Inglehope, Western Australia

Inglehope is a rural locality of the Shire of Murray in the Peel Region of Western Australia, located within the Dwellingup State Forest.^[2][3]

Inglehope Western Australia
Remnants of the former Pinjarra to Narrogin railway at Inglehope
Coordinates	32.72°S 116.18°E / -32.72; 116.18
Population	18 (SAL 2021)[1]
Postcode(s)	6213
Area	55.2 km2 (21.3 sq mi)
Location	123 km (76 mi) from Perth 57 km (35 mi) from Mandurah
LGA(s)	Shire of Murray
State electorate(s)	Murray-Wellington
Federal division(s)	Canning
Suburbs around Inglehope: Banksiadale Banksiadale Banksiadale Holyoake Inglehope Wuraming Etmilyn Wuraming Wuraming

The Shire of Murray and the locality of Inglehope are located on the traditional land of the Pindjarup people of the Noongar nation.^[4] The Pindjarup language is now considered extinct but the Noongar people remain present in the region.^[5]

Inglehope was a stop on the Pinjarra to Narrogin railway, completed in 1926, but it was never a staffed station because the railway line's revenue primarily came from timber. By the mid-1950s, the line saw just one passenger train per week, which took over 10 hours to complete the 150 km journey, with the Dwellingup to Narrogin section of the rail, which Inglehope was located on, closed in the early 1960s.^[6]

The northern section of the locality is part of Alcoa's plan to extend bauxite mining in the area by expanding the Huntly bauxite mine into its new Holyoake mining area, which also stretches into the locality of Holyoake.^[7]

References

1. Australian Bureau of Statistics (28 June 2022). "Inglehope (suburb and locality)". Australian Census 2021 QuickStats. Retrieved 28 June 2022. 
2. "SLIP Map". maps.slip.wa.gov.au. Landgate. Retrieved 2 August 2023.
3. "NationalMap". nationalmap.gov.au. Geoscience Australia. Retrieved 2 August 2023.
4. "Pindjarup". www.boodjar.sis.uwa.edu.au. University of Western Australia. Retrieved 31 July 2023.
5. "Pindjarup (WA)". www.samuseum.sa.gov.au. South Australian Museum. Retrieved 31 July 2023.
6. "History of the Dwellingup - Etmilyn Line". www.hothamvalleyrailway.com.au. History of the Hotham Branch Line. Retrieved 2 August 2023.
7. "Our project". www.alcoa.com. Alcoa. Retrieved 2 August 2023.