| Type: | town |
| Mumballup | |
| State: | wa |
| Lga: | Shire of Donnybrook-Balingup |
| Local Map: | yes |
| Zoom: | 11 |
| Coordinates: | -33.53°N 116.11°W |
| Postcode: | 6225 |
| Elevation: | 133 |
| Stategov: | Warren-Blackwood |
| Fedgov: | Forrest |
| Dist1: | 177 |
| Dir1: | south |
| Location1: | Perth |
| Dist2: | 27 |
| Dir2: | east |
| Location2: | Donnybrook |
| Dist3: | 42 |
| Dir3: | north west |
| Location3: | Boyup Brook |
| Near-Nw: | Lyalls Mill |
| Near-N: | Lyalls Mill |
| Near-Ne: | Cardiff |
| Near-W: | Glen Mervyn |
| Near-E: | Cardiff |
| Near-Sw: | Noggerup |
| Near-S: | Noggerup |
| Near-Se: | Noggerup |
Mumballup is a locality in the South West region of Western Australia, situated between Collie and Boyup Brook, 221km (137miles) south of Perth. The town is in the Shire of Donnybrook-Balingup.[1]
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. Mumballup was once a siding on the Donnybrook–Katanning railway but the railway line ceased operation in 1982.[3] [4] The Mumballup siding, which opened in 1908, was closed in 1980.[5]
It is a location on the Bibbulmun Track.[6]
Mumballup and the Shire of Donnybrook–Balingup are located on the traditional land of the Wardandi people of the Noongar nation.[7] [8] [9]