Mumballup, Western Australia
| Mumballup Western Australia | |
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  Mumballup | |
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| Coordinates | 33°31′41″S 116°06′50″E / 33.528°S 116.114°E |
| Postcode(s) | 6225 |
| Elevation | 133 m (436 ft) |
| LGA(s) | Shire of Donnybrook-Balingup |
| State electorate(s) | Warren-Blackwood |
| Federal division(s) | Forrest |
Mumballup is a locality in the South West region of Western Australia, situated between Collie and Boyup Brook, 221 kilometres (137 mi) south of Perth. The town is in the Shire of Donnybrook-Balingup.[1]
It was the location of the death of the former premier of Western Australia James Mitchell in 1951,[2] on a train on the Donnybrook–Katanning railway line.[3] It is a location on the Bibbulmun Track.[4][5]
References[edit]
- ^ Higham, G. J. (Geoffrey J); Geoproject Solutions (2005), Gone West : explorer's guide to places from Western Australia's past (1st ed.), Geoproject Solutions, ISBN 978-0-9758024-1-0 page 64 offering two spellings - Mummballup (1913) and renamed to current spelling (1948) - located at 150m 30c on the railway system.
- ^ "Death of Sir James Mitchell". The Narrogin Observer. Vol. XXXXVI, no. 2399. Western Australia. 27 July 1951. p. 1. Retrieved 22 September 2023 – via National Library of Australia.
- ^ Cumming, D.A. (Denis Arthur) (1996), Railway bridge near Mumballup on the Donnybrook-Katanning Railway, retrieved 22 September 2023
- ^ Western Australia. Department of Conservation and Land Management; Laming, Mark; Pop-Markov, Sacha (1997), Bibbulmun Track. Map 4, Blackwood : Mumballup to Brockman Highway, The Dept, retrieved 22 September 2023
- ^ Bibbulmun Track. Map 3, Collie : Harvey-Quindanning Road to Mumballup / cartography by Information Management Branch, Department of Conservation and Land Management.