Marbelup is a townsite and locality of the City of Albany in the Great Southern region of Western Australia. The South Coast Highway runs through the locality west to east while the Great Southern Railway passes through it from north to south. The Marbelup Nature Reserve surrounds the remaining gazetted townsite, just 4,052 square metres (43,620 sq ft) in size, on three sides but no town actually exists at location.[2][3]
| Marbelup Western Australia | |||||||||||||||
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  Marbelup | |||||||||||||||
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| Coordinates | 34°58′52″S 117°43′47″E / 34.98119°S 117.72967°E | ||||||||||||||
| Population | 487 (SAL 2021)[1] | ||||||||||||||
| Established | 1900 | ||||||||||||||
| Postcode(s) | 6330 | ||||||||||||||
| Area | 61.2 km2 (23.6 sq mi) | ||||||||||||||
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| LGA(s) | City of Albany | ||||||||||||||
| State electorate(s) | Albany | ||||||||||||||
| Federal division(s) | O'Connor | ||||||||||||||
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History
editMarbelup and the City of Albany are located on the traditional land of the Minang people of the Noongar nation.[4][5][6][7]
Marbellup was established as a station on the Great Southern Railway when the line opened in 1899. A small area of land was privately surveyed by the W A Land Company, who built the railway line, but little land was sold by the time the line was purchased by the Western Australian government in 1896. The government set aside land for a townsite in 1899 and gazetted Marbellup as a town in August 1900. The town never developed, with only one lot ever sold. The origin of the town's name is Aboriginal, but the meaning is unknown.[8]
The railway siding at Marbelup and Marbelup Cottage are on the City of Albany's heritage register.[9] Marbelup Cottage, dating back to 1865, belonged to David Young but, despite its name, is located near the Wilson Inlet at Youngs Siding, and not within the current locality of Marbelup.[10]
Nature reserve
editThe Marbelup Nature Reserve was gazetted on 12 March 1958, has a size of 1.04 square kilometres (0.40 sq mi), and is located within the Jarrah Forest bioregion.[11]
References
edit- ^ Australian Bureau of Statistics (28 June 2022). "Marbelup (suburb and locality)". Australian Census 2021 QuickStats. Retrieved 28 June 2022.
- ^ "SLIP Map". maps.slip.wa.gov.au. Landgate. Retrieved 20 October 2024.
- ^ "NationalMap". nationalmap.gov.au. Geoscience Australia. Retrieved 20 October 2024.
- ^ "Minang". www.boodjar.sis.uwa.edu.au. University of Western Australia. Retrieved 20 October 2024.
- ^ "Map of Indigenous Australia". aiatsis.gov.au. Australian Institute of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Studies. 14 May 2024. Retrieved 20 October 2024.
- ^ "Minang (WA)". www.samuseum.sa.gov.au. South Australian Museum. Retrieved 20 October 2024.
- ^ "City of Albany". www.albany.wa.gov.au. City of Albany. Retrieved 20 October 2024.
The City of Albany respectfully acknowledges the Menang Noongar people as the traditional custodians of the land ...
- ^ "History of country town names – M". Western Australian Land Information Authority. Archived from the original on 14 March 2022. Retrieved 20 October 2024.
- ^ "Marbelup Heritage Places search result". inherit.stateheritage.wa.gov.au. Heritage Council of Western Australia. Retrieved 20 October 2024.
- ^ "Marbelup Cottage". inherit.stateheritage.wa.gov.au. Heritage Council of Western Australia. Retrieved 20 October 2024.
- ^ "Terrestrial CAPAD 2022 WA summary". www.dcceew.gov.au/. Department of Climate Change, Energy, the Environment and Water. Retrieved 20 October 2024.
