Solus, Western Australia

{{Short description|Locality in the Shire of Murray}}

{{Use dmy dates|date=August 2023}}

{{Use Australian English|date=August 2023}}

{{Infobox Australian place

| type = suburb

| name = Solus

| city =

| state = wa

| image =

| caption =

| lga = Shire of Murray

| map_type = nomap

| local_map = yes

| zoom = 10

| coordinates = {{coord|32.52|S|116.18|E|display=inline,title}}

| postcode = 6207

| pop =

| area = {{cvt |input=P2046}}

| est =

| stategov = Murray-Wellington

| fedgov = Canning

| dist1 = 96 | location1= Perth

| dist2 = 44 | location2= Mandurah

| near-nw = Myara

| near-n = Keysbrook

| near-ne = Mount Cooke

| near-w = Whittaker

| near-e = Mount Wells

| near-sw = Banksiadale

| near-s = Banksiadale

| near-se = Mount Wells

}}

Solus is a rural locality of the Shire of Murray in the Peel Region of Western Australia.{{cite web |url=https://maps.slip.wa.gov.au/landgate/locate/ |title=SLIP Map |author= |date= |website=maps.slip.wa.gov.au |publisher=Landgate |access-date=10 August 2023 |quote=}}{{cite web |url=https://nationalmap.gov.au/ |title=NationalMap |author= |date= |website=nationalmap.gov.au |publisher=Geoscience Australia |access-date=10 August 2023 |quote=}}

Solus is located on the traditional land of the Pindjarup people of the Noongar nation.{{cite web |url=https://www.boodjar.sis.uwa.edu.au/language-region-pindjarup |title=Pindjarup |author= |website=www.boodjar.sis.uwa.edu.au |publisher=University of Western Australia |access-date=10 August 2023}} The Pindjarup language is now considered extinct but the Noongar people remain present in the region.{{cite web |url=https://www.samuseum.sa.gov.au/collection/archives/language_groups/pindjarup |title=Pindjarup (WA) |author= |website=www.samuseum.sa.gov.au |publisher=South Australian Museum |access-date=10 August 2023}}{{failed verification|reason=The reference says the Pindjarup people are extinct but does not mention Pindjarup language or Noongar people at all|date=January 2025}}

Mount Solus, with an altitude of 574 metres, and the Mount Solus fire lookout tower are located within the locality.{{cite web |url=http://www.firelookoutsdownunder.com/Western%20Australia/mtsolus.html |title=Mt. Solus |author= |website=www.firelookoutsdownunder.com/ |publisher= |access-date=10 August 2023}}

The locality is substantially utilised by Alcoa, which carries out bauxite mining in the area.{{cite web |url=https://www.alcoa.com/australia/en/sustainability/pinjarra-huntly-environmental-assessment/our-proposal |title=Our project |author= |website=www.alcoa.com |publisher=Alcoa |access-date=10 August 2023}}