Jingalup, Western Australia
Jingalup is a town and locality in the Shire of Kojonup, Great Southern region of Western Australia. Jingalup is located between the towns of Kojonup and Cranbrook, on Murrin Brook, which is a tributary of the Tone River. The locality is home to the Jingalup and South Jingalup Nature Reserves.
History
Jingalup and the Shire of Kojonup are located on the traditional land of the Kaniyang people of the Noongar nation.The area was explored by Francis Thomas Gregory in 1846; he first recorded the name Jingalup. The area was eventually opened to agriculture. By 1918 the local farmers requested that a townsite be declared, and proposed the name be Mylerup. A town hall which was also used as a school and a recreation ground had been built by 1922, and the community knew the area as Jingalup. The town was gazetted in 1924.
The name is Aboriginal in origin and is a contraction of the name of a nearby well, Kodjingalup Well.
The Jingalup Hall, Golf Club and War Memorial are on the shire's heritage list. The Jingalup School in 1919, with a new building constructed in 1954 that served as a school until 1974. This building was subsequently moved and is now used as the golf club.