Moornaming, Western Australia

Moornaming
Western Australia
Moornaming is located in Western Australia
Moornaming
Moornaming
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Coordinates33°34′0″S 118°50′0″E / 33.56667°S 118.83333°E / -33.56667; 118.83333
Established1912
Gazetted1915
Postcode(s)6341
Area1.13 km2 (0.44 sq mi)
Location
LGA(s)Shire of Kent
State electorate(s)Roe
Federal division(s)O'Connor

Moornaming is an abandoned townsite in the locality of Nyabing, Shire of Kent, in the Great Southern region of Western Australia. Much of the gazetted area of the former townsite is now covered by the Moornaming Nature Reserve.[1][2]

Moornaming and the Shire of Kent are located on the traditional land of the Koreng people of the Noongar nation.[3][4][5]

Moornaming was a stop on the Katanning to Pingrup railway line, just west of the No. 2 Rabbit-proof fence,[6] originally named Shannons, after a nearby soak. In 1912, it was renamed to Badgeminnup, the indigenous name for the area, and a townsite established. When the townsite was gazetted in 1915, the spelling was slightly altered to Badjeminnup. In 1923, the town's name was changed again, now to Moornaming, as the previous one led to confusion with Badgebup.[7]

Nature reserve

The Moornaming Nature Reserve was gazetted on 2 December 1983, has a size of 0.78 square kilometres (0.30 sq mi), and is located within the Mallee bioregion.[8]

References

  1. ^ "SLIP Map". maps.slip.wa.gov.au. Landgate. Retrieved 11 October 2024.
  2. ^ "NationalMap". nationalmap.gov.au. Geoscience Australia. Retrieved 11 October 2024.
  3. ^ "Koreng". www.boodjar.sis.uwa.edu.au. University of Western Australia. Retrieved 12 October 2024.
  4. ^ "Map of Indigenous Australia". aiatsis.gov.au. Australian Institute of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Studies. 14 May 2024. Retrieved 12 October 2024.
  5. ^ "Koreng (WA)". www.samuseum.sa.gov.au. South Australian Museum. Retrieved 12 October 2024.
  6. ^ "Railway map of Western Australia, 1952". Trove. Retrieved 11 October 2024.
  7. ^ "History of country town names – M". Western Australian Land Information Authority. Archived from the original on 14 March 2022. Retrieved 11 October 2024.
  8. ^ "Terrestrial CAPAD 2022 WA summary". www.dcceew.gov.au/. Department of Climate Change, Energy, the Environment and Water. Retrieved 11 October 2024.