Ogilvie, Western Australia

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]

Ogilvie
Western Australia
Ogilvie
Coordinates28°8′25″S 114°38′52″E
Population57 (2016 census)[1]
Postcode(s)6535
LGA(s)Shire of Northampton
State electorate(s)Moore
Federal Division(s)Durack

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]

References
  1. Australian Bureau of Statistics (27 June 2017). "Ogilvie (State Suburb)". 2016 Census QuickStats. Retrieved 2 August 2017.
  2. "District news". Geraldton Guardian. Western Australia. 19 March 1953. p. 3. Retrieved 15 April 2020 – via Trove.
  3. "Ogilvie in Australia". Protected planet. Retrieved 14 April 2020.
  4. "Farmers' and Settlers' Association". Geraldton Guardian. Western Australia. 3 February 1916. p. 1. Retrieved 15 April 2020 – via Trove.
  5. "Local and general". The Geraldton Express. Western Australia. 12 October 1906. p. 2. Retrieved 15 April 2020 – via Trove.
  6. "Arts and crafts exhibition". Geraldton Guardian. Western Australia. 31 March 1917. p. 1. Retrieved 15 April 2020 – via Trove.
  7. "Local and General". The Geraldton Express. Western Australia. 25 June 1917. p. 2. Retrieved 15 April 2020 – via Trove.
  8. "Ogilvie notes". Geraldton Guardian. Western Australia. 10 April 1919. p. 2. Retrieved 15 April 2020 – via Trove.
  9. "Correspondence". Geraldton Guardian. Western Australia. 22 April 1924. p. 3. Retrieved 15 April 2020 – via Trove.
  10. 1924 'Correspondence.', Geraldton Guardian (WA : 1906 - 1928), 1 May, p. 2. , viewed 15 Apr 2020, http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article66925204
  11. "Primary Producers' Association". Geraldton Guardian. Western Australia. 1 August 1925. p. 1. Retrieved 15 April 2020 – via Trove.
  12. "Hordes of emus". Geraldton Guardian And Express. Western Australia. 21 January 1929. p. 3. Retrieved 17 April 2020 – via Trove.
  13. "News of the district". Geraldton Guardian And Express. Western Australia. 31 December 1946. p. 1. Retrieved 15 April 2020 – via Trove.
  14. "News and notes". Geraldton Guardian. Western Australia. 30 October 1952. p. 2. Retrieved 15 April 2020 – via Trove.
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