Boya, Western Australia is a locality on the Darling Scarp, in the shire of Mundaring, Western Australia. On the south side of Greenmount Hill, and just west of Darlington. Darling Range (~2000 ft elevation), Perth, Swan River estuary. ... The Shire of Mundaring is a Local Government Area of Western Australia. ... Emblems: Floral - Kangaroo Paw (Anigozanthos manglesii); Mammal - Numbat (Myrmecobius fasciatus); Bird - Black Swan (Cygnus atratus) Motto: none Slogan or Nickname: Wildflower State Other Australian states and territories Capital Perth Government Const. ... Greenmount, Western Australia Can refer to - Greenmount Hill, Greenmount a Locality in Mundaring, Western Australia Shire, and also to Greenmount National Park. ... Darlington, Western Australia is a locality in the Shire of Mundaring, on the Darling Scarp, dissected by Nyaania Creek and north of the Helena River. ...

The name of Boya was not a local aboriginal word, but was imposed by government officials in the early twentieth century. Australian aboriginal flag The Noongar (alternate spellings: Nyungar /Nyoongar)[1], are an Australian Aboriginal people who live in the south west corner of Western Australia from Geraldton on the west coast to Esperance on the south coast. ...

It was crucial as a site of quarries. The Mountain Quarry, and the Government Quarry were both important blue stone quarries in their time.

The Government Quarry (on the south eastern part of the locality) was variously named during its time of operation: Mr O'Connor's quarry, the Fremantle Harbour Works Darlington Quarry, the Public Works Quarry, the Government Quarry, and it is currently known as Hudman Road Quarry.

Being at the edge of the Greenmount National Park, and the Hudman Road Quarry the locality has had the misfortune of having had serious threatening bushfires from these locations in recent years. Greenmount is a national park in Western Australia (Australia), 22 km east of Perth. ...

In the history of the early Eastern Railway - which passed through Boya, Boya was the location of 'Cape Horn' a notorious curve (now erased by roadworks) where runaway trains derailed a number of times in the early twentieth century. The following railroads have been known as Eastern Railroad or Eastern Railway: Eastern Railway (Alabama) Eastern Railway (Western Australia) Austrian Eastern Railway Eastern Railway (India) Eastern Railroad (Maine), a competitor and later subsidiary of the Boston and Maine Railroad from Boston, Massachusetts through New Hampshire into Maine Eastern Railway (Minnesota...

The community has a rich architectural variety of houses due to the challenge of steep and rocky blocks.

References

• Elliot, Ian Mundaring - A History of the Shire'. 1983 ISBN 0-9592776-0-9
• Spillman, Ken Life was meant to be here: community and local government in the Shire of Mundaring. 2003 ISBN 0-9592776-3-3