Banjup is a suburb of Perth

Perth, Western Australia

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, Western Australia

Western Australia

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, located within the City of Cockburn. Its postcode is 6164.

History

Named in the mid 1950s from the lake in the District. During the survey of the Jandakot Agricultural Area in 1889, surveyor James Oxley recorded the name of Lake Bangup. A siding on the Fremantle

Fremantle

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-Armadale

Armadale, Western Australia

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railway line was named Banjupp in 1907 and this name was altered to Banjup in the 1930s.