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{{for|the locality in Queensland|Goomally, Queensland}}
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| name = Goomalling
| name = Goomalling
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| image = Railway Terrace, Goomalling, 2013 (1).JPG
| caption =
| caption = View of Railway Terrace, 2013.
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| postcode = 6460
| postcode = 6460
| est = 1903
| est = 1903
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| pop = 499 (2006 census)<ref>{{Census 2006 AUS|id=UCL510400|name=Goomalling (L) (Urban Centre/Locality)|quick=on|accessdate=2008-08-27}}</ref>
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| elevation= 239
| elevation= 239
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| maxtemp = 25.6
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| stategov = [[Electoral district of Central Wheatbelt|Central Wheatbelt]]
| stategov = [[Electoral district of Moore|Moore]]
| fedgov = [[Division of Durack|Durack]]
| fedgov = [[Division of Durack|Durack]]
| dist1 = 132 | dir1 = NE
| dist1 = 132 | dir1 = NE
| location1= [[Perth, Western Australia|Perth]]
| location1= [[Perth]]
| dist2 = 45 | dir2 = NNE
| dist2 = 45 | dir2 = NNE
| location2= [[Northam, Western Australia|Northam]]
| location2= [[Northam, Western Australia|Northam]]
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'''Goomalling''' is a townsite in the [[Wheatbelt (Western Australia)|Wheatbelt]] region of [[Western Australia]] 45&nbsp;kilometres north-north-east of [[Northam, Western Australia]]. The name Goomalling was first shown for a [[spring (hydrosphere)|spring]] found by explorers Hillman & Lefroy in 1846. Hillman noted on his plan "rich grassy country" and [[squatters]] subsequently moved into the area. George Slater was the first in the Goomalling area, establishing a property around Goomalling Spring in the early 1850s.
'''Goomalling''' is a townsite in the [[Wheatbelt (Western Australia)|Wheatbelt]] region of [[Western Australia]], 45&nbsp;kilometres north-north-east of [[Northam, Western Australia]].


The surrounding areas produce [[wheat]] and other [[cereal]] crops. The town is a receival site for [[Cooperative Bulk Handling]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.cbh.com.au/media/120302/cbh%20receival%20sites%20-%20contact%20details.pdf |title=CBH receival sites |year=2011 |access-date=1 April 2013 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120318082458/https://www.cbh.com.au/media/120302/cbh%20receival%20sites%20-%20contact%20details.pdf |archive-date=18 March 2012 }}</ref>
When the Northam – Goomalling railway line was opened in 1902 the government decided to establish a townsite at Goomalling. It was gazetted in 1903. Goomalling is an [[Indigenous Australians|Aboriginal]] word which means "the place of the silver-grey possum". Goomal is the [[noongar]] word for this [[possum]].<ref>{{LandInfo WA|c|G|2007-06-08}}</ref>


==History==
The surrounding areas produce [[wheat]] and other [[cereal]] crops. The town is a receival site for [[Cooperative Bulk Handling]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.cbh.com.au/media/120302/cbh%20receival%20sites%20-%20contact%20details.pdf|title=CBH receival sites|year=2011|accessdate=1 April 2013}}</ref>
The name Goomalling was first shown for a [[spring (hydrosphere)|spring]] found by explorers Hillman and Lefroy in 1846. Hillman noted on his plan "rich grassy country", and [[Squatting (Australian history)|squatters]] subsequently moved into the area. George Slater was the first in the Goomalling area, establishing a property around Goomalling Spring in the early 1850s.

The Goomalling Agricultural Hall was opened in 1898 by John Dempster MLC, who stood in for the Commissioner of Crown Lands, [[George Throssell]], who was unable to make it to the event.<ref>{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article3195471 |title=Goomalling Agricultural Hall|newspaper=[[The West Australian]] |location=Perth|date=19 February 1898|access-date=2 October 2013|page=7|publisher=National Library of Australia}}</ref>

When the Northam – Goomalling railway line was opened in 1902 the government decided to establish a townsite at Goomalling. It was gazetted in 1903. Goomalling is an [[Aboriginal Australians|Aboriginal]] word that means "the place of the silver-grey possum". Goomal is the [[Noongar language|Noongar]] word for this [[Phalangeriformes|possum]].<ref>{{LandInfo WA|c|G|2007-06-08}}</ref>

An annual motor race meeting was held each year from 1949 to 1955, using a circuit that ran anti-clockwise along Railway Terrace-Lockyer St-Quinlan St-Forrest St-Eaton St-Throssell St-Railway Terrace.<ref>{{cite web|last1=Galpin|first1=Darren|title=Goomalling|url=http://www.silhouet.com/motorsport/tracks/goomalli.html|website=GEL Motorsport Information Page|access-date=10 June 2017}}</ref> The meetings featured short sprints and handicaps for cars and motorcycles, with the feature race being a 50-mile handicap for racing cars.<ref name="Walker">{{cite book|last1=Walker|first1=Terry|title=Fast Tracks – Australia's Motor Racing Circuits 1904-1995|date=1995|publisher=Turton & Armstrong|location=Sydney|isbn=0908031556|pages=74}}</ref>

