Yalyalup is a suburb of the Western Australian city of

Busselton Busselton is a city in the South West (Western Australia), South West region of the States and territories of Australia, state of Western Australia approximately south-west of Perth. Busselton has a long history as a popular holiday destin ...

. At the 2021 census, it had a population of 2,950. The word "Yalyalup" means "place of many holes" in the local

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 ...

dialect, being a

reduplication In linguistics, reduplication is a Morphology (linguistics), morphological process in which the Root (linguistics), root or Stem (linguistics), stem of a word, part of that, or the whole word is repeated exactly or with a slight change. The cla ...

of "yal", 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 ...

word for "large hole", plus the

-up -up is a suffix commonly found in Toponym, place names in South West (Western Australia), south western Western Australia. The suffix originated in a dialect of Noongar, an Australian Aboriginal language, in which "-up" means "place of". ...

suffix, meaning "place of". After European settlement the area began to be used for timber-milling; the local mill was reworked using state-of-the-art technology in 1963 and finally closed in 1979. The area has also been used for farming, with the Mullgarnup Aboriginal Mission operating on a farm site for about ten years from 1887, and a state school being open from 1910 to 1921. The first major estate in the suburb, built by

Satterley Satterley Property Group is an Australian privately owned real estate land development company based in Perth. It develops residential estates in Western Australia and Victoria. History The company is based in Perth, Western Australia. The comp ...

property Group, was established in 2008. The suburb also contains

Georgiana Molloy Anglican School Georgiana Molloy Anglican School is an independent Anglican co-educational primary and secondary day school located in Yalyalup, Western Australia, a suburb of Busselton Busselton is a city in the South West (Western Australia), South ...

Busselton Margaret River Airport Busselton Margaret River Airport , formerly known as Busselton Regional Airport, is located in the Busselton suburb of Yalyalup, from the town centre. Busselton is a major regional centre in the South West of Western Australia, south of Perth ...

, and Busselton Cemetery.

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