6-763: Dartnall is a rural locality of the Shire of Broomehill–Tambellup in the Great Southern region of Western Australia . The Great Southern Highway and the Great Southern Railway form the far western border of the locality. The west of the Shire of Broomehill–Tambellup is located on the traditional land of the Kaniyang people of the Noongar nation, while the east of the shire, including Dartnall,
12-536: A potential townsite. Suburbs and localities (Australia) Suburbs and localities are the names of geographic subdivisions in Australia , used mainly for address purposes. The term locality is used in rural areas, while the term suburb is used in urban areas. Australian postcodes closely align with the boundaries of localities and suburbs. This Australian usage of the term "suburb" differs from common American and British usage, where it typically means
18-534: A smaller, frequently separate residential community outside, but close to, a larger city. The Australian usage is closer to the American or British use of "district" or "neighbourhood", and can be used to refer to any portion of a city. Unlike the use in British or American English, this term can include inner-city, outer-metropolitan and industrial areas. Localities existed in the past as informal units, but in 1996
24-623: Is located on the traditional lands of the Koreng people, also of the Noongar nation. Dartnall was a siding on the Tambellup to Ongerup railway line , the siding opening in 1912 and closing in 1967. The railway line run through the locality from west to east. The site of the Dartnall railway siding is now on the shire's heritage list. In 1920, land around the Dartnall siding was also reserved for
30-1149: The Intergovernmental Committee on Surveying and Mapping and the Committee for Geographical Names in Australasia (CGNA) decided to name and establish official boundaries for all localities and suburbs. There has subsequently been a process to formally define their boundaries and to gazette them, which is almost complete. In March 2006, only South Australia and the Northern Territory had not completed this process. The CGNA's Gazetteer of Australia recognises two types of locality: bounded and unbounded. Bounded localities include towns, villages, populated places, local government towns and unpopulated town sites, while unbounded localities include place names, road corners and bends, corners, meteorological stations, ocean place names and surfing spots. Sometimes, both localities and suburbs are referred to collectively as "address localities". In
36-438: The first instance, decisions about the names and boundaries of suburbs and localities are made by the local council in which they are located based on criteria such as community recognition. Local council decisions are, however, subject to approval by the state's geographical names board. The boundaries of some suburbs and localities overlap two or more local government areas (LGAs). Examples of this are Adamstown Heights , which
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