Westdale Western Australia | |
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Coordinates | 32°19′S 116°37′E / 32.317°S 116.617°E |
Population | 93 ( SAL 2021) [1] |
Established | 1971 |
Postcode(s) | 6304 |
Elevation | 281 m (922 ft) |
Area | 174.2 km2 (67.3 sq mi) |
Location | |
LGA(s) | Shire of Beverley |
State electorate(s) | Central Wheatbelt |
Federal division(s) | Pearce |
Westdale or West Dale is a locality near the Beverley-Westdale road in the Wheatbelt region of Western Australia, 93 kilometres (58 mi) from Perth. The locality was referred to as West Dale, Beverley in publications in the twentieth century. [2] [3] [4]
The area was settle for farming in the early 1900s, and by 1906 the local progress association requested that land be set aside for a townsite. A railway through the area had been considered but did not eventuate so the land remained uninhabited. A school was built in the area in 1967 and the townsite was eventually gazetted in 1971. [5] [6]
The locality takes its name from the Dale River, which had been named after Ensign Robert Dale, who explored the area in 1831.