Yalyalup, Western Australia
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". 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. 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.
The first major estate in the suburb, built by Satterley property Group, was established in 2008. The suburb also contains Georgiana Molloy Anglican School, Busselton Margaret River Airport, and Busselton Cemetery.
References
- ^ Australian Bureau of Statistics (28 June 2022). "Yalyalup (suburb and locality)". Australian Census 2021 QuickStats. Retrieved 28 June 2022.
- ^ Verass, Sophie (10 August 2016). "Indigenous meanings of Australian town names". NITV. Retrieved 7 September 2019.
- ^ "Yalyalup". Municipal Heritage Inventory (pdf). City of Busselton. 2013. pp. 455–462. Retrieved 20 October 2022.
- ^ "Potato growing". The South-Western News. 19 November 1920. p. 3. Retrieved 7 September 2019 – via National Library of Australia.
- ^ "WA Schools Gazetteer" (PDF). Geoproject Solutions. 10 December 2018. Retrieved 1 September 2019.
- ^ "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.
- ^ "Provence Estate". Satterley. Retrieved 7 September 2019.
- ^ "School History". Georgiana Molloy Anglican School. Retrieved 7 September 2019.
- ^ "Contact". City of Busselton. Retrieved 7 September 2019.
- ^ "Cemeteries". City of Busselton. Retrieved 7 September 2019.
