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