Kwobrup was a stop on the Katanning to Pingrup railway line,[7] and was established as a siding in 1912. Originally called Yellanup, it was seen as to close to the name of Yallingup and alternative name suggestions were made. The first suggestion was Wollakup, which was seen as to close to Wokalup, and Kwobrup was chosen instead, the indigenous name of a nearby swamp, thought to mean "good place".[8]
An official 1913 map of the townsite shows the town north of the railway line and consisting of the north–south running Irvine, Warren and Wegg Streets and the east–west running Banko, Woollett and Mills Streets, with 61 blocks of land allocated along them. A school and temproary hospital site were also marked out, as well as a recreation reserve south of the railway line.[9]
References
^Western Australia. Department of Lands and Surveys (1913), Townsite of Kwobrup, Dept. of Lands & Surveys W.A, retrieved 31 July 2024
^"Kwobrup". Gnowangerup Times. Vol. 3, no. 225. Western Australia. 20 October 1915. p. 3. Retrieved 30 July 2024 – via National Library of Australia.
^"Kwobrup". Gnowangerup Times. Vol. 5, no. 427. Western Australia. 17 November 1917. p. 2. Retrieved 30 July 2024 – via National Library of Australia.
^"KWOBRUP". Great Southern Herald. Vol. XX, no. 1928. Western Australia. 1 July 1922. p. 4. Retrieved 31 July 2024 – via National Library of Australia.
^BirdLife International. (2011). Important Bird Areas factsheet: Kwobrup-Badgebup. Downloaded from http://www.birdlife.org on 2011-07-17.
