Ogilvie Western Australia | |
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Coordinates | 28°8′25″S 114°38′52″E / 28.14028°S 114.64778°E |
Population | 56 ( SAL 2021) [1] |
Postcode(s) | 6535 |
Area | 596.8 km2 (230.4 sq mi) |
LGA(s) | Shire of Northampton |
State electorate(s) | Moore |
Federal division(s) | Durack |
Ogilvie is a small town in the Mid West region of Western Australia. Other than sheep, agriculturally the area was known for wheat, barley, oats, lupins, Wimmera rye, and clover. [2]
The area is about 70 kilometres north of Geraldton, and includes the small Ogilvie Nature Reserve. [3]
The town was named by 1916 as a farming community, [4] likely to have been named after Andrew Jameson Ogilvie (–8 October 1906), [5] the land owner of the nearby Murchison House Station. Over time the locale was serviced by a railway siding of the same name.
The Ogilvie State School was in existence by 1917, [6] while two acres of land was set aside for a tennis court in the same year. [7] The Ogilvie Agricultural Hall was opened in May 1919. [8] This public hall was used for dances, a church, and as the local school. [9] [10] By 1953, the hall also had a supper room and nursery. [2]
The Ogilvie and District Branch of the Primary Producers' Association was re-formed in July 1925. [11] Its representations included to the Western Australian Minister for Agriculture for emus to be declared vermin following continued widespread crop destruction. [12]
Tennis continued to be an important community activity, with new tennis courts constructed by and opened in December 1946. [13] In that year, the wheat and barley crops were only a moderate harvest, an abundance of emus, but a notable impact of foxes on lambing stock. [13]
Efforts were made to form a fire brigade in 1952. [14]