Cardiff, Western Australia
| Cardiff Western Australia | |||||||||||||||
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 Lake Kepwari in April 2021 | |||||||||||||||
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| Coordinates | 33°28′S 116°18′E / 33.47°S 116.30°E | ||||||||||||||
| Population | 118 (SAL 2021)[1] | ||||||||||||||
| Postcode(s) | 6225 | ||||||||||||||
| Area | 171 km2 (66 sq mi) | ||||||||||||||
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| LGA(s) | Shire of Collie | ||||||||||||||
| State electorate(s) | Collie-Preston | ||||||||||||||
| Federal division(s) | O'Connor | ||||||||||||||
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Cardiff is a rural town in the Shire of Collie in the South West region of Western Australia.[2][3][4]
History
[edit]The requirement for a townsite in the area was identified in 1902, and the original townsite of Collieburn gazetted in 1907, halfway between Collie and the current locality of Cardiff.[5] By 1915 the main requirement for land had shifted to the Cardiff end of the townsite of Collieburn. Subsequently, the Cardiff Progress Association sought to rename the town to Cardiff. This name change was approved, but only of the southern portion of the townsite, and the name was officially changed in 1916. It was originally declared as Collie-Cardiff, but the hyphen was dropped in 1944.[6] The name results from being located in the Collie coalfields, with the original Cardiff being the name of the coal mining city in Wales.[7]
The town is home to 17 heritage-listed sites, among them the former Cardiff Mine Site, the Cardiff Public Hall and 14 heritage listed houses.[8]
The mining operations at the Cardiff colliery lasted from 1900 to 1960, were located south of the current townsite and connected by railway[9] to Collie as a branch line of the South Western Railway.[10] The former mine open pits subsequently filled with water from the Collie River and the largest one now forms Lake Kepwari.[11]
The town of Cardiff and the Shire of Collie are located on the traditional land of the Kaniyang and Wiilman people of the Noongar nation.[11][12][13][14][15]
References
[edit]- ^ Australian Bureau of Statistics (28 June 2022). "Cardiff (WA) (suburb and locality)". Australian Census 2021 QuickStats. Retrieved 28 June 2022.
- ^ "SLIP Map". maps.slip.wa.gov.au. Landgate. Retrieved 9 July 2024.
- ^ "NationalMap". nationalmap.gov.au. Geoscience Australia. Retrieved 9 July 2024.
- ^ "SUBURBAN PUBLIC HALLS". Collie Mail. Vol. VIII, no. 367. Western Australia. 28 August 1915. p. 2. Retrieved 9 July 2024 – via National Library of Australia.
- ^ Western Australia. Department of Lands and Surveys (1916), Townsites of Collie-Burn and Collie-Cardiff, Wellington district, Dept. of Lands & Surveys W.A, retrieved 9 July 2024
- ^ Collie Cardiff post office and store, Western Australia, 1917, retrieved 9 July 2024
- ^ "History of country town names – C". Western Australian Land Information Authority. Archived from the original on 14 March 2022. Retrieved 9 July 2024.
- ^ "Cardiff Heritage Places search result". inherit.stateheritage.wa.gov.au. Heritage Council of Western Australia. Retrieved 9 July 2024.
- ^ "Collie-Cardiff Railway". The Collie Miner. Vol. 5, no. 14. Western Australia. 17 September 1904. p. 2. Retrieved 9 July 2024 – via National Library of Australia.
- ^ "Cardiff Mine Site". inherit.stateheritage.wa.gov.au. Heritage Council of Western Australia. Retrieved 9 July 2024.
- ^ a b "Lake Kepwari". exploreparks.dbca.wa.gov.au. Government of Western Australia. Retrieved 9 July 2024.
- ^ "Map of Indigenous Australia". aiatsis.gov.au. Australian Institute of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Studies. 14 May 2024. Retrieved 8 July 2024.
- ^ "Wiilman". www.boodjar.sis.uwa.edu.au. University of Western Australia. Retrieved 9 July 2024.
- ^ "Kaneang". www.boodjar.sis.uwa.edu.au. University of Western Australia. Retrieved 9 July 2024.
- ^ "Wiilman (WA)". www.samuseum.sa.gov.au. South Australian Museum. Retrieved 9 July 2024.
