Jerramungup, Western Australia
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Jerramungup is a Western Australia
n town located in the Great Southern agricultural region, 454 kilometres (282 mi) southeast of Perth
just west of the Gairdner River
. The town of Jerramungup was established in 1953 as a war service settlement area. It was gazetted in 1957, at a time when the Government was active in opening up land in the area for agriculture.
Jerramungup is an Aboriginal
word said to mean "place of upstanding yate trees". The yate tree is a variety of Eucalypt
tree which is evergreen and grows to a height of 20 m and a width of 4 m. It has orange bud caps and greenish yellow flowers, and is common in the southwest of WA. The name was first recorded by Surveyor General John Septimus Roe
in 1847, when carrying out exploration of the area, noting that natives referred to the river and its numerous branches as "Jeer-A-Mung-Up". Roe later named the same river near its mouth the Gairdner River, not realising they were the same, and this is the name now used for the river.
The town hall was opened in April 1958 and is know colloquially as the 'Root Pickers Hall' as it was paid for by volunteers picking mallee
roots.
200 tonnes of Verde Laguna granite from Jerramungup was used to make the Australian War Memorial in London that was opened in 2003.
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...
n town located in the Great Southern agricultural region, 454 kilometres (282 mi) southeast of Perth
Perth, Western Australia
Perth is the capital and largest city of the Australian state of Western Australia and the fourth most populous city in Australia. The Perth metropolitan area has an estimated population of almost 1,700,000....
just west of the Gairdner River
Gairdner River
Gairdner River is a river located in the Great Southern region of Western Australia. There is another Gairdner River in Western Australia, located in the Kimberley region....
. The town of Jerramungup was established in 1953 as a war service settlement area. It was gazetted in 1957, at a time when the Government was active in opening up land in the area for agriculture.
Jerramungup is an Aboriginal
Indigenous Australians
Indigenous Australians are the original inhabitants of the Australian continent and nearby islands. The Aboriginal Indigenous Australians migrated from the Indian continent around 75,000 to 100,000 years ago....
word said to mean "place of upstanding yate trees". The yate tree is a variety of Eucalypt
Eucalypt
Eucalypts are woody plants belonging to three closely related genera:Eucalyptus, Corymbia and Angophora.In 1995 new evidence, largely genetic, indicated that some prominent Eucalyptus species were actually more closely related to Angophora than to the other eucalypts; they were split off into the...
tree which is evergreen and grows to a height of 20 m and a width of 4 m. It has orange bud caps and greenish yellow flowers, and is common in the southwest of WA. The name was first recorded by Surveyor General John Septimus Roe
John Septimus Roe
John Septimus Roe was the first Surveyor-General of Western Australia. He was a renowned explorer, and a Member of Western Australia's Legislative and Executive Councils for nearly 40 years.-Early life:...
in 1847, when carrying out exploration of the area, noting that natives referred to the river and its numerous branches as "Jeer-A-Mung-Up". Roe later named the same river near its mouth the Gairdner River, not realising they were the same, and this is the name now used for the river.
The town hall was opened in April 1958 and is know colloquially as the 'Root Pickers Hall' as it was paid for by volunteers picking mallee
Mallee (habit)
Mallee is the growth habit of certain eucalypt species that grow with multiple stems springing from an underground lignotuber, usually to a height of no more than ten metres...
roots.
200 tonnes of Verde Laguna granite from Jerramungup was used to make the Australian War Memorial in London that was opened in 2003.