Charley Creek, Western Australia

Charley Creek
Western Australia
Coordinates33°35′S 115°55′E / 33.58°S 115.91°E / -33.58; 115.91
Population68 (SAL 2021)
Postcode(s)6239
Area21.7 km2 (8.4 sq mi)
Location
LGA(s)Shire of Donnybrook–Balingup
State electorate(s)Collie-Preston
Federal division(s)Forrest
Localities around Charley Creek:
Beelerup Queenwood Lowden
Brookhampton Charley Creek Thomson Brook
Brookhampton Thomson Brook Thomson Brook

Charley Creek is a rural locality of the Shire of Donnybrook–Balingup in the South West region of Western Australia.

Charley Creek and the Shire of Donnybrook–Balingup are located on the traditional land of the Wardandi people of the Noongar nation.

Queenwood, adjacent to the north-west, was once a siding on the Donnybrook–Katanning railway, but the railway line ceased operation in 1982. Queenwood's siding had a loading platform for fruit produced in the area, but the location of the siding at Queenwood was not seen as ideal by local settlers, who would have preferred a location at Charley Creek instead and petitioned for constructing one there in the 1920s, even being willing to cover some of the cost themselves. The main reason for the request was travel distances as it was claimed that the location of the siding at Queenwood only benefitted one farmer while it disadvantaged many others.