Gleneagle
Western Australia
Gleneagle is located in Western Australia
Gleneagle
Gleneagle
Location in Western Australia
Coordinates32°17′17″S 116°11′31″E / 32.288°S 116.192°E / -32.288; 116.192
LGA(s)Shire of Wandering

Gleneagle or Glen Eagle is a locality in Western Australia. The locality is south east of the state capital, Perth, close to Jarrahdale on the Albany Highway.[1]

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.[2] There were many injuries but no deaths and serious losses of pasture, stock and fencing.[2] A Royal Commission was held in the wake of these fires.[3]

The settlement operated its own school between 1939 and 1967.[4] The school closed due to declining enrolments as the district of Wandering became the larger service centre.[4] Located on the Albany Highway a plaque commemorates the location.[4] 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

  1. ↑ 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.
  2. 1 2 "Fire Management on Calm Lands in South West of Western Australia" (PDF). Department of conservation and land management. February 1994. p. 17.
  3. ↑ Rodger, G.J. (1961). Report of the Royal Commission into Bushfires of December 1960 and January, February and March 1961 in Western Australia.
  4. 1 2 3 "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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