Ogilvie, Western Australia

Ogilvie is a small town in the Mid West region of Western Australia. Other than sheep, agriculturally the area was known for wheat, barley, oats, lupins, Wimmera rye, and clover.[2]

Ogilvie
Western Australia
Ogilvie is located in Western Australia
Ogilvie
Ogilvie
Coordinates28°8′25″S 114°38′52″E
Population56 (SAL 2021)[1]
Postcode(s)6535
Area596.8 km2 (230.4 sq mi)
LGA(s)Shire of Northampton
State electorate(s)Moore
Federal division(s)Durack

The area is about 70 kilometres north of Geraldton, and includes the small Ogilvie Nature Reserve.[3]

The town was named by 1916 as a farming community,[4] likely to have been named after Andrew Jameson Ogilvie (–8 October 1906),[5] the land owner of the nearby Murchison House Station. Over time the locale was serviced by a railway siding of the same name.

The Ogilvie State School was in existence by 1917,[6] while two acres of land was set aside for a tennis court in the same year.[7] The Ogilvie Agricultural Hall was opened in May 1919.[8] This public hall was used for dances, a church, and as the local school.[9][10] By 1953, the hall also had a supper room and nursery.[2]

The Ogilvie and District Branch of the Primary Producers' Association was re-formed in July 1925.[11] Its representations included to the Western Australian Minister for Agriculture for emus to be declared vermin following continued widespread crop destruction.[12]

Tennis continued to be an important community activity, with new tennis courts constructed by and opened in December 1946.[13] In that year, the wheat and barley crops were only a moderate harvest, an abundance of emus, but a notable impact of foxes on lambing stock.[13]

Efforts were made to form a fire brigade in 1952.[14]

References
  1. Australian Bureau of Statistics (28 June 2022). "Ogilvie (Suburb and Locality)". Australian Census 2021 QuickStats. Retrieved 28 June 2022. 
  2. "District news". Geraldton Guardian. Western Australia. 19 March 1953. p. 3. Retrieved 15 April 2020 – via Trove.
  3. "Ogilvie in Australia". Protected planet. Retrieved 14 April 2020.
  4. "Farmers' and Settlers' Association". Geraldton Guardian. Western Australia. 3 February 1916. p. 1. Retrieved 15 April 2020 – via Trove.
  5. "Local and general". The Geraldton Express. Western Australia. 12 October 1906. p. 2. Retrieved 15 April 2020 – via Trove.
  6. "Arts and crafts exhibition". Geraldton Guardian. Western Australia. 31 March 1917. p. 1. Retrieved 15 April 2020 – via Trove.
  7. "Local and General". The Geraldton Express. Western Australia. 25 June 1917. p. 2. Retrieved 15 April 2020 – via Trove.
  8. "Ogilvie notes". Geraldton Guardian. Western Australia. 10 April 1919. p. 2. Retrieved 15 April 2020 – via Trove.
  9. "Correspondence". Geraldton Guardian. Western Australia. 22 April 1924. p. 3. Retrieved 15 April 2020 – via Trove.
  10. 1924 'Correspondence.', Geraldton Guardian (WA : 1906 - 1928), 1 May, p. 2. , viewed 15 Apr 2020, http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article66925204
  11. "Primary Producers' Association". Geraldton Guardian. Western Australia. 1 August 1925. p. 1. Retrieved 15 April 2020 – via Trove.
  12. "Hordes of emus". Geraldton Guardian And Express. Western Australia. 21 January 1929. p. 3. Retrieved 17 April 2020 – via Trove.
  13. "News of the district". Geraldton Guardian And Express. Western Australia. 31 December 1946. p. 1. Retrieved 15 April 2020 – via Trove.
  14. "News and notes". Geraldton Guardian. Western Australia. 30 October 1952. p. 2. Retrieved 15 April 2020 – via Trove.
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