Nowergup is a rural locality about north of

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, Western Australia. It is in the

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of the

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History

The suburb of Nowergup (sometimes spelled Nowgerup in earlier documents) takes its name from Lake Nowergup. The lake name was first recorded by Surveyor General

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in 1841, and is a

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word which possibly means "place of sweet water". It was approved as a suburb name in 1982.

Geography

Nowergup is bounded by Romeo Road/Karoborup Road to the north, the proposed

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to the west, Pinjar Road to the east and

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and Wattle Avenue to the south. At the

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2011 census, Nowergup had a population of 212 people living in 81 dwellings.

Facilities

Nowergup is a sparsely populated agricultural suburb. Several plant nurseries, the Ocean View Tavern and the Nowergup Lake wetland and fauna sanctuary are situated along

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. The western strip between Wanneroo Road and the proposed Mitchell Freeway is approximately the northern half of the

Neerabup National Park Neerabup National Park is a national park in the City of Wanneroo in Western Australia, situated approximately north of Perth. The park is found to the west of Wanneroo Road and is a long thin strip of bushland that is about in length. It cont ...

. The area also contains most of the Pinjar Pine Plantation, numerous sand and limestone quarries and a Water Corporation

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facility.

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, WA's premier

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facility, is located just beyond Nowergup's southern border. The

Nowergup railway depot Nowergup railway depot is a Transperth depot in the suburb of Nowergup, Western Australia History Nowergup depot was built to service the Transperth B-series electric multiple units that were ordered to operate service on the Joondalup line, I ...

is located off Hester Avenue. Ocean View Tavern

References

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