Dalyup is a small town in
Western Australia located about south east of
Perth between
Munglinup
Munglinup is a small town located in the Shire of Ravensthorpe in the Goldfields–Esperance region of Western Australia.
The town lies on the South Coast Highway between Ravensthorpe and Esperance and close to the Munglinup River. The river ...
and
Esperance on the
South Coast Highway in the
Goldfields-Esperance region of Western Australia.
The town takes its name from the
Dalyup River
Dalyup River is a river located in the Goldfields-Esperance region of Western Australia.
When Surveyor General John Septimus Roe visited the river in 1848, he named it the Gore River, after one of Captain James Cook's crew from the '' Endeav ...
that is situated adjacent to the town. The name is
Aboriginal
Aborigine, aborigine or aboriginal may refer to:
*Aborigines (mythology), in Roman mythology
* Indigenous peoples, general term for ethnic groups who are the earliest known inhabitants of an area
*One of several groups of indigenous peoples, see ...
in origin and thought to be the
Noongar word for the
western king parrot or
hookbill. The townsite was gazetted on 18 May 1962, although there had been agricultural settlement in the area since 1896.
[ See also 20 March 1896, p.449 (file 1933/95).]
References
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Shire of Esperance