Wonnerup, Western Australia
| Wonnerup Western Australia | |
|---|---|
 The last passenger train to Busselton passes through Wonnerup, January 1987. | |
  Wonnerup | |
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| Coordinates | 33°37′S115°24′E/ 33.62°S 115.4°E |
| Population | 196 (SAL2021)[1] |
| Established | 1856 |
| Postcode(s) | 6280 |
| Elevation | 94 m (308 ft) |
| Area | 17.6 km2(6.8 sq mi) |
| Location | |
| LGA(s) | City of Busselton |
| State electorate(s) | Vasse |
| Federal division(s) | Forrest[2] |
The townsite ofWonnerupis located 219 kilometres (136 mi) south ofPerthand 10 kilometres (6 mi) east ofBusselton.It was gazetted a townsite in 1856,[3]deriving its name from the nearbyWonnerup Inlet.
The name isAboriginal,and has been shown on maps of the region since 1839. The meaning of the name is "place of the woman's digging or fighting stick"; theNoongarword for fighting stick iswonna,while the suffix-updenotesplace of.The wonna was made from the peppermint tree,Agonis flexuosa,a coastal native found only in the south-west, and was a common trade item of the Noongar people.[4]
TheWonnerup massacreof Wardandi Noongar people by European settlers occurred in the vicinity of the area in 1841. TheBallaarat Tramline,Western Australia's first railway and railway bridge, was constructed in 1871 in the locality of Lockville, within Wonnerup. Wonnerup was later the junction of theBunburytoBusseltonrailway line and theNannup Branch Railway.In 1998, part of Wonnerup was subsumed into the Busselton suburb ofGeographe.[5]
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References[edit]
- ^Australian Bureau of Statistics(28 June 2022)."Wonnerup (suburb and locality)".Australian Census 2021 QuickStats.Retrieved28 June2022.
- ^"Australian Electoral Commission".AEC localities.Retrieved26 February2015.
- ^ "History of country town names – W".Western Australian Land Information Authority. Archived fromthe originalon 14 March 2022.Retrieved8 June2007.
- ^"Water Authority – Aboriginal social water requirements for the Southern Blackwood Plateau"(PDF).2006.Retrieved14 September2008.
- ^LandgateGeonoma database, entry for Geographe
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