Moorumbine, Western Australia Explained

Type:town
Moorumbine
Lga:Shire of Pingelly
Local Map:yes
Zoom:10
Dist1:165
Dir1:SE
Location1:Perth
Dist2:7
Dir2:E
Location2:Pingelly
Fedgov:O'Connor
Stategov:Wagin
State:wa
Coordinates:-32.517°N 117.167°W

Moorumbine, also spelt Mourambine, is a small town located between Brookton and Pingelly in the Wheatbelt region of Western Australia.

The area was first settled as a small agricultural community in the 1870s with an Anglican church, Saint Patricks, being built in 1873 at the expense of the local parishioners who raised the £77 required.[1] The town was gazetted in 1884, which was prior to the planning and construction of the Great Southern Railway between Albany and Beverley. The railway passed 7km (04miles) to the west of the town where the town of Pingelly now stands. This, in turn, led to the town becoming no longer needed and the population declined. The name Moorumbine is Aboriginal in origin but its meaning is unknown.

By early 1898 the population of the town was 161, 81 males and 80 females.[2]

Notes and References

  1. News: St Patrick's Church Mourambine . . . 10 July 1886 . 12 April 2011 . 28 . National Library of Australia.
  2. News: Population of Western Australia. Western Mail. Perth, Western Australia. 22 April 1898. 6 April 2013. 23 . National Library of Australia.