The Shire of Harvey is in the south west of Western Australia. The Shire encompasses several towns including; Australind. Benger, Binningup, Brunswick Junction, Cookernup, Harvey, Myalup, Roelands, Wokalup and Yarloop. Further information on history of the Shire, population, towns or community maps please follow the links on the sub menu on the right hand side of the page.

Many old towns no longer in the Shire include:

• Mill towns which were moved as the wood was cut from the area: Mornington Mill, Worsley, Hoffmans (2 sites), Treesdale, Lewis Reid Mill.
• Sidings: Tulunulla, Beela, Wara Warrup. Allinson became a part of Collie when boundaries changed in 50’s.

Harvey takes its name from the Harvey River, and was originally known as Korejikup. The original local government centre was Brunswick Junction, Shire of Harvey Offices are now located in Harvey and Australind.

Further Information  

Wish to learn more about the history of  the Shire of Harvey? Please contact the Harvey Visitor Centre or Harvey Districts Oral History Group. Harvey District Oral History Group started in 1989, with a small band of volunteers. The aim of the Harvey District Oral History Group was to gather history, mainly in the audio tape medium and make it available through the local libraries for the public to access.

This aim has remained, and they now seek to take it to a new audience, the internet. The Harvey Districts Oral History Group consider that many descendants of the peoples of the area, indigenous and later comers may want to know where their families are or were. To this end the group are commencing a long journey of making their collection available via the internet. Click here to view the Harvey History Online website.