Pinjarra, Western Australia
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| Pinjarra Western Australia |
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| Population: | 1,802 (2001) |
| Postcode: | 6208 |
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| LGA: | Shire of Murray |
| State District: | Murray |
| Federal Division: | Canning |
Pinjarra (; post code: 6208) is a town in the Peel region of Western Australia along the South Western Highway, 86 km from the state capital, Perth and 21 km south-east of the coastal city of Mandurah. Its local government area is the Shire of Murray.
It is near the site of the famous Battle of Pinjarra, where between 14 and 40 Aboriginals were killed by British colonists.
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[edit] History
It is an area rich in history and is the home town of a former State Premier - Sir Ross McLarty. It is located near a ford over the Murray River, and land was reserved for a townsite here in 1831. Surveys were carried out in 1836 and land allocated to settlers in 1837.
The name was often shown spelt "Pinjarrup" on early maps, while the accepted spelling for many years was "Pinjarrah". There are conflicting theories regarding the meaning of this Aboriginal word and is usually said to mean "place of a swamp", but is more likely named after the Pindjarup people who frequented the area.[1]
A British child migration scheme run by Kingsley Fairbridge established a farm school in the area in the early 1900s. Hundreds of orphaned children were educated at Fairbridge Farm between 1913 and 1981.
The author Kenneth (Seaforth) McKenzie grew up here - and parts of his experiences as a child living near the Murray River are found in his first novel The Young Desire It.
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[edit] Transport
Pinjarra serves as a stop on the Australind passenger train from Perth to Bunbury.
| Preceding station (inbound) |
Transwa Trains network | Following station (outbound) |
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| North Dandalup | Australind | Waroona | ||
[edit] References
- ^ Department of Land Information. History of country town names - P. Retrieved on 2006-10-30.
[edit] External links
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- Street map from Street Directory, MSN Maps and Multimap.
- Satellite image from Google Maps, WikiMapia and Terraserver.
- Shire of Murray
| Towns and suburbs in the Shire of Murray | |
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Banksiadale | Barragup | Blythewood | Carcoola | Coolup | Dwellingup | Furnissdale | Nambeelup | North Dandalup | North Yunderup | Pinjarra | Ravenswood | South Yunderup | Stake Hill |
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| Towns in the Shire of Boddington | |
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Boddington | Crossman | Marradong | Mt Wells | Quindanning | Ranford |
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