Kwobrup, Western Australia

Town in Western Australia
33°36′0″S 117°58′0″E / 33.60000°S 117.96667°E / -33.60000; 117.96667Postcode(s)6317Location
  • 329 km (204 mi) SW of Perth
  • 211 km (131 mi) N of Albany
  • 43 km (27 mi) W of Katanning
LGA(s)Shire of KentState electorate(s)RoeFederal 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]

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.
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