Kudardup, Western Australia

Kudardup is a locality in the South West region of Western Australia. The locality is in the Shire of Augusta-Margaret River and on the Bussell Highway, 312 kilometres (194 mi) south of the state capital, Perth.

Kudardup
Western Australia
Kudardup
Coordinates34.26°S 115.12°E / -34.26; 115.12
Population241 (2006 census)[1]
Postcode(s)6290
Location
LGA(s)Shire of Augusta-Margaret River
State electorate(s)Blackwood-Stirling
Federal Division(s)Forrest

In the 1940 and 1950s the local community was an area where farmers were able to work on the War Service Land Settlement Scheme[2] as well as successfully run dairies.[3]

In March 1961 Kudardup was devastated by bushfires.[4]

At the 2006 census, Kudardup and the surrounding area had a population of 241.[1]

References

  1. Australian Bureau of Statistics (25 October 2007). "Kudardup (State Suburb)". 2006 Census QuickStats. Retrieved 5 April 2009.
  2. War Service Land Settlement Scheme, 1947, retrieved 7 December 2016
  3. Watterson, William Frank; Linto, Des; Royal Western Australian Historical Society. Augusta Branch (1997), [Interview with William Frank Watterson, farmer], retrieved 7 December 2016
  4. Matthews, H (2011) Karridale Bush Fires 1961: Karridale Progress Association inc, WA :ISBN 978-0-9871467-0-0



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