Pootenup, Western Australia

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Pootenup
Western Australia
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Pootenup
Pootenup, Western Australia
Coordinates 34°14′09″S117°38′59″E / 34.235969°S 117.649600°E / -34.235969; 117.649600
Gazetted 1908
Postcode(s) 6320
6321
Area0.94 km2 (0.36 sq mi)
Location
LGA(s) Shire of Broomehill–Tambellup
State electorate(s) Roe
Federal division(s) O'Connor

Pootenup is a townsite in the Great Southern region of Western Australia. Pootenup is located in both the Shire of Cranbrook and the Shire of Broomehill-Tambellup. The Great Southern Highway forms the shire boundary in this area and the area of the townsite of Pootenup spans either side of the highway. Because of its location across two shires, Tunney has two postcodes, 6320 for the eastern part, located in Broomehill-Tambellup, and 6321 for the western part, located in Cranbrook. Parts of the gazetted area of the former townsite is now covered by the Pootenup Nature Reserve. [1] [2]

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History

Pootenup was established as a stop on the Great Southern Railway when the railway line opened in 1889. Demand for land in the area led to the decision to establish a townsite in Pootenup in 1907, which was gazetted the following year. [3] The name Pootenup is of Aboriginal origin and was first recorded in 1851 but its meaning is not known. [4] The site of the railway siding at Pootenup is on the Shire of Broomehill-Tambellup heritage list. [5]

A 1940 article in the Western Mail described the area around Pootenup as "a rich farming district in the vicinity of the Stirling Ranges" and "greatly favoured by sportsmen during the wild duck season" because of the lakes surrounding the town. [6]

Nature reserve

The Pootenup Nature Reserve was gazetted on 27 May 1983, has a size of 0.47 square kilometres (0.18 sq mi), and is located within the Avon Wheatbelt bioregion. [7] The reserve is exclusively located in the Shire of Cranbrook part of the townsite. [1]

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References

  1. 1 2 "SLIP Map". maps.slip.wa.gov.au. Landgate . Retrieved 15 October 2024.
  2. ↑ "NationalMap". nationalmap.gov.au. Geoscience Australia . Retrieved 15 October 2024.
  3. ↑ Western Australia. Department of Lands and Surveys (1908), Plan of Pootenup townsite, Dept. of Lands & Surveys W.A, retrieved 2 November 2024
  4. ↑ "History of country town names – P". Western Australian Land Information Authority. Archived from the original on 14 March 2022. Retrieved 15 October 2024.
  5. ↑ "Railway Siding - Pootenup". Heritage Council of Western Australia . Retrieved 15 October 2024.
  6. ↑ "Pootenup Founded". Western Mail . Perth. 14 March 1940. p. 21. Retrieved 15 October 2024– via National Library of Australia.
  7. ↑ "Terrestrial CAPAD 2022 WA summary". www.dcceew.gov.au/. Department of Climate Change, Energy, the Environment and Water . Retrieved 15 October 2024.
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