Pinjarra, Western Australia
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| Coordinates: 32°37′48″S 115°52′16″E / 32.63000°S 115.87111°E | |||||||||||||
| Country | Australia | ||||||||||||
| State | Western Australia | ||||||||||||
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| Established | 1830 (as name) / 1831 (as townsite) | ||||||||||||
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• Total | 29.9 km2 (11.5 sq mi) | ||||||||||||
| Elevation | 9.58 m (31.4 ft) | ||||||||||||
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| • Total | 3,883 (UCL 2021) | ||||||||||||
| Postcode | 6208 | ||||||||||||
| Mean max temp | 19.2 °C (66.6 °F) | ||||||||||||
| Mean min temp | 11.8 °C (53.2 °F) | ||||||||||||
| Annual rainfall | 941.4 mm (37.06 in) | ||||||||||||
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Pinjarra is a town in the Peel region of Western Australia along the South Western Highway, 82 kilometres (51 mi) from the state capital, Perth and 21 kilometres (13 mi) south-east of the coastal city of Mandurah. Its local government area is the Shire of Murray. At the 2016 census, Pinjarra had a population of 4910.
Pinjarra is an area rich in history, and is the home town of a former State Premier - Sir Ross McLarty. It is near the site of the Pinjarra massacre, where between 14 and 80 Noongar people were killed by British colonists in 1834.