Kulikup, Western Australia

Kulikup Western Australia
The former Kulikup school and tennis club building, now located in Boyup Brook
Coordinates	33°50′S116°41′E / 33.83°S 116.68°E / -33.83; 116.68
Population	143 (SAL 2021) [1]
Postcode(s)	6244
Area	283.4 km2 (109.4 sq mi)
Location	270 km (168 mi) from Perth 141 km (88 mi) from Bunbury
LGA(s)	Shire of Boyup Brook
State electorate(s)	Warren-Blackwood
Federal division(s)	O'Connor
Localities around Kulikup: Trigwell Moodiarrup Changerup Dinninup Kulikup Qualeup Mayanup Scotts Brook Qualeup

Kulikup is a rural locality and small town of the Shire of Boyup Brook in the South West region of Western Australia. ^{[2] [3]}

History

Kulikup is located on the traditional land of the Kaneang (also spelt Kaniyang) people of the Noongar nation. ^{[4] [5] [6]}

The locality is home to the state heritage-listed Norlup Homestead, constructed in 1872. ^[7] European activities in the area dates back to 1839, when John Hassell acquired a temporary lease of the area to stock it with sheep without actually settling there. In 1854, William Scott and his wife Mary ( née  Keane) took up a lease and built a homestead, originally named "Rutherglen". Scott later questioned the local indigenous population about the original name of the area and was told it was Norlup, meaning "shady place" because of the trees surrounding fresh water pools, prompting him to rename the homestead. ^[8]

The town of Kulikup was originally established in 1910 as a siding of the Boyup Brook to Kojonup railway line and named "Culicup". A town site was gazetted in 1912, now under the name of "Kulikupp", which was amended to the current spelling in 1965. The name itself comes from the near-by Culicup Pool, was first recorded in 1892 and is of Noongar origin but the meaning is unknown. ^[9]

The former Kulikup School, built in 1917, was used as such until 1946, when it was relocated to the local sports ground and became the home of the Kulikup Tennis Club. In March 2002, the now heritage-listed building was relocated to the Boyup Brook Museum in Boyup Brook. ^[10]

References

1. Australian Bureau of Statistics (28 June 2022). "Kulikup (suburb and locality)". Australian Census 2021 QuickStats. Retrieved 28 June 2022. 
2. "SLIP Map". maps.slip.wa.gov.au. Landgate . Retrieved 15 August 2023.
3. "NationalMap". nationalmap.gov.au. Geoscience Australia . Retrieved 15 August 2023.
4. "Kaneang". boodjar.sis.uwa.edu.au. University of Western Australia . Retrieved 15 August 2023.
5. "Kaneang (WA)". samuseum.sa.gov.au. South Australian Museum . Retrieved 15 August 2023.
6. "Map of Indigenous Australia". aiatsis.gov.au. Australian Institute of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Studies . Retrieved 15 August 2023.
7. "Norlup Homestead". inherit.stateheritage.wa.gov.au. Heritage Council of Western Australia (Shire of Boyup Brook). Retrieved 15 August 2023.
8. "Norlup Homestead". inherit.stateheritage.wa.gov.au. Heritage Council of Western Australia (Heritage Council). Retrieved 15 August 2023.
9. "History of country town names – K". Western Australian Land Information Authority. Archived from the original on 14 March 2022. Retrieved 15 August 2023.
10. "Kulikup School (fmr)". inherit.stateheritage.wa.gov.au. Heritage Council of Western Australia. Retrieved 15 August 2023.