Nabawa, Western Australia
Town in the Mid West region of Western Australia
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Nabawa is a small town in the Mid West region of Western Australia, and is located in the Shire of Chapman Valley 42 kilometres (26 mi) northeast of the city of Geraldton.
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| Coordinates: 28.500°S 114.789°E | |
| Country | Australia |
| State | Western Australia |
| LGA | |
| Location | |
| Established | 1897 |
| Government | |
| • State electorate | |
| • Federal division | |
| Area | |
• Total | 96.7 km2 (37.3 sq mi) |
| Population | |
| • Total | 118 (SAL 2021)[1] |
| Postcode | 6532 |
History
Nabawa derives its name from Nabawar Pool, a pool in the Chapman River first recorded by a surveyor in 1857. This Aboriginal word is said to mean "camp far away". The current spelling of Nabawa has been in use since 1872.
A Roman Catholic Assisted School was established in 1889.[2] When the Upper Chapman Valley railway line was opened in 1910, a siding was opened near the pool and named Nabawa. The railway closed in 1961, but in 1964, the Shire of Chapman Valley moved its administrative headquarters to Nabawa from Nanson, and a townsite was declared in 1965.[3]
Present day
The town contains Shire offices, a library, a community centre and playground, sport centre and oval, tavern, centenary park, St John Ambulance subcentre, Fire & Emergency Services subcentre and the Chapman Valley Primary School, which was established in 1892 and has, in 2013, 44 pupils between kindergarten and Year 7 who come from the surrounding agricultural district.
Climate
Nabawa is on the borderline of the semi-arid and Mediterranean climate zones, having hot dry summers and pleasant winters with almost all the annual rainfall.
| Climate data for Nabawa (1905–present) | |||||||||||||
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| Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Year |
| Record high °C (°F) | 47.4 (117.3) |
45.8 (114.4) |
43.9 (111.0) |
40.7 (105.3) |
35.6 (96.1) |
29.4 (84.9) |
28.3 (82.9) |
31.1 (88.0) |
37.8 (100.0) |
40.6 (105.1) |
43.1 (109.6) |
46.1 (115.0) |
47.4 (117.3) |
| Mean daily maximum °C (°F) | 34.1 (93.4) |
34.2 (93.6) |
32.3 (90.1) |
28.3 (82.9) |
23.4 (74.1) |
19.7 (67.5) |
18.4 (65.1) |
19.3 (66.7) |
22.0 (71.6) |
25.1 (77.2) |
29.1 (84.4) |
32.1 (89.8) |
26.5 (79.7) |
| Mean daily minimum °C (°F) | 17.8 (64.0) |
18.3 (64.9) |
17.2 (63.0) |
14.4 (57.9) |
11.1 (52.0) |
9.1 (48.4) |
7.5 (45.5) |
7.4 (45.3) |
8.1 (46.6) |
10.0 (50.0) |
13.3 (55.9) |
15.9 (60.6) |
12.5 (54.5) |
| Record low °C (°F) | 5.0 (41.0) |
7.2 (45.0) |
6.1 (43.0) |
2.8 (37.0) |
0.3 (32.5) |
0.0 (32.0) |
−0.3 (31.5) |
−1 (30) |
−0.3 (31.5) |
2.2 (36.0) |
4.7 (40.5) |
1.5 (34.7) |
−1 (30) |
| Average rainfall mm (inches) | 7.0 (0.28) |
12.8 (0.50) |
14.7 (0.58) |
22.1 (0.87) |
60.5 (2.38) |
95.4 (3.76) |
90.4 (3.56) |
63.9 (2.52) |
35.3 (1.39) |
20.4 (0.80) |
10.5 (0.41) |
6.8 (0.27) |
438.4 (17.26) |
| Average rainy days (≥ 1.0 mm) | 1.1 | 1.4 | 1.8 | 3.3 | 6.8 | 9.6 | 10.2 | 8.6 | 5.9 | 4.0 | 2.1 | 1.1 | 55.9 |
| Source: [4] | |||||||||||||
