Pingrup Western Australia | |
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Coordinates | 33°32′04″S118°30′35″E / 33.53444°S 118.50972°E |
Population | 231 (SAL 2021) [1] |
Established | 1924 |
Postcode(s) | 6343 |
Elevation | 295 m (968 ft) |
Area | 3,662 km2 (1,414 sq mi) |
Location |
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LGA(s) | Shire of Kent |
State electorate(s) | Roe |
Federal division(s) | O'Connor |
Pingrup is a small town and locality in the Great Southern region of Western Australia. It is one of two localities in the Shire of Kent, the other being Nyabing, covering the west of the shire. [2] [3]
At the most recent Australian census, Pingrup had a population of 231 (SAL 2021 ) [4] .
Pingrup and the Shire of Kent are located on the traditional land of the Koreng people of the Noongar nation. [5] [6] [7]
The name of the town is Indigenous Australian in origin and was the name of a lake that is close to the townsite. The meaning of Pingrup is most likely taken from A.A. Hassell of Jerramungup (1894) recording of Pingrup (bingerup) meaning place where digging. The Noongar Dictionary gives the meaning for Pingrup as "place where they are digging or have been digging". The name first appeared on charts of the area in 1873.
The townsite came into being as a terminus of the Katanning to Pingrup railway line, which was extended from Nyabing into the area in 1923. The townsite was gazetted in 1924. [8]
The surrounding areas produce wheat and other cereal crops. The town is a receival site for Cooperative Bulk Handling. [9]
On the western border of the locality of Pingrup, on the shore of Lake Chinocup, lays the abandoned townsite of Chinocup. [2]
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