Denbarker, Western Australia

Denbarker Western Australia
Denbarker
Coordinates	34.68917°S 117.47890°E / -34.68917; 117.47890
Population	93 (SAL 2021)[1]
Postcode(s)	6324
Area	201 km^2 (78 sq mi)
Location	343 km (213 mi) SE of Perth 49 km (30 mi) NW of Albany 17 km (11 mi) SW of Mount Barker
LGA(s)	Shire of Plantagenet
State electorate(s)	Warren-Blackwood
Federal division(s)	O'Connor
Localities around Denbarker: Perillup Forest Hill Mount Barker Perillup Denbarker Mount Barker Mount Lindesay Mount Lindesay Narrikup

Denbarker is a rural locality of the Shire of Plantagenet in the Great Southern region of Western Australia. Denbarker borders the Mount Roe National Park in the south-west and the Mount Lindesay National Park in the south.^[2][3]

Denbarker and the Shire of Plantagenet are located on the traditional land of the Minang people of the Noongar nation.^[4][5][6][7]

Like Rocky Gully and neighbouring Perillup, Denbarker was part of the soldier settlement scheme after the Second World War.^[8]

References

1. Australian Bureau of Statistics (28 June 2022). "Denbarker (suburb and locality)". Australian Census 2021 QuickStats. Retrieved 28 June 2022. 
2. "SLIP Map". maps.slip.wa.gov.au. Landgate. Retrieved 11 November 2024.
3. "NationalMap". nationalmap.gov.au. Geoscience Australia. Retrieved 11 November 2024.
4. "Minang". www.boodjar.sis.uwa.edu.au. University of Western Australia. Retrieved 11 November 2024.
5. "Minang (WA)". www.samuseum.sa.gov.au. South Australian Museum. Retrieved 11 November 2024.
6. "Map of Indigenous Australia". aiatsis.gov.au. Australian Institute of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Studies. Retrieved 11 November 2024.
7. "Shire of Plantagenet". www.plantagenet.wa.gov.au. Shire of Plantagenet. Retrieved 11 November 2024. The Shire of Plantagenet acknowledges the traditional custodians of our area and their continuing connection to the land and community. We pay our respects to all members of the Menang Noongar community ...
8. "More Rocky Gully Land For Soldier Settlement". The Daily News. Perth: National Library of Australia. 30 April 1953. p. 4. Retrieved 11 November 2024.