Three Springs, Western Australia
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Three Springs is a town located 313 kilometres (194 mi) north of
Perth, Western Australia on the Midlands Road, which until the opening of the Brand Highway in 1975 was the main road route from Perth to the state's north. The town is the seat of the Shire of Three Springs
. Its economy is based on agriculture (mainly broad acre grain cropping and sheep farming) and mining.
History
The first Europeans to pass near the Three Springs area were government Assistant Surveyor
Eneabba Springs, 40 kilometres (25 mi) southwest of Three Springs, while returning to Perth from the Irwin River.[4]
In 1867, government Assistant Surveyor Charles Cooke Hunt, while undertaking a road survey recorded the words "Three Springs" at the site of the current town after some nearby springs. The name began to appear on official maps from then on and land in this region was soon taken up as pastoral leases.
In 1895 the
Midland Junction to Walkaway
. Under the land grant scheme the railway consortium was able to select land within 40 miles (64 km) of the new railway. Three Springs was a siding on the line.
In 1907 the government declared a townsite adjacent to the railway siding, gazetted as Kadathinni in 1908.[5] It was also intended to change the name of the station when the townsite was named, but this was overlooked, and it remained Three Springs. The townsite was also locally known as Three Springs, and in 1946 the name was officially changed to Three Springs to conform with local usage.[6]
In 1932 the
grain elevators, each fitted with an engine, installed at the railway siding.[7]
Flora
The shrub Banksia trifontinalis (Three Springs Dryandra) is named after the town, in the vicinity of which it was first collected.[8]
Economy
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English, Scottish and Australian Bank
, 2018Three Springs' economy is built on mining and agriculture, including broad acre grain cropping and sheep farming, as well as cattle, pigs and wildflower intensive farming.
Geraldton for export. As a result of contamination from iron ore at the port rail unload facility, since 2004 it has been transported by road.[9]
Notable residents
- James “Jimmy” Gardiner (1861-1928) - served as local member in the Legislative Assembly of Western Australia, colonial treasurer, inaugural state leader of the Country Party, Speaker of the Legislative Assembly, chairman of the Western Australian Cricket Council, president of the Western Australian Cricket Association, founding Vice President of the Kadathinni Cricket Club, Inaugural Patron of the Three Springs Race Club, Inaugural Vice President of the Three Springs Rifle Club.
- President of the Senate, farmer.
References
- ^ Australian Bureau of Statistics (28 June 2022). "Three Springs (suburb and locality)". Australian Census 2021 QuickStats. Retrieved 28 June 2022.
- ^ Australian Bureau of Statistics (28 June 2022). "Three Springs (suburb and locality)". Australian Census 2021.
- ^ "Summary statistics Carnamah". Climate statistics for Australian locations. Bureau of Meteorology. Retrieved 29 February 2020.
- ^ Gregory, Augustus Charles; Gregory, Francis Thomas (1884). Journals of Australian Explorations. Brisbane: James C. Beal, Government Printer. Retrieved 6 June 2019.
- ISBN 0-7309-0082-7Previous ed.: Perth, W.A.: Government Printer, 1979. p. 46
- ^ "History of country town names – T". Western Australian Land Information Authority. Archived from the original on 14 March 2022. Retrieved 11 February 2007.
- ^ "Country elevators". The West Australian. Perth: National Library of Australia. 6 July 1932. p. 10. Retrieved 6 April 2013.
- ISSN 0085-4417. Retrieved 28 February 2020.
- ^ Randall, Ric; Mackin, Geoff (7 November 2018). "WA's Road Transport Industry Safety Forum" (PDF). Mid West Ports. p. 8. Retrieved 28 February 2020.
External links
- Shire of Three Springs
- Early History of Three Springs
- Three Springs Cemetery
- Biographical Dictionary of Coorow, Carnamah and Three Springs
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