Location: Shire of Dardanup, Western Australia

Surnames/tags: Dardanup District_Tree Wellington_District
WA geographic names : Place name history |
Latitude 33° 24' S Longitude 115° 45' E |
Situated about 10 km south west of Bunbury, the Dardanup area was first settled by Thomas Little around 1852. Little built a homestead named "Dardanup Park", the name believed to be a variation of the Aboriginal word "Dudingup" the meaning of which is not known. Little gave land to the Catholic Church and attracted other settlers to the area, and a small community soon developed. Land at Dardanup was privately owned and developed, but in the 1920's the government acquired and subdivided land here for closer settlement. The townsite of Dardanup was gazetted in 1923,
The Shire of Dardanup is a local government area in the South West region of Western Australia, immediately to the east and southeast of the City of Bunbury and about 180 kilometres (112 mi) south of the state capital, Perth. The Shire covers an area of 526.6 square kilometres (203.3 sq mi), and its seat of government is in Eaton in Bunbury's eastern suburbs. . . . . more . . Wikipedia®
St. MARY'S, Dardanup. Laying the Foundation Stone. (1906, May 14). Bunbury Herald (WA : 1892 - 1919), p. 2. Retrieved January 16, 2019
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