Beaumont, Western Australia
| Beaumont Western Australia | |||||||||||||||
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  Beaumont | |||||||||||||||
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| Coordinates | 33°24′01″S 122°48′09″E / 33.40028°S 122.80237°E | ||||||||||||||
| Population | 53 (SAL 2021)[1] | ||||||||||||||
| Postcode(s) | 6450 | ||||||||||||||
| Area | 1,753 km2 (677 sq mi) | ||||||||||||||
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| LGA(s) | Shire of Esperance | ||||||||||||||
| State electorate(s) | Roe | ||||||||||||||
| Federal division(s) | O'Connor | ||||||||||||||
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Beaumont is a rural locality of the Shire of Esperance in the Goldfields-Esperance region of Western Australia. The locality is home to six nature reserves. Mount Beaumont, with a height of 276 metres (906 ft), is located in the north-west of Beaumont, just outside the Beaumont Nature Reserve.[2][3]
The Shire of Esperance and Beaumont, located in its east, stretch over the traditional land of a number of indigenous people, the Wudjari and Njunga people, both of the Noongar nation, in the south and west, the Kalaako people, who are also referred to as the Malba or Malpa, in the north-west, and the Ngadjumaya people in the east.[4][5][6][7][8]
No major roads traverse the locality but the mostly unsealed Parmango Road passes through Beaumont and connects Condingup with Balladonia Road and Balladonia.[9]
Nature reserves
[edit]The following named and unnamed nature reserves are located within Beaumont. All are located within the Mallee bioregion, with Beaumont and Niblick Nature Reserves also stretching into the Esperance Plains bioregion:[10]
- Beaumont Nature Reserve was gazetted on 29 June 1973 and has a size of 117.59 square kilometres (45.40 sq mi).
- Clyde Hill Nature Reserve was gazetted on 18 November 1983 and has a size of 16.71 square kilometres (6.45 sq mi).
- Muntz Nature Reserve, which also stretches into neighbouring Howick, was gazetted on 29 June 1973 and has a size of 36.18 square kilometres (13.97 sq mi).
- Niblick Nature Reserve was gazetted on 2 December 1983 and has a size of 8.39 square kilometres (3.24 sq mi).
- Unnamed WA32131 Nature Reserve was gazetted on 29 June 1973 and has a size of 10.58 square kilometres (4.08 sq mi).
- Unnamed WA38334 Nature Reserve was gazetted on 10 June 1983 and has a size of 4.08 square kilometres (1.58 sq mi).
References
[edit]- ^ Australian Bureau of Statistics (28 June 2022). "Beaumont (WA) (suburb and locality)". Australian Census 2021 QuickStats. Retrieved 28 June 2022.
- ^ "SLIP Map". maps.slip.wa.gov.au. Landgate. Retrieved 31 December 2024.
- ^ "NationalMap". nationalmap.gov.au. Geoscience Australia. Retrieved 31 December 2024.
- ^ "Wudjari (WA)". samuseum.sa.gov.au. South Australian Museum. Retrieved 31 December 2024.
- ^ "Njunga (WA)". samuseum.sa.gov.au. South Australian Museum. Retrieved 31 December 2024.
- ^ "Kalaako (WA)". samuseum.sa.gov.au. South Australian Museum. Retrieved 31 December 2024.
- ^ "Ngadjunmaia (WA)". samuseum.sa.gov.au. South Australian Museum. Retrieved 31 December 2024.
- ^ "Map of Indigenous Australia". aiatsis.gov.au. Australian Institute of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Studies. Retrieved 31 December 2024.
- ^ Hema, Maps (2017). Western Australia Road and 4WD Track Atlas (Map). Eight Mile Plains, Queensland: Hema Maps. pp. 96, 97, 98, 112 & 167. ISBN 978-1-86500-732-8.
- ^ "Terrestrial CAPAD 2022 WA summary". www.dcceew.gov.au/. Department of Climate Change, Energy, the Environment and Water. Retrieved 31 December 2024.
