Beela, Western Australia

Locality in Western Australia

33°14′04″S 115°54′47″E / 33.23449°S 115.91299°E / -33.23449; 115.91299Population56 (SAL 2021)[1]Postcode(s)6224[2]Elevation88.17 m (289 ft)Area23.4 km2 (9.0 sq mi)Location142.28 km (88 mi) from PerthLGA(s)Shire of HarveyState electorate(s)Murray-WellingtonFederal division(s)Forrest

Beela is a locality immediately east of Brunswick Junction in the South West of Western Australia. The name Beela means "there in that place is where the river water is running into a pool" in the local Noongar language.[3]

Aside from agricultural land, Beela also contains a Water Corporation dam originally built in the 1930s.[4]

References

  1. ^ Australian Bureau of Statistics (28 June 2022). "Beela (suburb and locality)". Australian Census 2021 QuickStats. Retrieved 28 June 2022. Edit this at Wikidata
  2. ^ "Beela Postcode". Australia Post. Archived from the original on 10 September 2019. Retrieved 18 July 2020.
  3. ^ "Beela". Boodjar. Retrieved 31 July 2022.
  4. ^ "Future of dam near Brunswick in south-west WA undecided". Australian Broadcasting Corporation. 4 November 2015. Archived from the original on 29 January 2016. Retrieved 18 July 2020.
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