Mumballup, Western Australia

Mumballup is a locality in the South West region of Western Australia, situated between Collie and Boyup Brook, 221 kilometres (137 mi) south of Perth. The town is in the Shire of Donnybrook-Balingup.[1]

Mumballup
Western Australia
Mumballup is located in Western Australia
Mumballup
Mumballup
Coordinates33.528°S 115.11°E / -33.528; 115.11
Postcode(s)6225
Elevation133 m (436 ft)
LGA(s)Shire of Donnybrook-Balingup
State electorate(s)Warren-Blackwood
Federal division(s)Forrest

It was the location of the death of the former premier of Western Australia James Mitchell in 1951,[2] on a train on the Donnybrook–Katanning railway line.[3] It is a location on the Bibbulmun Track.[4][5]

References
  1. Higham, G. J. (Geoffrey J); Geoproject Solutions (2005), Gone West : explorer's guide to places from Western Australia's past (1st ed.), Geoproject Solutions, ISBN 978-0-9758024-1-0 page 64 offering two spellings - Mummballup (1913) and renamed to current spelling (1948) - located at 150m 30c on the railway system.
  2. "Death of Sir James Mitchell". The Narrogin Observer. Vol. XXXXVI, no. 2399. Western Australia. 27 July 1951. p. 1. Retrieved 22 September 2023 – via National Library of Australia.
  3. Cumming, D.A. (Denis Arthur) (1996), Railway bridge near Mumballup on the Donnybrook-Katanning Railway, retrieved 22 September 2023
  4. Western Australia. Department of Conservation and Land Management; Laming, Mark; Pop-Markov, Sacha (1997), Bibbulmun Track. Map 4, Blackwood : Mumballup to Brockman Highway, The Dept, retrieved 22 September 2023
  5. Bibbulmun Track. Map 3, Collie : Harvey-Quindanning Road to Mumballup / cartography by Information Management Branch, Department of Conservation and Land Management.
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