Mumballup is a locality in the South West region of Western Australia, situated between Collie and Boyup Brook, south of Perth. The town is in the Shire of Donnybrook-Balingup. page 64 offering two spellings - Mummballup (1913) and renamed to current spelling (1948) - located at 150m 30c on the railway system.
It was the location of the death of the former premier of Western Australia James Mitchell in 1951, on a train on the Donnybrook–Katanning railway line. Mumballup was once a siding on the Donnybrook–Katanning railway but the railway line ceased operation in 1982. The Mumballup siding, which opened in 1908, was closed in 1980.
It is a location on the Bibbulmun Track.Bibbulmun Track. Map 3, Collie : Harvey-Quindanning Road to Mumballup / cartography by Information Management Branch, Department of Conservation and Land Management.
Mumballup and the Shire of Donnybrook–Balingup are located on the traditional land of the Wardandi people of the Noongar nation.
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