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-up is a suffix commonly found in place names in south western Western Australia. The suffix originated in a dialect of Noongar, an Australian Aboriginal language, in which "-up" means "place of". The suffix "-in" or "-ing" has a similar meaning in a related dialect of Noongar. Places tended to be named after their distinctive features, whereby the place names could be used to create a "mental map" allowing Indigenous Australians to determine where water, food and other raw materials could be found. These sites were often located near sources of fresh water, leading to the common misconception that "up" and "in" mean "near water". The meanings and the pronunciations of many of these names has been lost over time. A number of these places were at one stage named with a suffix "-upp". This was as a result of the Western Australian Lands and Surveys Department adopting a system of spelling Indigenous Australian names devised by the Royal Geographical Society. In simple t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Royal Geographical Society
The Royal Geographical Society (with the Institute of British Geographers), often shortened to RGS, is a learned society and professional body for geography based in the United Kingdom. Founded in 1830 for the advancement of geographical sciences, the Society has 16,000 members, with its work reaching the public through publications, research groups and lectures. The Society was founded in 1830 under the name ''Geographical Society of London'' as an institution to promote the 'advancement of geographical science'. It later absorbed the older African Association, which had been founded by Sir Joseph Banks in 1788, as well as the Raleigh Club and the Palestine Association. In 1995 it merged with the Institute of British Geographers, a body for academic geographers, to officially become the Royal Geographical Society ''with IBG''. The society is governed by its Council, which is chaired by the Society's President, according to a set of statutes and standing orders. The members ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Banjup, Western Australia
Banjup is a suburb of Perth, Western Australia, located within the City of Cockburn. Its postcode is 6164. It is approximately south of the Perth central business district. Banjup mainly consists of rural residential properties, with an average lot size of , together with a small number of agriculture-based businesses (horticulture such as plant nurseries and flower growing). The suburb has a mixture of small scale rural properties which have been used for hobby farms (for example to run horses) and "lifestyle" residents who prefer open space and more space when compared to normal Perth suburban blocks. Banjup is located on the Jandakot Water Mound. As part of the Western Australian State Government water resource protection policy development over the Jandakot Water Mound is limited to reduce the possibility of contamination from runoff from properties. As a consequence the number of animals per property is limited by the City of Cockburn zoning policies (for example 1 ho ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cookernup, Western Australia
Cookernup is a town in the South West of Western Australia near the South Western Highway, between Waroona and Harvey. History In 1835 Stephen Henty and Thomas Peel were the first Europeans to visit the area, being guided through the reaches of the Harvey River by local Aboriginal people. Cookernup's name derives from an Aboriginal name meaning "the place of the swamp hen" (cooki). The first settler, Joseph Logue, came to the area in 1852 with his extended family in search of good farming land, acquiring a grant which he called Kookernup. He later settled on the north bank of a nearby brook, now called Logue Brook. The area was important in the milling and transport of local timber, with a railway reserve being constructed for timber stacking. In the early 1890s, Cookernup had a much greater population than Harvey, and had a school and telegraph office several years earlier. The population of the town was 59 (35 males and 24 females) in 1898. Present day Cookernup is a sma ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Coodanup, Western Australia
Coodanup is a south-eastern suburb of Mandurah, Western Australia. Its local government area is the City of Mandurah. History The name "Coodanup" is of unknown origin, although the WA gazetteer states that in 1836, Lieutenant Henry Bunbury noted "Colanup" was the local Noongar name for the mouth of the Serpentine River. Geography Coodanup is bounded by the Serpentine River to the east, Harvey Estuary The Peel-Harvey Estuarine System ( nys, Djilba) is a natural estuarine system that lies roughly parallel to the coast of Western Australia and south of the town of Mandurah. The strip of land between the Indian Ocean and the estuarine system ca ... to the south, Pinjarra Road to the north and Mandurah Bypass and Wanjeep Street to the west.2006 StreetSmart directory, Department of Lands and Surveys, Perth. References {{towns Peel WA Suburbs of Mandurah ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Condingup
Condingup is a town in the Goldfields–Esperance region of Western Australia, in the Shire of Esperance local government area, southeast of the state capital, Perth. At the 2016 census, it and the surrounding region had a population of 278. Condingup was declared a townsite on 3 May 1963. Its name is thought to be derived from the Aboriginal word ''Kunjinup'', a local wildflower. Local industries includes cattle, sheep and grain production. From the 1950s to the 1970s a range of celebrities owned property in the area including Art Linkletter, Anne Baxter and Rhonda Fleming Rhonda Fleming (born Marilyn Louis; August 10, 1923 – October 14, 2020) was an American film and television actress and singer. She acted in more than 40 films, mostly in the 1940s and 1950s, and became renowned as one of the most glamoro .... Linkletter helped the town establish its first school, school bus and shop. References External linksCommunity website Towns in Western Australia ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Chinocup, Western Australia
