Bolgart is located to the north of Toodyay in the Shire of Victoria
Plains.
The town is the most southerly community in the Victoria Plains Shire and the most northerly and the higest elevated town in the Avon Valley.
Each year the town hosts the big Gum Tree Clay Pigeon Shoot during the Labor Day Weekend in October.
The soil around Bolgart ranges from medium loam to heavy clay, and the area consistently receives adequate railfall to support the local cereal growing and sheep farming industries. It wildflower country and a great place to visit when the flowers are blooming during July and August..
The Drummond nature reserve and the Bewmalling nature reserve are located to the west and the south west of the town.
The name of the town originates from the name of a nearby spring discovered by explorer George Fletcher Moore in 1836. The townsite was first established in 1909.
Nearby schools
Bolgart Primary School
The town is the most southerly community in the Victoria Plains Shire and the most northerly and the higest elevated town in the Avon Valley.
Each year the town hosts the big Gum Tree Clay Pigeon Shoot during the Labor Day Weekend in October.
The soil around Bolgart ranges from medium loam to heavy clay, and the area consistently receives adequate railfall to support the local cereal growing and sheep farming industries. It wildflower country and a great place to visit when the flowers are blooming during July and August..
The Drummond nature reserve and the Bewmalling nature reserve are located to the west and the south west of the town.
The name of the town originates from the name of a nearby spring discovered by explorer George Fletcher Moore in 1836. The townsite was first established in 1909.
Nearby schools
Bolgart Primary School
