Neridup, Western Australia

Neridup
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Neridup
Coordinates: 33°39′09″S122°12′37″E / 33.65261°S 122.21019°E / -33.65261; 122.21019
Country	Australia
State	Western Australia
LGA	Shire of Esperance
Location	626 km (389 mi) SE of Perth 172 km (107 mi) S of Norseman 36 km (22 mi) NE of Esperance
Government
•  State electorate	Roe
•  Federal division	O'Connor
Area
• Total	859.4 km2 (331.8 sq mi)
Population
• Total	92 (SAL 2021) [1]
Postcode	6450
Localities around Neridup Scaddan Wittenoom Hills Mount Ney Gibson Neridup Condingup Myrup Merivale Condingup

Neridup is a rural locality of the Shire of Esperance in the Goldfields-Esperance region of Western Australia. A large part of the Kau Rock Nature Reserve is located in the north-east of Neridup. ^{[2] [3]}

Neridup is on the traditional land of the Njunga people of the Noongar nation. ^{[4] [5]} The Njunga were previously part of the Wudjari Noongar, but separated from them^{[ when? ]} for cultural reasons. ^{[6] [7]}

The Kau Rock Nature Reserve, which also stretches into neighbouring Wittenoom Hills and Mount Ney, was gazetted on 2 August 1974, has a size of 158.14 square kilometres (61.06 sq mi), and is located in the Mallee bioregion. ^[8]

References

1. Australian Bureau of Statistics (28 June 2022). "Neridup (suburb and locality)". Australian Census 2021 QuickStats. Retrieved 28 June 2022. 
2. "SLIP Map". maps.slip.wa.gov.au. Landgate . Retrieved 29 December 2024.
3. "NationalMap". nationalmap.gov.au. Geoscience Australia . Retrieved 29 December 2024.
4. Leonard Collard; Clint Bracknell; Angela Rooney, Nyungar Boodjera Wangkiny (The People's Land is Speaking): Nyungar Place Nomenclature of the Southwest of Western Australia (PDF), retrieved 3 January 2025
5. "Nyungar Placenames in the South-West of Western Australia | Njunga" . Retrieved 3 January 2025.
6. "Wudjari (WA)". samuseum.sa.gov.au. South Australian Museum . Retrieved 29 December 2024.
7. "Njunga (WA)". samuseum.sa.gov.au. South Australian Museum . Retrieved 29 December 2024.
8. "Terrestrial CAPAD 2022 WA summary". www.dcceew.gov.au/. Department of Climate Change, Energy, the Environment and Water . Retrieved 29 December 2024.