Gleneagle, Western Australia
It now remains as a rest stop for drivers.
The townsite functioned as a settlement for forest workers and their families.
The locality was seriously affected by the bushfires in summer of 1960/61, the Jarrahdale fires. Fire burned the town of Dwellingup and the smaller settlements of Holyoak, Nanga Brook and Karridale. There were many injuries but no deaths and serious losses of pasture, stock and fencing. A Royal Commission was held in the wake of these fires.
The settlement operated its own school between 1939 and 1967. The school closed due to declining enrolments as the district of Wandering became the larger service centre. Located on the Albany Highway a plaque commemorates the location. Remnants of the townsite including roads and central water tower remain, but the houses have been removed by the government agency upon closure.
The name is also shared with a significant mining company in Western Australia but the locality and company have no direct correlation.
References
- ^ Western Australia. Main Roads Dept (1991). Title Project proposal report : Albany Highway (H1) : section 51.07–92.39 SLK, Gleneagle Forest – North Bannister. Perth, W.A.: Main Roads Dept., 1991.
- ^ "Fire Management on Calm Lands in South West of Western Australia" (PDF). Department of conservation and land management. February 1994. p. 17.
- ^ Rodger, G.J. (1961). Report of the Royal Commission into Bushfires of December 1960 and January, February and March 1961 in Western Australia.
- ^ "Government of Western Australia". State Heritage Service. Retrieved 7 May 2020.
Further reading
- Woodland, Edwin (1987). Mobile bush school on rails. (re- Provision of school by Millars Timber & Trading Co) Bulletin (Australian Railway Historical Society), Oct. 1987, p. 232–234
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