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Broomehill East, Western Australia
Broomehill East is a rural locality of the Shire of Broomehill–Tambellup of the Great Southern region of Western Australia, adjacent to the town of Broomehill. The Great Southern Highway and the Great Southern Railway, for the most part, form the western border of the locality. The majority of the gazetted townsite of Peringillup and parts of the Peringillup Nature Reserve are located within Broomehill East.[2][3] HistoryThe west of the Shire of Broomehill–Tambellup is located on the traditional land of the Kaniyang people of the Noongar nation,[4] while the east of the shire, including Broomehill East, is located on the traditional lands of the Koreng people, also of the Noongar nation.[5][6] The townsite of Peringillup, located in the south-west of Broomehill East and in neighbouring Broomehill West, was established in 1907 as a siding on the Great Southern Railway.[7] The town of Broomehill was established just prior to the completion of this railway in 1889, and gazetted in 1890.[8] The ruins of the Martinup homestead are located within Broomehill East and are on the Western Australian State Register of Heritage Places.[9] The area of the future homestead, centred around Martinup spring, was historically a Noongar campsite, who took Edward Treasure, an early European settler, there in the 1860s. Treasure settled in the area and had Martinup constructed between 1860 and 1863. The property remained in the procession of his descendants until 1984, except for a period from 1904 to 1921.[10] Horsepower Highway The Horsepower Highway, which originates in Broomehill and passes through the locality and on to the neighbouring Shire of Gnowangerup, is a 75-kilometre (47 mi) long tourist route. It displays vintage tractors and other artworks and finishes at the border of Stirling Range National Park.[11][12] Nature reserveThe Peringillup Nature Reserve was gazetted on 12 October 1979, has a size of 2.18 square kilometres (0.84 sq mi), and is located within the Avon Wheatbelt bioregion.[13] References
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