North Greenbushes, Western Australia
| North Greenbushes Western Australia | |||||||||||||||
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The heritage-listed Greenbushes Railway Station | |||||||||||||||
| Coordinates | 33°49′S 116°04′E / 33.82°S 116.06°E | ||||||||||||||
| Population | 174 (SAL 2021) | ||||||||||||||
| Postcode(s) | 6254 | ||||||||||||||
| Area | 18.5 km2 (7.1 sq mi) | ||||||||||||||
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| LGA(s) | Shire of Bridgetown–Greenbushes | ||||||||||||||
| State electorate(s) | Warren-Blackwood | ||||||||||||||
| Federal division(s) | O'Connor | ||||||||||||||
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North Greenbushes is a rural locality and small town of the Shire of Bridgetown–Greenbushes in the South West region of Western Australia.
It is on the traditional land of the Noongar people.
Tin was discovered around Greenbushes in 1888, which led to the development of the area as a mining location. In 1898, a train station was opened in North Greenbushes on the Donnybrook to Bridgetown railway, originally just named Greenbushes. A town was subsequently gazetted three kilometres to the south the following year; it received the name Greenbushes, resulting in the location of the railway station being renamed to North Greenbushes.
The Greenbushes Railway Station, opened in October 1898 as a station for both passengers and goods, is heritage-listed but no longer in use, passenger services on the line having been suspended in 1985. The other buildings at the site, the goods shed and station master's house, have been demolished or destroyed by fire.