Mullalyup is a town in the South West region of Western Australia, situated between Kirup and Balingup on the South Western Highway, south of Perth. The town is in the

shire of Donnybrook-Balingup Shire is a traditional term for an administrative division of land in Great Britain and some other English-speaking countries such as Australia and New Zealand. It is generally synonymous with county. It was first used in Wessex from the beginn ...

, known for its scenic

Blackwood River The Blackwood River is a major river and catchment in the South West of Western Australia. Course The river begins at the junction of Arthur River and Balgarup River near Quelarup and travels in a south westerly direction through the town ...

Valley and agricultural industries. The name is taken from the nearby Mullalyup Brook, and was first noted by

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in 1866. It is Noongar in origin, and apparently means "nose place", as the place where nose-piercing was performed as part of the initiation cycle of young men. Mullalyup and the Shire of Donnybrook–Balingup are located on the traditional land of the Wardandi people of the Noongar nation. The first Europeans to settle in the area were the Coverley family who took land close to the town and named their farm "Elm Grove". The first major building in the town was the Blackwood Inn, built in 1882 by John Coverley for Thomas Maslin. During the 1890s the town was included as a

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in the construction of the railway line from

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to Bridgetown. The town site was gazetted in 1901.

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{{authority control Towns in Western Australia Places of Noongar significance Shire of Donnybrook–Balingup Noongar place names