Cherry Tree Pool, Western Australia
Locality in the Shire of Kojonup, Western Australia
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Cherry Tree Pool is a rural locality of the Shire of Kojonup in the Great Southern region of Western Australia. The Carrolup River forms much of its northern border. The Birdwood and Cherry Tree Pool Nature Reserves and the Kojonup Reserve are located within Cherry Tree Pool, as is an unnamed nature reserve.[2][3]
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| Coordinates: 33.72944°S 117.25750°E | |||||||||||||
| Country | Australia | ||||||||||||
| State | Western Australia | ||||||||||||
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• Total | 257.9 km2 (99.6 sq mi) | ||||||||||||
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| • Total | 72 (SAL 2021)[1] | ||||||||||||
| Postcode | 6395 | ||||||||||||
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History
Cherry Tree Pool and the Shire of Kojonup are located on the traditional land of the Kaniyang people of the Noongar nation.[4][5][6]
The Carrolup Native Settlement, now referred to as Marribank, is listed on the Western Australian State Register of Heritage Places, and, despite its name, is located west of Carrolup, in Cherry Tree Pool.[7][3]
The Hollywood House, also called Evelyn Farm, is listed on the shire's heritage list and dates back to 1907.[8]
Nature reserves
The Birdwood Nature Reserve was gazetted on 18 February 1966 and has a size of 0.46 square kilometres (0.18 mi2). The Cherry Tree Pool Nature Reserve was gazetted on 21 July 1905 and has a size of 0.06 square kilometres (0.023 mi2). The unnamed WA05796 Nature Reserve was gazetted on 31 March 1899 and has a size of 0.41 square kilometres (0.16 mi2). All three are located within the Jarrah Forest bioregion.[9]
Further reading
- O'Halloran, Denis (1992). A History of Cherry Tree Pool 1897-1991. Albany: Self-published. p. 76.
