Noggerup is a rural town and

locality Locality may refer to: * Locality, a historical named location or place in Canada * Locality (association), an association of community regeneration organizations in England * Locality (linguistics) * Locality (settlement) * Suburbs and localitie ...

of the

Shire of Donnybrook–Balingup The Shire of Donnybrook Balingup is a local government area in the South West region of Western Australia, about southeast of Bunbury and about south of the state capital, Perth. The Shire covers an area of about , and its seat of governme ...

in the

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region of Western Australia. A large portion of the

Greater Preston National Park Greater Preston National Park, sometimes referred to as just Preston National Park, is a national park in the South West region of Western Australia, south of Perth. It is predominantly located in the Shire of Boyup Brook and Shire of Donnybr ...

is located within Noggerup. Noggerup was once a siding on the Donnybrook–Katanning railway, but the railway line ceased operation in 1982. The Noggerup siding, which opened in 1908 as the Preston Valley siding, was soon renamed and eventually closed in 1985. The origin of the townsite of Noggerup dates back to the arrival of the railway, when a request for a terminus at the Sexton & Drysdale's Mill was made in 1907. Noggerup's location was fixed and surveyed the following year and gazetted in 1909. Initially, the town was spelled Noggerupp, in accordance with spelling requirements for Aboriginal place names in the state. The second p at the end of the name was omitted in 1915, but the meaning of the name is not known. Noggerup and the Shire of Donnybrook–Balingup 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 et ...

people of the

Noongar The Noongar (, also spelt Noongah, Nyungar , Nyoongar, Nyoongah, Nyungah, Nyugah, and Yunga ) are Aboriginal Australian people who live in the South West, Western Australia, south-west corner of Western Australia, from Geraldton, Western Aus ...

nation.

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{{Towns South West WA Shire of Donnybrook–Balingup Noongar place names