Upper Capel is a rural
locality
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* Locality (linguistics)
* Locality (settlement)
* Suburbs and localities (Australia), in which a locality is a geographic subdivis ...
of the
Shire of Donnybrook–Balingup in the
South West
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region of Western Australia. The locality borders the
South Western Highway at the north-east while the
Capel River
The Capel River is a river in the South West region of Western Australia that rises in the Darling Range east of Mullalyup, and flows into the Indian Ocean at Peppermint Grove Beach.
The Capel River is the largest in the Geographe catchment. I ...
flows through it in the south-west.
Upper Capel was the original name for the railway siding established in 1898 that eventually became the town of
Kirup. When a town was gazetted there in 1900, it was named Kirupp and then Kirup from 1931. The current locality of Upper Capel is north-west of the town of Kirup and not directly related.
Upper Capel and the Shire of Donnybrook–Balingup are located on the traditional land of the
Wardandi people of the
Noongar
The Noongar (, also spelt Noongah, Nyungar , Nyoongar, Nyoongah, Nyungah, Nyugah, and Yunga ) are Aboriginal Australian peoples who live in the south-west corner of Western Australia, from Geraldton on the west coast to Esperance on the so ...
nation.
The locality is home to five heritage listed sites:
* Donnybrook Sandstone Quarry Pink (Pink Quarry)
* Donnybrook Sandstone Quarry Goldfield's (Goldfield's Quarry)
* Torridon Homestead
* Crendon Homestead
* Careydale
The Torridon Homestead dates back to 1873, while the Careydale and Crendon homesteads date to the 1880s.
References
{{Towns South West WA
Shire of Donnybrook–Balingup