Dinninup is a small town located in the South Waet region of Western Australia

Western Australia

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. It is situated between Boyup Brook

Boyup Brook, Western Australia

Boyup Brook is a town located in the south-west of Western Australia, south-southeast of Perth and northeast of Bridgetown.The name Boyup is derived from the name of a nearby pool "Booyup", an Aboriginal term meaning "place of big stones" or "place of big smoke" .The town's economy is...

 and Kojonup

Kojonup, Western Australia

Kojonup is a town located 256 km south-east of Perth, Western Australia along Albany Highway.The name Kojonup is believed to refer to the "Kodja" or stone axe made by Indigenous Australians from the local stone....

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The towns name is Aboriginal in origin and is the name of a brook that is situated close to town. First recorded by survey

Survey

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ors in 1877, the meaning of the name is unknown. Originating as a railway station on the Botup Brook to Kojonup line, early settlers had requested for land to be set aside for a townsite in 1906. The line was completed in 1910 and the Dinninup station was opened at the same time. The town was gazetted in 1915.