Chinocup is a small town in the Great Southern region of Western Australia. It is situated between the towns of Nyabing and Pingrup. It was originally a station on the now abandoned Nyabing to Pingrup railway. Land was soon in demand in the area around the station, and blocks were surveyed and released in 1923. The townsite was gazetted as Chinokup later the same year; the spelling was changed to its present form in 1962. The name is named after the nearby Lake Chinocup, which had been recorded when the area was explored in 1879. The name is Aboriginal in origin but its meaning is unknown. A freak storm hit the area in January 1951, stripping leaves from trees and any hay left standing. Large hailstones caused some damage to properties and heavy rain filled dams and washed out fences. 250 points () of rain were recorded in a few hours in some areas. Stock yards were erected alongside the railway station in 1929 to assist farmers in moving stock by rail and to encourage fu ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cardup, Western Australia
Cardup is an outer suburb of the Western Australian capital city of Perth, located in the Shire of Serpentine-Jarrahdale The Shire of Serpentine-Jarrahdale is a local government area in the outer southeastern metropolitan area of Perth, the capital of Western Australia, and has an area of and a population of almost 27,000 as at the 2016 Census. The Shire's seat ... to the north of the town Mundijong. In the , it had a population of 972 people. History In 1844, surveyor Robert Austin recorded that Cockburn Sound Location 22 was called Cardoup. The brook joining the northern boundary of this location has been shown at various times as either Cardoup or Cadup Brook. In 1851, the location was purchased by H. Mead, who gave his address as Cardup and this spelling was used for the brook on most subsequent plans and surveys. By 1927, a railway siding had been erected nearby and was called Cardup after the brook and although the siding is no longer in use, the place still retains ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Carbunup River, Western Australia
Carbunup River is a small town in the South West region of Western Australia. At the 2021 census, it had a population of 112. It is situated between Dunsborough and Margaret River on the banks of the Carbunup River. The townsite was declared in 1926 as Carbunup but the name was changed in 1958 to Carbunup River to prevent confusion with the town of Carbarup near Mount Barker. The town is named after the Carbunup River The Carbunup River is located in the south-west corner of Western Australia. The mouth of the Carbunup River is approximately west of Busselton where the river flows into Geographe Bay. The Carbunup River is in length and flows north from i ..., the word Carbunup is Aboriginal in origin and is thought to mean ''place of the cormorants'' or ''place of a kindly stram'' or ''place of the Stinkwood'' thicket''. The Discover Deadly reptile education centre is located in Carbunup River, at 10 Wildwood Road. References {{authority control Towns in W ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Burekup, Western Australia
Burekup is a small town located on the South Western Highway in the South West region of Western Australia. The town is built on the Collie River and was originally a railway siding on the Pinjarra- Picton line that was established in 1910 and known at the time as ''Boorekup''. Following a request from the Shire of Dardanup, the town was gazetted in 1973. "Burekup" is the Indigenous Australian Indigenous Australians or Australian First Nations are people with familial heritage from, and membership in, the ethnic groups that lived in Australia before British colonisation. They consist of two distinct groups: the Aboriginal peoples ... name for a wildflower that grows in the area. References {{authority control South West (Western Australia) ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Boyup Brook, Western Australia
Boyup Brook is a town in the south-west of Western Australia, south-southeast of Perth and northeast of Bridgetown. The town lies on Kaniyang land within the Noongar nation. The name ''Boyup'' is derived from the name of a nearby pool "Booyup", an Aboriginal term meaning "place of big stones" (large granite outcrops common in the area) or "place of big smoke" (from burning the many surrounding grass trees). The town's economy is primarily agricultural. It is a Cooperative Bulk Handling receival site. History About 1839, John Hassell brought sheep and cattle from the eastern states of Australia via Albany, and acquired a lease of land along what would later become Scotts Brook, south of the current town site. Although he grazed this stock in the area, the leases did not become permanent, and Hassell later moved to Kendenup. In 1845, Augustus Gregory followed the Blackwood River from the junction of the Arthur and Beaufort Rivers downstream for about . He carved his i ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Boyanup, Western Australia
Boyanup is a town on the South Western Highway in the South West agricultural region, 195 km south of Perth and 18 km south-east of Bunbury, Western Australia. The town is located on the Preston River. Boyanup is a Noongar name, said to mean "a place of quartz" as "Boya" means "rock" or "stone". The first European in the area was Lieutenant Henry William Bunbury, who in December 1836 explored the route from Pinjarra to Busselton and thought it to be ideal for farming. In 1845 Dublin solicitor James Bessonnet took up Location 54 in the Wellington District, consisting of 385 acres through which the Preston River flowed and the new road from Bunbury to the Blackwood had just been completed. The land also had a natural spring, sometimes known as Bessonnet Springs, and a permanent billabong. Bessonnet named his farm ''Boyanup''. Bessonnet left the colony in 1849 aboard ''Despatch''. Location 54 proved to be "too far from anywhere to be workable and eventually the bush to ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
