Calingiri, Western Australia

Infobox Australian Place | type = town
name = Calingiri
state = wa


caption =
lga = Shire of Victoria Plains
postcode = 6569
est = 1917
pop = 111 (2006 Census) [Census 2006 AUS|id=SSC53396|name=Calingiri (State Suburb)|quick=on|accessdate=2008-09-26]
elevation= 258
maxtemp =
mintemp =
rainfall =
stategov = Moore
fedgov = O'Connor
dist1 = 143
dir1 = NNE
location1= Perth
dist2 = 34
dir2 = SW
location2= Wongan Hills
dist3 = 66
dir3 = SE
location3= Mooracoord|-31.088|116.453|type:city(111)_region:AU-WA_scale:50000|format=dms|display=title

Calingiri is a town located north-east of Perth, near New Norcia in Western Australia. It is in the Shire of Victoria Plains.

The town derives its name from Calingiri Waterhole, the name of which was first recorded by a surveyor in 1903. The settlement was first proposed in 1914. By the time the town was gazetted in 1917 it was variously spelt as Calingtry, Kalingiri, The Washpool, Kalingary, Calingarra, Calingtry, Calingiry, Kalingiry and finally Calingiri. [LandInfo WA|c|C|2007-06-08]

The Calingiri earthquake, March 1970

The Calingiri earthquake of March 1970 was at the time one of only five known Australian recorded earthquakes to cause surface faulting. It was thought to be related to the Meckering earthquake (October 1968), but a direct connection was not made at the time.

:Date of occurrence: 10 March 1970:Time: 17:15 GMT (03:15 Local Time) :Latitude: 31.11 South (+/- 10 km) :Longitude: 116.46 East (+/- 10 km):Magnitude: 5.9 :The maximum felt intensity for the earthquake was VI (6) on the Modified Mercalli scale.

Reserves

One of the local reserves near the Calingiri townsite was named after Rica Erickson. [ "Rica Erickson - Reserve near Calingiri named after botanist", "Calm News", official newspaper of the Department of Conservation and Land Management, Sept-Oct 1996, p. 12 ] [ McGill, Gwenda. (1996) "Reserve officially named after Dr Rica Erickson in honour of her botanical and preservation work in the area", "Avon Valley Advocate", 14 August 1996, p. 3 ]

References

Further reading

* Buchanan, Bruce (1997) "Wannamal: a history" Perth [W.A.] : Curtin Printing Services, Curtin University of Technology (history of the district in the Chittering Shire and into Gingin, Bindoon, Calingiri, Wongan Hills and north to Three Springs)
* Gaull, B.A., and P.J. Gregson (1991) 'A new local magnitude scale for Western Australian earthquakes' "Australian journal of earth sciences", Vol. 38, no. 3 (July 1991), pp. 251-260
* Gordon, F.R., and J.D. Lewis, (1980) 'The Meckering and Calingiri earthquakes, October 1968 and March 1970'. "Geol. Surv. WA Bulletin" 126 (1980)

External links

* [http://www.seismicity.segs.uwa.edu.au/seismicity_of_western_australia/wa_historical?p=44594 A history of earthquakes in Western Australia]