Land was originally set aside for coal miners so that they could live close to the mines in 1898. A railway station named West Collie opened in the same year. The original townsite, also called West Collie, was gazetted in 1906. The original townsite was later discovered to be placed over commercially viable coal seams so a new townsite was founded in 1911 located a short distance from the original.
The new town was gazetted in 1912 and its name was changed in 1916 to Allanson. The town was named after an MLA for the seat of Collie, Arthur Alan Wilson, who was in office from 1908 to 1947.[2]
Allanson restored its original bush school in 2002 after it operated in the town from 1911 to 1989 before being closed. A book A History of Allanson: Our Little Bush School has been written about people's memories of the school and community.[3]
allanson, western, australia, allanson, town, banks, collie, river, south, west, region, western, australia, kilometres, road, west, northwest, collie, coalfields, highway, passes, through, town, allanson, western, australiaallansoncoordinates33, 1population51. Allanson is a town on the banks of the Collie River in the South West region of Western Australia 8 kilometres 5 0 mi by road west northwest of Collie The Coalfields Highway passes through the town Allanson Western AustraliaAllansonCoordinates33 20 S 116 06 E 33 33 S 116 1 E 33 33 116 1Population515 UCL 2021 1 Established1912Postcode s 6225Elevation190 m 623 ft Area24 2 km2 9 3 sq mi Location195 km 121 mi south of Perth6 km 4 mi west of Collie26 km 16 mi east of Brunswick JunctionLGA s Shire of CollieState electorate s Collie PrestonFederal division s ForrestLand was originally set aside for coal miners so that they could live close to the mines in 1898 A railway station named West Collie opened in the same year The original townsite also called West Collie was gazetted in 1906 The original townsite was later discovered to be placed over commercially viable coal seams so a new townsite was founded in 1911 located a short distance from the original The new town was gazetted in 1912 and its name was changed in 1916 to Allanson The town was named after an MLA for the seat of Collie Arthur Alan Wilson who was in office from 1908 to 1947 2 Allanson restored its original bush school in 2002 after it operated in the town from 1911 to 1989 before being closed A book A History of Allanson Our Little Bush School has been written about people s memories of the school and community 3 References edit Australian Bureau of Statistics 28 June 2022 Allanson urban centre and locality Australian Census 2021 nbsp History of country town names A Western Australian Land Information Authority Archived from the original on 14 March 2022 Retrieved 30 September 2008 Collie Mail Third edition for Allanson bush school book 2003 Archived from the original on 5 August 2008 Retrieved 29 September 2008 nbsp This article about a location in Western Australia is a stub You can help Wikipedia by expanding it vte Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Allanson Western Australia amp oldid 1137067915, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
