Ruabon, Western Australia

Ruabon is a locality in the local government area of the City of Busselton. At the 2016 census, it had a population of 81.[1]

Ruabon
Western Australia
Ruabon
Coordinates33°39′S 115°29′E
Population81 (2016 census)[1]
Established1925
Postcode(s)6280
Time zoneAWST (UTC+8)
Location
LGA(s)City of Busselton
State electorate(s)Vasse
Federal Division(s)Forrest

In 1914 a stopping place called Abba River, named after the nearby river, on the former Nannup Branch Railway was established in the area of the locality.[2] In 1925 during the Group Settlement Scheme, land near the stopping place was gazatted as a townsite called Abbba River. The stopping place and townsite were renamed to Ruabon in 1928 because the local post office was known as Ruabon Post Office and the Abba River Post Office was about 4 kilometres (2.5 mi) away from the railway siding. Welsh group settlers in the area may have influenced its name, which it shares with the small Welsh town of Ruabon.[2] There was a school in the area from 1923 to 1941.[3] The area contains a branch of the Country Women's Association of Western Australia.[4] The Ruabon Townsite Nature Reserve and the Ruabon–Tutunup Rail Reserve (shared with nearby Tutunup) are in the locality.[5][6]

References
  1. Australian Bureau of Statistics (27 June 2017). "Ruabon". 2016 Census QuickStats. Retrieved 25 September 2019.
  2. Western Australian Land Information Authority. "History of country town names – R". Retrieved 25 September 2019.
  3. "WA Schools Gazetteer" (PDF). Geoproject Solutions. 10 December 2018. Retrieved 25 September 2019.
  4. "Branches". Country Women's Association of Western Australia]]. Retrieved 25 September 2019.
  5. "Swan Coastal Plain South Management Plan" (PDF). Department of Parks and Wildlife. 2016. Retrieved 25 September 2019.
  6. "Management Plan for the Ruabon – Tutunup Rail Reserve" (PDF). City of Busselton. Retrieved 25 September 2019.
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