15 April 2020– via Trove.
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