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Jingalup, Western Australia
Jingalup is a town and locality in the Shire of Kojonup, Great Southern region of Western Australia. Jingalup is located between the towns of Kojonup and Cranbrook, on Murrin Brook, which is a tributary of the Tone River. The locality is home to the Jingalup and South Jingalup Nature Reserves.[2][3] HistoryJingalup and the Shire of Kojonup are located on the traditional land of the Kaniyang people of the Noongar nation.[4][5][6] 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.[7] The name is Aboriginal in origin and is a contraction of the name of a nearby well, Kodjingalup Well. The Jingalup Hall, Golf Club and War Memorial are on the shire's heritage list. The Jingalup School in 1919, with a new building constructed in 1954 that served as a school until 1974. This building was subsequently moved and is now used as the golf club.[8][9][10] Nature reservesThe Jingalup Nature Reserve was gazetted on 15 July 1921, has a size of 4.27 square kilometres (1.65 sq mi), and is located within the Jarrah Forest bioregion. The South Jingalup Nature Reserve was also gazetted on 15 July 1921, has a size of 5.51 square kilometres (2.13 sq mi), and is also located within the Jarrah Forest bioregion.[11] References
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