Munglinup, Western Australia
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Munglinup is a small town located in the Goldfields-Esperance region of Western Australia
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The town is located along the South Coast Highway
between Ravensthorpe
and Esperance
and close to the Munglinup River
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The word Munglinup is Indigenous Australian in origin and of unknown meaning. The name first appears on maps made by early settlers in 1868.
The region was first opened up for farming in the late 1950s and by the early 1960s the community asked for a townsite between Esperance
and Ravensthorpe
to be considered. The townsite was surveyed in 1961 and gazetted in 1962.
Western Australia
Western Australia is a state of Australia, occupying the entire western third of the Australian continent. It is bounded by the Indian Ocean to the north and west, the Great Australian Bight and Indian Ocean to the south, the Northern Territory to the north-east and South Australia to the south-east...
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The town is located along the South Coast Highway
South Coast Highway
South Coast Highway is a Western Australia highway. It is a part of the Highway 1 network.With a length of , it runs from Esperance to Walpole roughly in parallel to the Western Australia's south coast...
between Ravensthorpe
Ravensthorpe, Western Australia
Ravensthorpe is a town 541 km south east of Perth, 40 km inland from the south coast of Western Australia. It is the seat of government of the Shire of Ravensthorpe...
and Esperance
Esperance, Western Australia
Esperance is a large town in the Goldfields-Esperance region of Western Australia, located on the Southern Ocean coastline approximately east-southeast of the state capital, Perth. The shire of Esperance is home to 9,536 people as of the 2006 census, its major industries are tourism, agriculture,...
and close to the Munglinup River
Munglinup River
The Munglinup River is an ephemeral river in the Goldfields-Esperance region of Western Australia.The headwaters of the river rise near Cheadanup Nature Reserve and flows in a southerly direction through cleared farmland then crossing the South Coast Highway near the town of Munglinup before...
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The word Munglinup is Indigenous Australian in origin and of unknown meaning. The name first appears on maps made by early settlers in 1868.
The region was first opened up for farming in the late 1950s and by the early 1960s the community asked for a townsite between Esperance
Esperance, Western Australia
Esperance is a large town in the Goldfields-Esperance region of Western Australia, located on the Southern Ocean coastline approximately east-southeast of the state capital, Perth. The shire of Esperance is home to 9,536 people as of the 2006 census, its major industries are tourism, agriculture,...
and Ravensthorpe
Ravensthorpe, Western Australia
Ravensthorpe is a town 541 km south east of Perth, 40 km inland from the south coast of Western Australia. It is the seat of government of the Shire of Ravensthorpe...
to be considered. The townsite was surveyed in 1961 and gazetted in 1962.