Mumballup, Western Australia

Mumballup Western Australia
The Mumby Pub, Mumballup, in April 2022
Mumballup
Coordinates	33.53°S 116.11°E / -33.53; 116.11
Population	100 (SAL 2021)[1]
Postcode(s)	6225
Elevation	133 m (436 ft)
Location	177 km (110 mi) south of Perth 27 km (17 mi) east of Donnybrook 42 km (26 mi) north west of Boyup Brook
LGA(s)	Shire of Donnybrook-Balingup
State electorate(s)	Warren-Blackwood
Federal division(s)	Forrest
Localities around Mumballup: Lyalls Mill Lyalls Mill Cardiff Glen Mervyn Mumballup Cardiff Noggerup Noggerup Noggerup

Mumballup is a locality in the South West region of Western Australia, situated between Collie and Boyup Brook, 221 kilometres (137 mi) south of Perth. The town is in the Shire of Donnybrook-Balingup.^[2]

It was the location of the death of the former premier of Western Australia James Mitchell in 1951,^[3] on a train on the Donnybrook–Katanning railway line.^[4] Mumballup was once a siding on the Donnybrook–Katanning railway but the railway line ceased operation in 1982.^[5][6] The Mumballup siding, which opened in 1908, was closed in 1980.^[7]

It is a location on the Bibbulmun Track.^[8][9]

Mumballup and the Shire of Donnybrook–Balingup are located on the traditional land of the Wardandi people of the Noongar nation.^[10][11][12]

References

1. Australian Bureau of Statistics (28 June 2022). "Mumballup (suburb and locality)". Australian Census 2021 QuickStats. Retrieved 28 June 2022. 
2. Higham, G. J. (Geoffrey J); Geoproject Solutions (2005), Gone West : explorer's guide to places from Western Australia's past (1st ed.), Geoproject Solutions, ISBN 978-0-9758024-1-0 page 64 offering two spellings - Mummballup (1913) and renamed to current spelling (1948) - located at 150m 30c on the railway system.
3. "Death of Sir James Mitchell". The Narrogin Observer. Vol. XXXXVI, no. 2399. Western Australia. 27 July 1951. p. 1. Retrieved 22 September 2023 – via National Library of Australia.
4. Cumming, D.A. (Denis Arthur) (1996), Railway bridge near Mumballup on the Donnybrook-Katanning Railway, retrieved 22 September 2023
5. "Western Australia Railways Passenger Stations and Stops" (PDF). www.branchline.uk. The Branch Line Society. Retrieved 15 July 2024.
6. "Railway Precinct, Donnybrook: Register Entry Assessment Documentation". inherit.stateheritage.wa.gov.au. Heritage Council of Western Australia. Retrieved 14 July 2024.
7. Geoffrey Higham. "Back along the line" (PDF). www.geoproject.com.au. Geoproject Solutions Pty Ltd. Retrieved 17 July 2024.
8. Western Australia. Department of Conservation and Land Management; Laming, Mark; Pop-Markov, Sacha (1997), Bibbulmun Track. Map 4, Blackwood : Mumballup to Brockman Highway, The Dept, retrieved 22 September 2023
9. Bibbulmun Track. Map 3, Collie : Harvey-Quindanning Road to Mumballup / cartography by Information Management Branch, Department of Conservation and Land Management.
10. "Map of Indigenous Australia". aiatsis.gov.au. Australian Institute of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Studies. Retrieved 17 July 2024.
11. "Catalog of Australian Aboriginal Tribes". www.samuseum.sa.gov.au. South Australian Museum. Retrieved 17 July 2024.
12. "Welcome to the Shire of Donnybrook Balingup". www.donnybrook-balingup.wa.gov.au. Shire of Donnybrook–Balingup. Retrieved 17 July 2024. The Shire of Donnybrook Balingup acknowledges the traditional custodians of the land, the Wardandi People of the Noongar Nation