==Climate==
{{Weather box
|location = Goomalling
|metric first = Yes
|single line = Yes
|Jan record high C = 45.6
|Feb record high C = 46.9
|Mar record high C = 43.0
|Apr record high C = 40.0
|May record high C = 35.0
|Jun record high C = 27.6
|Jul record high C = 25.8
|Aug record high C = 29.5
|Sep record high C = 33.1
|Oct record high C = 40.3
|Nov record high C = 43.0
|Dec record high C = 45.0
|year record high C = 46.9
|Jan high C = 34.7
|Feb high C = 33.9
|Mar high C = 31.0
|Apr high C = 26.6
|May high C = 22.0
|Jun high C = 18.4
|Jul high C = 17.2
|Aug high C = 18.0
|Sep high C = 20.5
|Oct high C = 25.2
|Nov high C = 29.1
|Dec high C = 32.0
|year high C = 25.7
|Jan low C = 16.8
|Feb low C = 17.4
|Mar low C = 15.5
|Apr low C = 12.6
|May low C = 9.5
|Jun low C = 7.6
|Jul low C = 6.5
|Aug low C = 6.2
|Sep low C = 6.9
|Oct low C = 9.1
|Nov low C = 12.5
|Dec low C = 14.9
|year low C = 11.3
|Jan record low C = 8.8
|Feb record low C = 2.8
|Mar record low C = 5.6
|Apr record low C = 2.8
|May record low C = 0.0
|Jun record low C = -1.5
|Jul record low C = -1.2
|Aug record low C = -1.1
|Sep record low C = -0.1
|Oct record low C = 0.0
|Nov record low C = 2.5
|Dec record low C = 6.6
|year record low C = -1.5
|Jan precipitation mm = 13.0
|Feb precipitation mm = 14.1
|Mar precipitation mm = 17.2
|Apr precipitation mm = 22.5
|May precipitation mm = 48.1
|Jun precipitation mm = 66.6
|Jul precipitation mm = 64.2
|Aug precipitation mm = 49.2
|Sep precipitation mm = 27.6
|Oct precipitation mm = 20.0
|Nov precipitation mm = 11.9
|Dec precipitation mm = 10.7
|year precipitation mm = 366.5
|Jan precipitation days = 2.0
|Feb precipitation days = 2.2
|Mar precipitation days = 2.9
|Apr precipitation days = 4.8
|May precipitation days = 9.3
|Jun precipitation days = 12.9
|Jul precipitation days = 14.2
|Aug precipitation days = 12.3
|Sep precipitation days = 9.1
|Oct precipitation days = 5.9
|Nov precipitation days = 3.6
|Dec precipitation days = 2.1
|year precipitation days = 81.3
|source 1 = <ref>{{cite web
| url = http://www.bom.gov.au/climate/averages/tables/cw_010058_All.shtml
| publisher = Bureau of Meteorology |title = Climate statistics for Goomalling |access-date = 13 July 2014}}</ref>
|date=July 2014
}}


==References==
==References==
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==External links==
==External links==
* [http://www.goomalling.wa.gov.au Shire of Goomalling website]
* [http://www.goomalling.wa.gov.au Shire of Goomalling website]
* [http://theracingline.net/racingcircuits/archives/Goomalling/index.html 2004 photo tour of motor racing circuit]
{{Towns Wheatbelt South WA}}
{{Towns Wheatbelt South WA}}

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[[Category:Towns in Western Australia]]
[[Category:Towns in Western Australia]]
[[Category:Australian Aboriginal placenames]]
[[Category:Wheatbelt (Western Australia)]]
[[Category:Wheatbelt (Western Australia)]]
[[Category:Grain receival points of Western Australia]]
[[Category:Grain receival points of Western Australia]]

{{WesternAustralia-geo-stub}}

Revision as of 10:38, 12 June 2023

For the locality in Queensland, see Goomally, Queensland.

Goomalling
Western Australia
View of Railway Terrace, 2013.
Goomalling is located in Western Australia
Goomalling
Goomalling
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Coordinates31°18′S 116°50′E / 31.30°S 116.83°E / -31.30; 116.83
Population463 (UCL 2021)[1]
Established1903
Postcode(s)6460
Elevation239 m (784 ft)
Area45.2 km2 (17.5 sq mi)
Location
  • 132 km (82 mi) NE of Perth
  • 45 km (28 mi) NNE of Northam
LGA(s)Shire of Goomalling
State electorate(s)Moore
Federal division(s)Durack
Mean max temp Mean min temp Annual rainfall
25.6 °C
78 °F		 11.3 °C
52 °F		 367.6 mm
14.5 in

Goomalling is a townsite in the Wheatbelt region of Western Australia, 45 kilometres north-north-east of Northam, Western Australia.

