5-622: Boya may refer to: Boya, Western Australia Boya, Nepal Boya people , an ethnic group in Sudan Boya caste , Boya caste of India Mireia Boya Busquet (born 1979), Spanish scientist and politician Pierre Boya (born 1984), Cameroonian footballer Umin Boya (born 1978), Taiwanese aborigine writer, director and actor Yu Boya , ancient Chinese guqin player Guangya , ancient Chinese book, also called Boya Topics referred to by
10-534: Is different from Wikidata All article disambiguation pages All disambiguation pages Boya, Western Australia Boya is a locality on the Darling Scarp , in the Shire of Mundaring , Western Australia ; it is on the south side of Greenmount Hill , and just west of Darlington . The name of Boya is a local Noongar word meaning "stone" or "rock", and was imposed by government officials in
15-789: The Fremantle Harbour Works Darlington Quarry, the Public Works Quarry, the Government Quarry, and, currently, as Hudman Road Quarry. Being at the edge of the Greenmount National Park and the Hudman Road Quarry, Boya has been subject to serious threatening bushfires spreading from these locations in recent years. In the history of the early Eastern Railway , which passed through Boya, Boya
20-516: The early twentieth century. It was crucial as a site of quarries. The Mountain Quarry and the Government Quarry were both important blue stone quarries in their time. The harbour and moles at Fremantle were built using stone from the Government quarry. The Government Quarry (on the south eastern part of the locality) was variously named during its time of operation as Mr O'Connor 's quarry,
25-496: The same term [REDACTED] This disambiguation page lists articles associated with the title Boya . If an internal link led you here, you may wish to change the link to point directly to the intended article. Retrieved from " https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Boya&oldid=1252382375 " Categories : Disambiguation pages Place name disambiguation pages Disambiguation pages with surname-holder lists Hidden categories: Short description
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