Jingalup, Western Australia
- 275 km (171 mi) SE of Perth
- 19 km (12 mi) SW of Kojonup
Jingalup is a town in the Great Southern region of Western Australia located between the towns of Kojonup and Cranbrook. The town is located on Murrin Brook, which is a tributary of the Tone River.
The area was explored by Francis Thomas Gregory in 1846; he first recorded the name Jingalup. The area was eventually opened to agriculture. By 1918 the local farmers requested that a townsite be declared, and proposed the name be Mybrup. A town hall which was also used as a school and a recreation ground had been built by 1922, and the community knew the area as Jingalup. The town was gazetted in 1924.[2]
The name is Aboriginal in origin and is a contraction of the name of a nearby well, Kodjingalup Well.
References
- ^ Australian Bureau of Statistics (28 June 2022). "Jingalup (suburb and locality)". Australian Census 2021 QuickStats. Retrieved 28 June 2022.
- ^ "History of country town names – J". Western Australian Land Information Authority. Archived from the original on 14 March 2022. Retrieved 23 April 2011.
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