Pingrup is a small town and
locality
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in the
Great Southern region of
Western Australia
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. It is one of two localities in the
Shire of Kent
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, the other being
Nyabing, covering the west of the shire.
At the
most recent Australian census
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, Pingrup had a population of .
History
Pingrup and the Shire of Kent are located on the traditional land of the
Koreng
The Koreng, also spelled Goreng, are an indigenous Noongar people of south-west of Western Australia.
Language
''Koreng'' belonged to the Nyungic language family, and, specifically, the Koreng appear to have spoken the Wilmun dialect of Nyun ...
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.
The name of the town is
Indigenous Australian
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in origin and was the name of a lake that is close to the townsite. The meaning of Pingrup is most likely taken from A.A. Hassell of Jerramungup (1894) recording of Pingrup (bingerup) meaning place where digging. The Noongar Dictionary gives the meaning for Pingrup as "place where they are digging or have been digging". The name first appeared on charts of the area in 1873.
The townsite came into being as a terminus of the
Katanning to Pingrup railway line, which was extended from
Nyabing into the area in 1923. The townsite was gazetted in 1924.
The surrounding areas produce
wheat
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and other
cereal
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crops. The town is a
receival site for
Cooperative Bulk Handling
The CBH Group (commonly known as CBH, an acronym
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.
On the western border of the locality of Pingrup, on the shore of
Lake Chinocup, lays the abandoned townsite of
Chinocup.
Nature reserves
The following nature reserves are located within Pingrup. All are located within the
Mallee bioregion
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:
*
Chinocup Nature Reserve
Chinocup Nature Reserve is located in the Mallee bioregion of Western Australia
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was gazetted on 20 January 1967 and has a size of
* Chinocup Dam Nature Reserve was gazetted on 7 January 2022 and has a size of
* Cairlocup Nature Reserve was gazetted on 28 October 1966 and has a size of
* Holland Rocks Nature Reserve was gazetted on 15 March 1968 and has a size of
*
Lake Bryde Nature Reserve
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was gazetted on 15 March 1968 and has a size of
* Lake Janet Nature Reserve was gazetted on 15 March 1968 and has a size of
*
Lake Magenta Nature Reserve was gazetted on 5 September 1958 and has a size of
* Willoughby Nature Reserve was gazetted on 9 October 1964 and has a size of
* WA22966 Nature Reserve was gazetted on 5 August 1949 and has a size of
* WA23218 Nature Reserve was gazetted on 9 March 1951 and has a size of
* WA36967 Nature Reserve was gazetted on 21 November 1980 and has a size of
References
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Shire of Kent
Grain receival points of Western Australia