Perillup, Western Australia

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Perillup
Western Australia
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Perillup
Perillup, Western Australia
Coordinates 34°35′48″S117°11′42″E / 34.59667°S 117.19500°E / -34.59667; 117.19500
Population46 (SAL 2016) [1] [2]
Postcode(s) 6324
Area691.4 km2 (267.0 sq mi)
Location
LGA(s) Shire of Plantagenet
State electorate(s) Warren-Blackwood
Federal division(s) O'Connor
Localities around Perillup:
Frankland River Tenterden Kendenup
Rocky Gully Perillup Forest Hill
Mount Romance Mount Lindesay Denbarker

Perillup is a rural locality of the Shire of Plantagenet in the Great Southern region of Western Australia. The Muir Highway passes through the locality from west to east while the Kent River passes through its north before forming much of its western border. Most of the locality south of the highway is taken up by the Mount Roe National Park while, to the north of the highway, the Randell Road and the unnamed WA11343 Nature Reserves are located. [3] [4]

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History

Perillup is located on the traditional land of the Menang people of the Noongar nation. [5]

Like neighbouring Rocky Gully, Perillup was part of the soldier settlement scheme after the Second World War. [6] [7]

The bridge on the Muir Highway over the Kent River, at the border of Perillup and Rocky Gully, is on the shire's heritage register. [8]

Nature reserves

The Randell Road Nature Reserve was gazetted on 11 January 1963 and has a size of 4.45 square kilometres (1.72 sq mi). The WA11343 Nature Reserve was gazetted on 3 April 1908 and has a size of 1.25 square kilometres (0.48 sq mi). Both are located within the Jarrah Forest bioregion. [9]

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References

  1. Australian Bureau of Statistics (27 June 2017). "Perillup (suburb and locality)". Australian Census 2016.  OOjs UI icon edit-ltr-progressive.svg
  2. Australian Bureau of Statistics (27 June 2017). "Perillup (suburb and locality)". Australian Census 2016 QuickStats. Retrieved 28 June 2022.  OOjs UI icon edit-ltr-progressive.svg
  3. "SLIP Map". maps.slip.wa.gov.au. Landgate . Retrieved 10 November 2024.
  4. "NationalMap". nationalmap.gov.au. Geoscience Australia . Retrieved 10 November 2024.
  5. "Shire of Plantagenet". www.plantagenet.wa.gov.au. Shire of Plantagenet. Retrieved 10 November 2024. The Shire of Plantagenet acknowledges the traditional custodians of our area ... the Menang Noongar ...
  6. "History of country town names – R". Western Australian Land Information Authority. Archived from the original on 14 March 2022. Retrieved 10 November 2024.
  7. "Perillup News". The Southern Sentinel . Mount Barker: National Library of Australia. 30 July 1953. p. 4. Retrieved 10 November 2024.
  8. "Bridge 500, Muir Highway over Kent River, Perillup". inherit.stateheritage.wa.gov.au. Heritage Council of Western Australia . Retrieved 10 November 2024. Location: North Woogenilup Rd Woogenilup
  9. "Terrestrial CAPAD 2022 WA summary". www.dcceew.gov.au/. Department of Climate Change, Energy, the Environment and Water . Retrieved 10 November 2024.