Calingiri, Western Australia
Calingiri is a town located north-east of Perth, near New Norcia in Western Australia. It is in the Shire of Victoria Plains.
| Calingiri Western Australia | |
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.JPG.webp) Cavell Street, Calingiri, 2014 | |
  Calingiri | |
| Coordinates | 31.088°S 116.453°E |
| Population | 198 (SAL 2021)[1] |
| Established | 1917 |
| Postcode(s) | 6569 |
| Elevation | 258 m (846 ft) |
| Area | 196.9 km2 (76.0 sq mi) |
| Location |
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| LGA(s) | Shire of Victoria Plains |
| State electorate(s) | Moore |
| Federal division(s) | Durack |
The town derives its name from Calingiri Waterhole, the name of which was first recorded by a surveyor in 1903. The settlement was first proposed in 1914. By the time the town was gazetted in 1917 it was variously spelt as Calingtry, Kalingiri, The Washpool, Kalingary, Calingarra, Calingtry, Calingiry, Kalingiry and finally Calingiri.[2]
The main industry in town is wheat farming with the town being a Cooperative Bulk Handling grain receival site.[3]
The Calingiri earthquake, March 1970
The Calingiri earthquake of March 1970 was at the time one of only five known Australian recorded earthquakes to cause surface faulting. It was thought to be related to the 1968 Meckering earthquake, but a direct connection was not made at the time.[4]
- Date of occurrence: 10 March 1970
- Time: 17:15 UTC (03:15 local time)
- Latitude: 31.11 South (+/- 10 km)
- Longitude: 116.46 East (+/- 10 km)
- Magnitude: 5.9
- Intensity: VI (Strong)
Environment
An 800 km2 (310 sq mi) tract of land around the town has been classified as an Important Bird Area because it supports up to 20 breeding pairs of the endangered Carnaby's Black-Cockatoo.[5]
One of the local reserves near the Calingiri townsite was named after Rica Erickson.[6][7]
See also
References
- Australian Bureau of Statistics (28 June 2022). "Calingiri (Suburb and Locality)". Australian Census 2021 QuickStats. Retrieved 28 June 2022.
- "History of country town names – C". Western Australian Land Information Authority. Archived from the original on 14 March 2022. Retrieved 8 June 2007.
- "CBH Receival Sites – Contact Details" (PDF). 2010. Archived from the original (PDF) on 18 March 2012. Retrieved 31 March 2013.
- Gaull, B.A., and P.J. Gregson (1991) 'A new local magnitude scale for Western Australian earthquakes' Australian journal of earth sciences, Vol. 38, no. 3, pp. 251–260 and Gordon, F.R., and J.D. Lewis, (1980) 'The Meckering and Calingiri earthquakes, October 1968 and March 1970'. Geol. Surv. WA Bulletin 126
- "IBA: Calingiri". Birdata. Birds Australia. Archived from the original on 6 July 2011. Retrieved 11 June 2011.
- "Rica Erickson – Reserve near Calingiri named after botanist", Calm News, official newspaper of the Department of Conservation and Land Management, Sept–Oct 1996, p. 12
- McGill, Gwenda. (1996) "Reserve officially named after Dr Rica Erickson in honour of her botanical and preservation work in the area", Avon Valley Advocate, 14 August 1996, p. 3
Further reading
- Buchanan, Bruce (1997) Wannamal: a history Perth [W.A.]: Curtin Printing Services, Curtin University of Technology (history of the district in the Chittering Shire and into Gingin, Bindoon, Calingiri, Wongan Hills and north to Three Springs)
