Jardee is a small town in the

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region of

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. It is situated along the

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between Manjimup and Pemberton. It was originally a railway siding named Jardanup, which had been established in 1912 during the construction of the

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to Wilgarup railway line. Jardanup was the terminus built to service the No. 1 state

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, also built in 1912. In 1920 the railway line spread during the visit of Edward Prince of Wales, (the future King

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) derailing the royal train. In most reports the location was identified as "ten miles from Bridgetown". The name of the town was changed to Jardee in 1925 as it was often confused with

Dardanup Dardanup is a small town in the South West region of Western Australia. The town is in the fertile Ferguson valley and is near the Ferguson River. The first European settlement in the area was in 1852 by Thomas Little who named his property ' ...

, and the town was gazetted in 1927. The name is a

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word for the area ''Jardanup'' and the name of a historic property in the area, ''Deeside''.

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