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Boxwood Hill, Western Australia

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| name = Boxwood Hill
| state = wa
| image =
| caption =
| lga = Shire of Jerramungup
| coordinates = {{coord|34.361|S|118.745|E|display=inline,title}}
| postcode = 6338
| est = 1963
| pop = 170| pop_year = {{CensusAU|2006}}
| pop_footnotes = ^[1]
| elevation= 133
| maxtemp =
| mintemp =
| rainfall =
| stategov = Wagin
| fedgov = O'Connor
| dist1 = 454
| dir1 = SE
| location1= Perth
| dist2 = 50
| dir2 = SSW
| location2= Jerramungup
| dist3 = 58
| dir3 = W
| location3= Bremer Bay
}}

Boxwood Hill is a locality in the Great Southern Region of Western Australia, situated at the intersection of the South Coast Highway and the Borden-Bremer Bay Road.

The townsite was gazetted in 1963, named after a local shrub, Microcorys sp. Boxwood.^[2]

The town itself is composed of only a roadhouse and three houses, but is best known for its excellent sporting facilities. The sports club, which has facilities for football, netball, hockey, cricket and tennis and is known to host over 200 people to sporting events.^[3]

References

1. ^{{Census 2006 AUS|id=SSC53271|name=Boxwood Hill (State Suburb)|quick=on|accessdate=30 September 2008}}
2. ^{{LandInfo WA|c|B|30 September 2008}}
3. ^{{cite news|url=http://www.abc.net.au/rural/content/2007/s2143607.htm|title=Three houses and a roadhouse, but what a sports ground!|author=Edwina Farley|date=22 January 2008|accessdate=25 March 2013|publisher=Australian Broadcasting Corporation}}

2 : Towns in Western Australia|Great Southern (Western Australia)

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