Bolgart, Western Australia
| Bolgart Western Australia | |
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| File:Bolgart Hotel, 2014(1).JPG Bolgart Hotel, 2014 | |
| Coordinates | 31°16′26″S 116°30′40″E / 31.274°S 116.511°E |
| Established | 1909 |
| Postcode(s) | 6568 |
| Elevation | 241 m (791 ft) |
| Location |
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| LGA(s) | Shire of Victoria Plains |
| State electorate(s) | Moore |
| Federal division(s) | Durack |
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Bolgart is a townsite north of Toodyay in Western Australia. It is in the Shire of Victoria Plains. The town derives its name from a nearby spring. The spring was discovered and the name recorded by explorer George Fletcher Moore in 1836. The area was settled in the 1840s and one of the first settlers, J Scully, named his property Bolgart. The townsite was gazetted in 1909.[1] The name of the town is Aboriginal in origin and means place of water. The town was struck by a magnitude 5.2 earthquake on 11 March 1952 followed by several aftershocks. The earthquake was felt as far away as Perth, where taller buildings were rocked.[2] The reserves Drummond Nature Reserve and Bewmalling Nature Reserve are west and south west of this locality. The main industry in town is wheat farming with the town being a Cooperative Bulk Handling receival site.[3] A railway line runs through Bolgart, which was the terminus of the Newcastle–Bolgart Railway before it was extended to Miling and became the Clackline–Miling railway. The town also has a small agricultural museum housing a restored early twentieth century Marshall oil-fired tractor.
Gallery
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Bolgart CBH grain bins
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Bolgart Memorial Hall
References
- ↑ "History of country town names – B". Western Australian Land Information Authority. Archived from the original on 14 March 2022. Retrieved 8 June 2007.
- ↑ Kevin McCue (March 2014). "Historical Earthquakes in Western Australia" (PDF). Australian Seismological Centre, Canberra ACT. Retrieved 10 November 2018.
- ↑ "CBH Receival Sites - Contact Details" (PDF). 2010. Archived from the original (PDF) on 18 March 2012. Retrieved 31 March 2013.
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