The surrounding areas produce wheat and other cereal crops. The town is a receival site for Cooperative Bulk Handling.[2]

History

The name Goomalling was first shown for a spring found by explorers Hillman and Lefroy in 1846. Hillman noted on his plan "rich grassy country", and squatters subsequently moved into the area. George Slater was the first in the Goomalling area, establishing a property around Goomalling Spring in the early 1850s.

The Goomalling Agricultural Hall was opened in 1898 by John Dempster MLC, who stood in for the Commissioner of Crown Lands, George Throssell, who was unable to make it to the event.[3]

When the Northam – Goomalling railway line was opened in 1902 the government decided to establish a townsite at Goomalling. It was gazetted in 1903. Goomalling is an Aboriginal word that means "the place of the silver-grey possum". Goomal is the Noongar word for this possum.[4]

An annual motor race meeting was held each year from 1949 to 1955, using a circuit that ran anti-clockwise along Railway Terrace-Lockyer St-Quinlan St-Forrest St-Eaton St-Throssell St-Railway Terrace.[5] The meetings featured short sprints and handicaps for cars and motorcycles, with the feature race being a 50-mile handicap for racing cars.[6]

Climate

Climate data for Goomalling
Month Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Year
Record high °C (°F) 45.6
(114.1) 		46.9
(116.4) 		43.0
(109.4) 		40.0
(104.0) 		35.0
(95.0) 		27.6
(81.7) 		25.8
(78.4) 		29.5
(85.1) 		33.1
(91.6) 		40.3
(104.5) 		43.0
(109.4) 		45.0
(113.0) 		46.9
(116.4)
Mean daily maximum °C (°F) 34.7
(94.5) 		33.9
(93.0) 		31.0
(87.8) 		26.6
(79.9) 		22.0
(71.6) 		18.4
(65.1) 		17.2
(63.0) 		18.0
(64.4) 		20.5
(68.9) 		25.2
(77.4) 		29.1
(84.4) 		32.0
(89.6) 		25.7
(78.3)
Mean daily minimum °C (°F) 16.8
(62.2) 		17.4
(63.3) 		15.5
(59.9) 		12.6
(54.7) 		9.5
(49.1) 		7.6
(45.7) 		6.5
(43.7) 		6.2
(43.2) 		6.9
(44.4) 		9.1
(48.4) 		12.5
(54.5) 		14.9
(58.8) 		11.3
(52.3)
Record low °C (°F) 8.8
(47.8) 		2.8
(37.0) 		5.6
(42.1) 		2.8
(37.0) 		0.0
(32.0) 		−1.5
(29.3) 		−1.2
(29.8) 		−1.1
(30.0) 		−0.1
(31.8) 		0.0
(32.0) 		2.5
(36.5) 		6.6
(43.9) 		−1.5
(29.3)
Average precipitation mm (inches) 13.0
(0.51) 		14.1
(0.56) 		17.2
(0.68) 		22.5
(0.89) 		48.1
(1.89) 		66.6
(2.62) 		64.2
(2.53) 		49.2
(1.94) 		27.6
(1.09) 		20.0
(0.79) 		11.9
(0.47) 		10.7
(0.42) 		366.5
(14.43)
Average precipitation days 2.0 2.2 2.9 4.8 9.3 12.9 14.2 12.3 9.1 5.9 3.6 2.1 81.3
Source: [7]

References

  1. ^ Australian Bureau of Statistics (28 June 2022). "Goomalling (urban centre and locality)". Australian Census 2021. Edit this at Wikidata
  2. ^ "CBH receival sites" (PDF). 2011. Archived from the original (PDF) on 18 March 2012. Retrieved 1 April 2013.
  3. ^ "Goomalling Agricultural Hall". The West Australian. Perth: National Library of Australia. 19 February 1898. p. 7. Retrieved 2 October 2013.
  4. ^ "History of country town names – G". Western Australian Land Information Authority. Archived from the original on 14 March 2022. Retrieved 8 June 2007.
  5. ^ Galpin, Darren. "Goomalling". GEL Motorsport Information Page. Retrieved 10 June 2017.
  6. ^ Walker, Terry (1995). Fast Tracks – Australia's Motor Racing Circuits 1904-1995. Sydney: Turton & Armstrong. p. 74. ISBN 0908031556.
  7. ^ "Climate statistics for Goomalling". Bureau of Meteorology. Retrieved 13 July 2014.

External links

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