Toompup, Western Australia

Toompup Western Australia
Toompup
Coordinates	34.01273°S 118.42786°E / -34.01273; 118.42786
Population	26 (SAL 2021)[1]
Postcode(s)	6336
Area	264.5 km^2 (102.1 sq mi)
Location	330 km (205 mi) SE of Perth 115 km (71 mi) NE of Albany 35 km (22 mi) SE of Gnowangerup
LGA(s)	Shire of Gnowangerup
State electorate(s)	Roe
Federal division(s)	O'Connor
Localities around Toompup: Mindarabin Mindarabin Mills Lake Kebaringup Toompup Cowalellup Magitup Nalyerlup Cowalellup

Toompup is a rural locality of the Shire of Gnowangerup in the Great Southern region of Western Australia. Toompup borders the townsite of Borden and Chester Pass Road in the west and the townsite of Ongerup in the north-east. The Toompup Nature Reserve is located within Toompup.^[2][3]

History

Toompup and the Shire of Gnowangerup are located on the traditional land of the Koreng people of the Noongar nation.^[4][5]

Toompup was once the final siding on the Tambellup to Ongerup railway line before its terminus at Ongerup, open from 1913 to 1957. The site of the former siding is now within the Toompup Nature Reserve. A second siding, Laurier, was further west and also within the boundary of the current locality.^[6][7]

The Toompup School site is on the shire's heritage register. A weatherboard building with an iron roof functioned as the local school from 1923 to 1934 as one of many bush schools within the shire.^[8]

Nature reserve

The Toompup Nature Reserve was gazetted on 28 October 1966, has a size of 2.09 square kilometres (0.81 sq mi), and is located within the Mallee bioregion.^[9]

References

1. Australian Bureau of Statistics (28 June 2022). "Toompup (suburb and locality)". Australian Census 2021 QuickStats. Retrieved 28 June 2022. 
2. "SLIP Map". maps.slip.wa.gov.au. Landgate. Retrieved 12 November 2024.
3. "NationalMap". nationalmap.gov.au. Geoscience Australia. Retrieved 12 November 2024.
4. "Koreng (WA)". www.samuseum.sa.gov.au. South Australian Museum. Retrieved 12 November 2024.
5. "Map of Indigenous Australia". aiatsis.gov.au. Australian Institute of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Studies. Retrieved 12 November 2024.
6. "Railway map of Western Australia, 1952". Trove. Retrieved 12 November 2024.
7. "Back Along the Line: Section: 64 Tambellup-Gnowangerup-Ongerup" (PDF). Retrieved 12 November 2024.
8. "Toompup School Site". inherit.stateheritage.wa.gov.au. Heritage Council of Western Australia. Retrieved 12 November 2024.
9. "Terrestrial CAPAD 2022 WA summary". www.dcceew.gov.au/. Department of Climate Change, Energy, the Environment and Water. Retrieved 12 November 2024.