South Glencoe is a rural locality of the Shire of Katanning in the Great Southern region of Western Australia. The Johns Well Nature Reserve is located within South Glencoe, as is a small part of the unnamed WA24282 Nature Reserve.[2][3]
| South Glencoe Western Australia | |||||||||||||||
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  South Glencoe | |||||||||||||||
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| Coordinates | 33°31′51″S 117°39′43″E / 33.53083°S 117.66190°E | ||||||||||||||
| Population | 10 (SAL 2021)[1] | ||||||||||||||
| Postcode(s) | 6317 | ||||||||||||||
| Area | 91.8 km2 (35.4 sq mi) | ||||||||||||||
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| LGA(s) | Shire of Katanning | ||||||||||||||
| State electorate(s) | Roe | ||||||||||||||
| Federal division(s) | O'Connor | ||||||||||||||
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The larger eastern part of the Shire of Katanning, up to Katanning itself and including South Glencoe, is located on the traditional land of the Koreng people of the Noongar nation.[4][5][6]
The name Glencoe origins from Glencoe House, a property in the neighbouring locality of Glencoe which gave its name to the area and a number of buildings in it.[7]
Nature reserves
editThe Johns Well Nature Reserve was gazetted on 23 November 1956, has a size of 3.85 square kilometres (1.49 sq mi) and is located within the Avon Wheatbelt bioregion.[8]
The unnamed WA24282 Nature Reserve, with its western end protruding into South Glencoe,[3] was gazetted on 23 September 1955, has a size of 3.09 square kilometres (1.19 sq mi) and is also located within the Avon Wheatbelt bioregion.[8]
References
edit- ^ Australian Bureau of Statistics (28 June 2022). "South Glencoe (suburb and locality)". Australian Census 2021 QuickStats. Retrieved 28 June 2022.
- ^ "SLIP Map". maps.slip.wa.gov.au. Landgate. Retrieved 7 November 2024.
- ^ a b "NationalMap". nationalmap.gov.au. Geoscience Australia. Retrieved 7 November 2024.
- ^ "Koreng". www.boodjar.sis.uwa.edu.au. University of Western Australia. Retrieved 7 November 2024.
- ^ "Koreng (WA)". www.samuseum.sa.gov.au. South Australian Museum. Retrieved 7 November 2024.
- ^ "Map of Indigenous Australia". aiatsis.gov.au. Australian Institute of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Studies. Retrieved 7 November 2024.
- ^ "Glencoe P.O. Site". inherit.stateheritage.wa.gov.au. Heritage Council of Western Australia. Retrieved 7 November 2024.
- ^ a b "Terrestrial CAPAD 2022 WA summary". www.dcceew.gov.au/. Department of Climate Change, Energy, the Environment and Water. Retrieved 7 November 2024.
