| Orchid Valley Western Australia | |||||||||||||||
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  Orchid Valley | |||||||||||||||
| Coordinates | 34°00′23″S 116°49′34″E / 34.00629°S 116.82620°E / -34.00629; 116.82620 | ||||||||||||||
| Population | 27 (SAL 2021) | ||||||||||||||
| Postcode(s) | 6394 | ||||||||||||||
| Area | 224.7 km (86.8 sq mi) | ||||||||||||||
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| LGA(s) | Shire of Kojonup | ||||||||||||||
| State electorate(s) | Roe | ||||||||||||||
| Federal division(s) | O'Connor | ||||||||||||||
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Orchid Valley is a rural locality of the Shire of Kojonup in the Great Southern region of Western Australia. The Tone River forms the south-eastern border of the locality. The Mettabinup Nature Reserve is located within Orchid Valley.
Orchid Valley and the Shire of Kojonup are located on the traditional land of the Kaniyang people of the Noongar nation.
Nature reserve
The Mettabinup Nature Reserve was gazetted on 1 May 1914, has a size of 1.64 square kilometres (0.63 sq mi), and is located within the Jarrah Forest bioregion.
References
- Australian Bureau of Statistics (28 June 2022). "Orchid Valley (suburb and locality)". Australian Census 2021 QuickStats. Retrieved 28 June 2022.
- "SLIP Map". maps.slip.wa.gov.au. Landgate. Retrieved 11 November 2024.
- "NationalMap". nationalmap.gov.au. Geoscience Australia. Retrieved 11 November 2024.
- "Kaneang (WA)". www.samuseum.sa.gov.au. South Australian Museum. Retrieved 11 November 2024.
- "Map of Indigenous Australia". aiatsis.gov.au. Australian Institute of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Studies. Retrieved 11 November 2024.
- "Shire of Kojonup". www.kojonup.wa.gov.au. Shire of Kojonup. Retrieved 11 November 2024.
The Shire of Kojonup acknowledges the Keneang people as the Traditional custodians of this land where the Shire is situated
- "Terrestrial CAPAD 2022 WA summary". www.dcceew.gov.au/. Department of Climate Change, Energy, the Environment and Water. Retrieved 11 November 2024.