Yoganup is a rural

locality Locality may refer to: * Locality (association), an association of community regeneration organizations in England * Locality (linguistics) * Locality (settlement) * Suburbs and localities (Australia), in which a locality is a geographic subdivis ...

of the

City of Busselton The City of Busselton is a local government area in the South West region of Western Australia, approximately south of Perth, the state capital. The city covers an area of and had a population of 40,640 as at the 2021 Census. It contains two ...

in the

South West The points of the compass are a set of horizontal, radially arrayed compass directions (or azimuths) used in navigation and cartography. A compass rose is primarily composed of four cardinal directions—north, east, south, and west—each sepa ...

region of Western Australia. It is the largest locality in the City of Busselton but has the second-lowest population, being almost completely forested.

Whicher National Park A National Park in the Whicher Range of South West of Western Australia. The park is home to the protected Petrophile shrub and the source of the Margaret River. References See also * List of protected areas of Western Australia Wester ...

is almost completely located within Yoganup and the small town of Jarrahwood is completely surrounded by the locality, but not part of it. The

Vasse Highway Vasse Highway is a Western Australian highway connecting Busselton and the South Western Highway south of Manjimup. It is long and travels through jarrah and karri hardwood forests for most of its length, with some small agricultural areas a ...

passes through the south-west of Yoganup. The City of Busselton and the locality of Yoganup are located on the traditional land of the

Wardandi The Wadandi, also spelt Wardandi and other variants, are an Aboriginal people of south-western Western Australia, one of fourteen language groups of the Noongar peoples. Name There are at least three theories about the meaning of the tribal eth ...

(also spelled Wadandi) 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. Yoganup was the location of the first railway in Western Australia, the

Ballaarat Tramline The Ballaarat Tramline, also known as the Lockville - Yoganup Railway, was the first railway in Western Australia, constructed in 1871 by the Western Australian Timber Company. The railway was used to transport timber from forests in the South ...

, a private timber railway constructed in 1871. The name of the area was previously spelt "Yokanup".

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