Gleneagle, Western Australia
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Gleneagle or Glen Eagle is a locality in Western Australia
. The locality is south east of the state capital, Perth
, close to Jarrahdale
on the Albany Highway
It now remains as a rest stop for drivers.
The townsite functioned as a settlement for forest workers and their families.
It was a locality that was seriously affected by the 1961 Jarrahdale fires
.
The settlement operated its own school. Remnants of the townsite including roads and central water tower
remain, but the houses have been removed by the government agency upon closure.
The name is also of a significant mining company in Western Australia but the locality and company have no direct correlation.
Western Australia
Western Australia is a state of Australia, occupying the entire western third of the Australian continent. It is bounded by the Indian Ocean to the north and west, the Great Australian Bight and Indian Ocean to the south, the Northern Territory to the north-east and South Australia to the south-east...
. The locality is south east of the state capital, Perth
Perth, Western Australia
Perth is the capital and largest city of the Australian state of Western Australia and the fourth most populous city in Australia. The Perth metropolitan area has an estimated population of almost 1,700,000....
, close to Jarrahdale
Jarrahdale, Western Australia
Jarrahdale is a small historic town located 50 km south-east of Perth, Western Australia in the Darling Range. Jarrahdale is a descriptive name, derived from its situation in some of Western Australia's best Jarrah forest...
on the Albany Highway
Albany Highway
Albany Highway is a generally northwest-southeast highway in the south of Western Australia which links the state's capital Perth with its oldest settlement, Albany. The highway is approximately in length, is designated State Route 30 and separates Western Australia's Great Southern region from...
It now remains as a rest stop for drivers.
The townsite functioned as a settlement for forest workers and their families.
It was a locality that was seriously affected by the 1961 Jarrahdale fires
Dwellingup fires of 1961
In early 1961, a series of bushfires burned in the southwest of Western Australia. The devastating fires burned large areas of forest in and around Dwellingup from 20 to 24 January, at Pemberton and in the Shannon River region between 11 and 15 February, and in the Augusta-Margaret River area in...
.
The settlement operated its own school. Remnants of the townsite including roads and central water tower
Water tower
A water tower or elevated water tower is a large elevated drinking water storage container constructed to hold a water supply at a height sufficient to pressurize a water distribution system....
remain, but the houses have been removed by the government agency upon closure.
The name is also of a significant mining company in Western Australia but the locality and company have no direct correlation.
Further reading
- Woodland, Edwin (1987). Mobile bush school on rails. (re- Provision of school by Millars Timber & Trading Co) Bulletin (Australian Railway Historical Society), Oct. 1987, p. 232-234