| Boyup Brook Western Australia | |
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 The Boyup Brook Visitor Centre in April 2022 | |
  Boyup Brook | |
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| Coordinates | 33°50′02″S 116°23′17″E / 33.834°S 116.388°E |
| Population | 540 (UCL 2021)[1] |
| Established | 1900 |
| Postcode(s) | 6244 |
| Elevation | 194 m (636 ft) |
| Area | 211.8 km2 (81.8 sq mi) |
| Location |
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| LGA(s) | Shire of Boyup Brook |
| State electorate(s) | Warren-Blackwood |
| Federal division(s) | O'Connor |
Boyup Brook is a town in the south-west of Western Australia, 269 kilometres (167 mi) south-southeast of Perth and 31 kilometres (19 mi) northeast of Bridgetown. The town lies on Kaniyang land within the Noongar nation.[2]
The name Boyup is derived from the name of a nearby pool "Booyup", an Aboriginal term meaning "place of big stones" (large granite outcrops common in the area) or "place of big smoke" (from burning the many surrounding grass trees).[3][4]
The town's economy is primarily agricultural. It is a Cooperative Bulk Handling receival site.[5]
- ^ Australian Bureau of Statistics (28 June 2022). "Boyup Brook (urban centre and locality)". Australian Census 2021.
- ^ AIATSIS Map of Indigenous Australia, Aboriginal Studies Press, AIATSIS, 1996. [1]
- ^ Boyup Brook – History, Shire of Boyup Brook, 2005, archived from the original on 18 May 2009, retrieved 19 December 2010
- ^ "History of country town names – B". Western Australian Land Information Authority. Archived from the original on 14 March 2022. Retrieved 19 December 2010.
- ^ "CBH Receival Sites – Contact Details" (PDF). 2010. Archived from the original (PDF) on 18 March 2012. Retrieved 31 March 2013.
