Yalyalup
Busselton, Western Australia
Yalyalup is located in Western Australia
Yalyalup
Yalyalup
Coordinates33°40′S 115°24′E / 33.667°S 115.400°E / -33.667; 115.400
Population2,950 (SAL 2021)[1]
Postcode(s)6280
Area32.2 km2 (12.4 sq mi)
Time zoneAWST (UTC+8)
Location5 km (3 mi) from Busselton
LGA(s)City of Busselton
State electorate(s)Vasse
Federal division(s)Forrest

Yalyalup is a suburb of the Western Australian city of Busselton. At the 2021 census, it had a population of 2,950.

The word "Yalyalup" means "place of many holes" in the local Noongar dialect, being a reduplication of "yal", the Wardandi word for "large hole", plus the -up suffix, meaning "place of".[2] 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.[3] 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.[3][4][5]

The first major estate in the suburb, built by Satterley property Group, was established in 2008.[6][7] The suburb also contains Georgiana Molloy Anglican School,[8] Busselton Margaret River Airport,[9] and Busselton Cemetery.[10]

References

  1. ↑ Australian Bureau of Statistics (28 June 2022). "Yalyalup (suburb and locality)". Australian Census 2021 QuickStats. Retrieved 28 June 2022. 
  2. ↑ Verass, Sophie (10 August 2016). "Indigenous meanings of Australian town names". NITV. Retrieved 7 September 2019.
  3. 1 2 "Yalyalup". Municipal Heritage Inventory (pdf). City of Busselton. 2013. pp. 455–462. Retrieved 20 October 2022.
  4. ↑ "Potato growing". The South-Western News. 19 November 1920. p. 3. Retrieved 7 September 2019 – via National Library of Australia.
  5. ↑ "WA Schools Gazetteer" (PDF). Geoproject Solutions. 10 December 2018. Retrieved 1 September 2019.
  6. ↑ "A French flavour arrives in Busselton". Government of Western Australia. 30 March 2008. Archived from the original on 27 January 2022. Retrieved 7 September 2019.
  7. ↑ "Provence Estate". Satterley. Retrieved 7 September 2019.
  8. ↑ "School History". Georgiana Molloy Anglican School. Retrieved 7 September 2019.
  9. ↑ "Contact". City of Busselton. Retrieved 7 September 2019.
  10. ↑ "Cemeteries". City of Busselton. Retrieved 7 September 2019.
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