Truslove, Western Australia

{{Short description|Former town in the Shire of Esperance, Western Australia}}

{{Use Australian English|date=December 2024}}

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{{Infobox Australian place

| type = town

| name = Truslove

| state = wa

| image = Map of the townsite of Treslove (Truslove), 1927 02.jpg

| caption = A 1927 map of the townsite of Truslove

| lga = Shire of Esperance

| local_map = yes

| zoom = 12

| coordinates = {{coord|-33.34265|121.71678|display=inline,title}}

| postcode = 6446

| est = 1927

| abolished= 1976

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| fedgov = O'Connor

| stategov = Roe

| dist1 = 570

| dir1 = E

| location1= Perth

| dist2 = 127

| dir2 = S

| location2= Norseman

| dist3 = 60

| dir3 = N

| location3= Esperance

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Truslove, originally spelled Treslove, is a former town in the Shire of Esperance in the Goldfields-Esperance region of Western Australia. It was situated within the locality of Grass Patch, on the Coolgardie-Esperance Highway. The area around the former townsite is now covered by the Truslove North and Truslove Townsite Nature Reserves.{{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=27 December 2024 |quote=}}{{cite web |url=https://nationalmap.gov.au/ |title=NationalMap |author= |date= |website=nationalmap.gov.au |publisher=Geoscience Australia |access-date=27 December 2024 |quote=}}

Originally established as a siding on the Norseman to Esperance railway in 1925, under the name of Treslove, it was gazetted as a townsite in 1927 and renamed to Truslove in 1933. An official 1927 map of the townsite shows the town west of the railway line and consisting of the north–south running Jackson Street and the east–west running Anderson and Grigg Streets, with eight blocks of land allocated along them. The railway siding was closed in 1970.{{cite map |author =Western Australia. Department of Lands and Surveys |title =Townsite of Treslove (Truslove) |trans-title = |map =Townsite of Treslove (Truslove) |map-url =https://purl.slwa.wa.gov.au/slwa_b1885378_2 |date = |year =1927 |url = |scale = |series = |publisher =Dept. of Lands & Surveys W.A., 1922. |cartography = |page = |pages = |section = |sections = |inset = |edition = |location =Perth|language = |format = |isbn = |id = |access-date =27 December 2024 |archive-url = |archive-date =}}{{cite web |title=Railway map of Western Australia, 1952 |url=https://nla.gov.au/nla.obj-256867901/view |website=Trove |access-date=27 December 2024}}{{cite web |title=Back along the line: An historical gazetteer of railway stations, sidings and related facilities along Western Australian railway lines |url=http://www.geoproject.com.au/News/Gaz_5_rail_ordered_08July2016.pdf |website=www.geoproject.com.au |access-date=27 December 2024}}

The Truslove North Nature Reserve was gazetted on 5 October 1917 and has a size of {{convert|1.94|km2|mi2}}. The Truslove Townsite Nature Reserve was gazetted on 4 February 1966 and has a size of {{convert|60.66|km2|mi2}}. Both are located within the Mallee bioregion:{{cite web |url=https://www.dcceew.gov.au/sites/default/files/documents/capad2022-terrestrial-wa.xlsx |title=Terrestrial CAPAD 2022 WA summary |author= |website=www.dcceew.gov.au/ |publisher=Department of Climate Change, Energy, the Environment and Water |access-date=27 December 2024}}

The Truslove townsite was officially cancelled in April 1976.{{cite web |url=https://www.legislation.wa.gov.au/legislation/prod/gazettestore.nsf/FileURL/gg1976_024.pdf/$FILE/Gg1976_024.pdf?OpenElement |title=Government gazette of Western Australia |author= |date=15 April 1976 |website=www.legislation.wa.gov.au |publisher=Government of Western Australia |access-date=27 December 2024 |quote= |page=1,189}}