Holt Rock, Western Australia

Town in Western Australia

32°40′59″S 119°28′01″E / 32.683°S 119.467°E / -32.683; 119.467Population46 (SAL 2021)^[1]Established1939Postcode(s)6355Elevation323 m (1,060 ft)Area772.8 km² (298.4 sq mi)Location

341 km (212 mi) east south east of Perth
100 km (62 mi) ENE of Lake Grace

LGA(s)Shire of KulinState electorate(s)Central Wheatbelt Federal division(s)O'Connor

Holt Rock is a small town in the Wheatbelt region of Western Australia. It is situated between the towns of Hyden and Varley close to the edge of Lake Hurlstone.

The town is named after the nearby geographical feature that was named by the explorer Frank Hann in 1901. Hann had been on an expedition from Ravensthorpe to Menzies. Hann is thought to have named the rock after the surveyor G.H. Holt who worked in the Lands Department. The townsite was gazetted in 1939.^[2]

The rocks serve to provide potable water for the town, with a 1,100-cubic-metre (250,000 imp gal) rock catchment tank built to collect run-off from the rocks.^[3]

Economically, the area depends on cropping of cereals, primarily wheat. The town is a receival site for Cooperative Bulk Handling.^[4] Bulk bins were established in the town in 1940.^[5]

References

^ Australian Bureau of Statistics (28 June 2022). "Holt Rock (suburb and locality)". Australian Census 2021 QuickStats. Retrieved 28 June 2022.
^ "History of country town names – H". Western Australian Land Information Authority. Archived from the original on 14 March 2022. Retrieved 21 April 2011.
^ "Lakes Settlement". The West Australian. Perth: National Library of Australia. 25 September 1935. p. 18. Retrieved 22 April 2011.
^ "CBH receival sites" (PDF). 2011. Archived from the original (PDF) on 18 March 2012. Retrieved 18 April 2011.
^ "Bulk Wheat Bin". The West Australian. Perth: National Library of Australia. 7 March 1947. p. 18. Retrieved 22 April 2011.