Kirkalocka
28°33′24″S 117°46′48″E / 28.55663°S 117.77996°E
Kirkalocka is a former sheep station in Western Australia. It is located 55 kilometres (35 mi) south-south-west of Mount Magnet, 420 kilometres (260 mi) north east of Perth. The station covers approximately 100 square kilometres (25,000 acres) of leasehold land.
Kirkalocka is now predominantly a tourism based operation and offers caravan stop-over facilities and accommodation in shearers' quarters and the old homestead. Kirkalocka is an ideal spot to break a journey North or when travelling to Perth.
In 2000, three previously undescribed species of shrub were collected on the station, and subsequently published as Banksia rosserae, Grevillea squiresae and Grevillea kirkalocka. The last of these is named after Kirkalocka.
The current lesses are Jared and Blair Ridley, Kirkalocka is operating under the Crown Lease number CL440-1966 and has the Land Act number LA3114/636.
See also
References
- Olde, Peter M.; Marriott, Neil R. (2002). "One new Banksia and two new Grevillea species (Proteaceae: Grevilleoideae) from Western Australia". Nuytsia. 15 (1): 85–99.
- Kirkalocka in the Gazetteer of Australia online
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