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Locality in the Shire of Donnybrook–Balingup, Western Australia

Grimwade
Western Australia
Coordinates33°42′S 115°02′E / 33.70°S 115.04°E / -33.70; 115.04
Population0 (SAL 2016)
Postcode(s)6253
Area50 km (19 sq mi)
Location
LGA(s)Shire of Donnybrook–Balingup
State electorate(s)Collie-Preston
Federal division(s)Forrest
Localities around Grimwade:
Thomson Brook Noggerup Noggerup
Kirup Grimwade Wilga West
Mullalyup Balingup Wilga West

Grimwade is a heavily forested locality of the Shire of Donnybrook–Balingup in the South West region of Western Australia. The Bibbulmun Track passes through Grimwade.

Grimwade and the Shire of Donnybrook–Balingup are located on the traditional land of the Wardandi people of the Noongar nation.

History

The locality was originally known as East Kirupp, then East Kirup and, finally, Grimwade from around 1949, in honour of Russell Grimwade. It was the site of the East Kirup Mill, which operated from around 1910 to October 1929, also there was a period of inactivity during World War I. Milling operations at East Kirup recommenced at a small scale in 1950, with just six employees, and some new houses constructed at the mill at the time. The people settling in the locality at the time were what the local newspaper described as "New Australians".

No evidence of the former mill or the dwellings the mill workers lived in now exists, with the last houses having been relocated to Kirup in the 1990s. During the operational period of the mill, East Kirup had a population of almost 500 people.

References

  1. Australian Bureau of Statistics (27 June 2017). "Grimwade (suburb and locality)". Australian Census 2016. Edit this at Wikidata
  2. Australian Bureau of Statistics (27 June 2017). "Grimwade (suburb and locality)". Australian Census 2016 QuickStats. Retrieved 28 June 2022. Edit this at Wikidata
  3. "SLIP Map". maps.slip.wa.gov.au. Landgate. Retrieved 14 July 2024.
  4. "NationalMap". nationalmap.gov.au. Geoscience Australia. Retrieved 14 July 2024.
  5. "Map of Indigenous Australia". aiatsis.gov.au. Australian Institute of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Studies. Retrieved 14 July 2024.
  6. "Catalog of Australian Aboriginal Tribes". www.samuseum.sa.gov.au. South Australian Museum. Retrieved 14 July 2024.
  7. "Welcome to the Shire of Donnybrook Balingup". www.donnybrook-balingup.wa.gov.au. Shire of Donnybrook–Balingup. Retrieved 14 July 2024. The Shire of Donnybrook Balingup acknowledges the traditional custodians of the land, the Wardandi People of the Noongar Nation
  8. "East Kirup Mill closed on Saturday", The Blackwood Times, 4 October 1929, retrieved 14 July 2024
  9. ^ "The end of the mill", The West Australian, 23 November 1929, retrieved 14 July 2024
  10. "After 25 years! East Kirup Mill comes to live again", Blackwood-Warren Sentinel, 22 June 1950, retrieved 14 July 2024
  11. Grimwade, Western Australia Now and Then, retrieved 14 July 2024
Cities, shires, towns and localities in the South West region of Western Australia
City of Bunbury
City of Busselton
Shire of Augusta–Margaret River
Shire of Boyup Brook
Shire of Bridgetown–Greenbushes
Shire of Capel
Shire of Collie
Shire of Dardanup
Shire of Donnybrook–Balingup
Shire of Harvey
Shire of Manjimup
Shire of Nannup
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