North Stirlings is a rural locality of the Shire of Gnowangerup in the Great Southern region of Western Australia. It borders Stirling Range National Park to the south. All of Formby Nature Reserve and the eastern part of the Camel Lake Nature Reserve are located within the south of North Stirlings.[2][3]
| North Stirlings Western Australia | |||||||||||||||
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 DIESEL, a country cow on Formby Road South, the local section of the Horsepower Highway, with the Stirling Range in the background | |||||||||||||||
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| Coordinates | 34°13′03″S 118°01′59″E / 34.21737°S 118.03296°E | ||||||||||||||
| Population | 26 (SAL 2021)[1] | ||||||||||||||
| Postcode(s) | 6338 | ||||||||||||||
| Area | 247.2 km2 (95.4 sq mi) | ||||||||||||||
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| LGA(s) | Shire of Gnowangerup | ||||||||||||||
| State electorate(s) | Roe | ||||||||||||||
| Federal division(s) | O'Connor | ||||||||||||||
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History
editNorth Stirlings and the Shire of Gnowangerup are located on the traditional land of the Koreng people of the Noongar nation.[4][5]
Horsepower Highway
editFormby Road South, which passes through and borders North Stirlings, is part of the Horsepower Highway, which originates in Broomehill and carries on to the neighbouring Shire of Gnowangerup. It is a 75-kilometre (47 mi) long tourist route. It displays vintage tractors and other artworks and finishes at the border of Stirling Range National Park.[6][7]
Nature reserves
editThe Camel Lake Nature Reserve was gazetted on 12 January 1962, has a size of 32.15 square kilometres (12.41 sq mi), and is located within the Esperance Plains bioregion.[8] The nature reserve directly borders Stirling Range National Park.[3]
The Formby Nature Reserve was gazetted on 16 September 1904, has a size of 0.38 square kilometres (0.15 sq mi), and is also located within the Esperance Plains bioregion.[8]
References
edit- ^ Australian Bureau of Statistics (28 June 2022). "North Stirlings (suburb and locality)". Australian Census 2021 QuickStats. Retrieved 28 June 2022.
- ^ "SLIP Map". maps.slip.wa.gov.au. Landgate. Retrieved 17 November 2024.
- ^ a b "NationalMap". nationalmap.gov.au. Geoscience Australia. Retrieved 17 November 2024.
- ^ "Koreng (WA)". www.samuseum.sa.gov.au. South Australian Museum. Retrieved 17 November 2024.
- ^ "Map of Indigenous Australia". aiatsis.gov.au. Australian Institute of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Studies. Retrieved 17 November 2024.
- ^ "The Horsepower Highway". www.westernaustralia.com. Tourism Western Australia. Retrieved 17 November 2024.
- ^ "The Horsepower Highway". thehorsepowerhighway.com.au. The Horsepower Highway. Retrieved 17 November 2024.
- ^ a b "Terrestrial CAPAD 2022 WA summary". www.dcceew.gov.au/. Department of Climate Change, Energy, the Environment and Water. Retrieved 17 November 2024.
