Merilup is a locality in the
Wheatbelt region of
Western Australia
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, south-east of
Perth
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between
Dumbleyung and
Lake Grace
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just south of
Kukerin. The construction of three schools was scattered for use within the area between 1922 and December 1950 when the final school was closed and consolidated in Kukerin's school.
The population of Merilup live within private farm house dwellings scattered within the locality's boundaries, living and working on farms managing live stock and producing a range of broadacre crops. Today the area relies on the townsite of Kukerin, from which it shares a postcode, for essential services such as groceries and postage. At the
2021 census, Merilup had a population of 13.
References
External links
Merilup area HistoryShire of Dumbleyung
Towns in Western Australia
Wheatbelt (Western Australia)
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