Youngs Siding, Western Australia
| Youngs Siding Western Australia | |||||||||||||||
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 Petrol station at Youngs Siding | |||||||||||||||
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| Coordinates | 35°00′42″S 117°31′19″E / 35.01171°S 117.52193°E | ||||||||||||||
| Population | 314 (SAL 2021)[1] | ||||||||||||||
| Established | 1917 | ||||||||||||||
| Postcode(s) | 6330 | ||||||||||||||
| Area | 116 km2 (45 sq mi) | ||||||||||||||
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| LGA(s) | City of Albany | ||||||||||||||
| State electorate(s) | Albany | ||||||||||||||
| Federal division(s) | O'Connor | ||||||||||||||
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Youngs Siding is a town and locality of the City of Albany in the Great Southern region of Western Australia. It borders the Wilson Inlet to the west and the South Coast Highway runs through the locality west to east.[2][3]
History
[edit]Youngs Siding and the City of Albany are located on the traditional land of the Minang people of the Noongar nation.[4][5][6][7]
Youngs Siding was established as a railway siding on the Torbay Junction to Torbay railway line, which opened in 1889, a line that was eventually extended further west to Denmark and Nornalup.[8]
The state government set aside land for a townsite at Youngs Siding in 1903, but the land was not surveyed until 1916 and the town was gazetted the following year.[9][10] The new town was named just Youngs, with the siding dropped from the name, but Youngs Siding remained in use locally and was eventually restored as the proper name in 1999.[11][12] The name Youngs results from a local farmer, David Young, who took up land in the area in the 1850s and died in 1918.[13] Young, who farmed at Marbelup, east of Youngs Siding, had come to Australia from England at the age of nine. He hosted Prince Albert and the future George V at his homestead, Marbelup Cottage near the shore of Wilson Inlet, in 1881 when they came to Western Australia as midshipmen on HMS Bacchante, and took them on excursions in the area.[11][14][15]
The heritage listed Young's Siding Hall is located at the townsite and was officially opened on 14 April 1923, one of a number of community halls build in the area before and after the First World War.[14]
References
[edit]- ^ Australian Bureau of Statistics (28 June 2022). "Youngs Siding (suburb and locality)". Australian Census 2021 QuickStats. Retrieved 28 June 2022.
- ^ "SLIP Map". maps.slip.wa.gov.au. Landgate. Retrieved 20 October 2024.
- ^ "NationalMap". nationalmap.gov.au. Geoscience Australia. Retrieved 20 October 2024.
- ^ "Minang". www.boodjar.sis.uwa.edu.au. University of Western Australia. Retrieved 20 October 2024.
- ^ "Map of Indigenous Australia". aiatsis.gov.au. Australian Institute of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Studies. 14 May 2024. Retrieved 20 October 2024.
- ^ "Minang (WA)". www.samuseum.sa.gov.au. South Australian Museum. Retrieved 20 October 2024.
- ^ "City of Albany". www.albany.wa.gov.au. City of Albany. Retrieved 20 October 2024.
The City of Albany respectfully acknowledges the Menang Noongar people as the traditional custodians of the land ...
- ^ Saw, Bert (Herbert Thomas) (1915), Train at Youngs Siding, Western Australia, retrieved 20 October 2024
- ^ Morley, Edward (1960), Descriptive account of early days of Youngs Siding, W.A, retrieved 20 October 2024
- ^ Gable, Walter; Rural & Isolated Schools (W.A.) (1990), Young's Siding, Albany, W. Gable, retrieved 20 October 2024
- ^ a b "History of country town names – Y". Western Australian Land Information Authority. Archived from the original on 14 March 2022. Retrieved 20 October 2024.
- ^ Noting the locality and railway siding name in 1929 survey - Western Australia. Department of Lands and Surveys (1929), Townsite of Youngs, Dept. of Lands & Surveys W.A, retrieved 20 October 2024
- ^ Adams, Les; Adams, Norma (1998), The Young family tree of Albany and Young's Siding, retrieved 20 October 2024
- ^ a b "Young's Siding Hall". inherit.stateheritage.wa.gov.au. Heritage Council of Western Australia. Retrieved 20 October 2024.
- ^ "Marbelup Cottage". inherit.stateheritage.wa.gov.au. Heritage Council of Western Australia. Retrieved 20 October 2024.
