Seppings, Western Australia

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Seppings
Western Australia
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The suburb and Lake Seppings from Mount Clarence
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Seppings
Seppings, Western Australia
Coordinates 35°00′52″S117°54′59″E / 35.01451°S 117.91648°E / -35.01451; 117.91648
Population177 (SAL 2021) [1]
Postcode(s) 6330
Area1.6 km2 (0.62 sq mi)
LGA(s) City of Albany
State electorate(s) Albany
Federal division(s) O'Connor
Suburbs around Seppings:
Spencer Park Spencer Park Collingwood Park
Mira Mar Seppings King George Sound
Middleton Beach Middleton Beach King George Sound

Seppings is a suburb of the City of Albany in the Great Southern region of Western Australia. The suburb is bounded by the King George Sound to the east and home to Lake Seppings and surrounding wetlands. It also contains the south-western half of the Albany Golf Course. Only the area along the northern border of the suburb and a stretch along Middleton Beach are built up with houses. [2] [3]

The suburb and the City of Albany are located on the traditional land of the Minang people of the Noongar nation. [4] [5] [6] [7]

Lake Seppings, Tjuirtgellong in the Noongar language, and the Drew Street oak trees are both on the City of Albany's heritage list. [8] The lake itself was named in 1827 by Edmund Lockyer after his cousins, Robert and John Milligen Seppings. [9]

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References

  1. Australian Bureau of Statistics (28 June 2022). "Seppings (suburb and locality)". Australian Census 2021 QuickStats. Retrieved 28 June 2022.  OOjs UI icon edit-ltr-progressive.svg
  2. "SLIP Map". maps.slip.wa.gov.au. Landgate . Retrieved 19 October 2024.
  3. "NationalMap". nationalmap.gov.au. Geoscience Australia . Retrieved 19 October 2024.
  4. "Minang". www.boodjar.sis.uwa.edu.au. University of Western Australia . Retrieved 19 October 2024.
  5. "Map of Indigenous Australia". aiatsis.gov.au. Australian Institute of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Studies. 14 May 2024. Retrieved 17 October 2024.
  6. "Minang (WA)". www.samuseum.sa.gov.au. South Australian Museum . Retrieved 19 October 2024.
  7. "City of Albany". www.albany.wa.gov.au. City of Albany. Retrieved 19 October 2024. The City of Albany respectfully acknowledges the Menang Noongar people as the traditional custodians of the land ...
  8. "Seppings suburb search results". inherit.stateheritage.wa.gov.au. Heritage Council of Western Australia . Retrieved 19 October 2024.
  9. "Tjuitgellong / Lake Seppings". inherit.stateheritage.wa.gov.au. Heritage Council of Western Australia . Retrieved 19 October 2024.