Boyagin Rock

Boyagin Rock in 2011

Boyagin Rock is located 10 km (6.2 mi) south west of Brookton and 26 km (16 mi) north west of Pingelly in the Wheatbelt region of Western Australia, which is approximately 175 km (109 mi) south east of Perth.[1][2][3] The Boyagin Rock outcrop rises 50 m (160 ft) above the surrounding land[3] and is an crestal area of a granite inselberg within the geological Yilgarn Craton framework.

It was a location that had been looked at for a water reserve, but the proposal was not proceeded with.[4] It had also been viewed as a mining location.[5] The Boyagin Nature Reserve contains Boyagin Rock, and is widely recognised as one of the few areas of intact original fauna and flora in the Avon Wheatbelt bioregion.[6] It provides refuge for a variety of fauna including numbats, goannas, echidnas and tammar wallabies.[2] The reserve was established in 1978, and covers an area of 1.21 km2.[7]

  1. ^ https://commons.wikimedia.orgview_image.php?q=Boyagin_Rock&sq=&lang=&file=File:Boyagin_Rock_(6478985431).jpg
  2. ^ a b "Things To See And Do » Shire of Brookton". www.brookton.wa.gov.au. Retrieved 2 December 2015.
  3. ^ a b "Attractions » Shire of Pingelly". www.pingelly.wa.gov.au. Retrieved 2 December 2015.
  4. ^ Text with photo site of a once proposed water scheme - "West Pingelly landmark The rock at Boyagin". The Narrogin Observer. Vol. XXXXII, no. 2186. Western Australia. 16 May 1947. p. 1. Retrieved 18 July 2024 – via National Library of Australia. see also "What about Boyagin Rock ?". Pingelly-brookton Leader. Vol. V, no. 216. Western Australia. 19 December 1929. p. 5. Retrieved 18 July 2024 – via National Library of Australia. and "Correspondence". Pingelly-brookton Leader. Vol. XXVII, no. 1414. Western Australia. 16 May 1935. p. 5. Retrieved 18 July 2024 – via National Library of Australia.
  5. ^ "No mining of Dryandra and Boyagin Rock areas". The Beverley Times. Vol. 66, no. 1. Western Australia. 15 January 1971. p. 8. Retrieved 18 July 2024 – via National Library of Australia.
  6. ^ "Boyagin | Explore Parks WA | Department of Parks and Wildlife". parks.dpaw.wa.gov.au. Retrieved 2 December 2015.
  7. ^ UNEP-WCMC (2022). Protected Area Profile for Boyagin from the World Database of Protected Areas. Accessed 20 May 2022. [1]