Dardanup, Western Australia
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Dardanup is a small town in the South West region of Western Australia
. The town is located in the fertile Ferguson valley and is close to the Ferguson River
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The area was first settled in 1852 by Thomas Little who named his property Dardanup Park. The word Dardanup is believed to be a variation of the Indigenous Australian word Dudingup the meaning of which is unknown.
Little later gave land to the Catholic Church and a community was soon established in the locale. The government acquired land in the area in the 1920s and the townsite was gazetted in 1923.
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...
. The town is located in the fertile Ferguson valley and is close to the Ferguson River
Ferguson River (Western Australia)
Ferguson River is a river in the South West region of Western Australia.The river has a total length of and rises in the Darling Range below Wellington Mill then flows in a north westerly direction until discharging into the Preston River at Picton near Bunbury. The only tributary of the river is...
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The area was first settled in 1852 by Thomas Little who named his property Dardanup Park. The word Dardanup is believed to be a variation of the Indigenous Australian word Dudingup the meaning of which is unknown.
Little later gave land to the Catholic Church and a community was soon established in the locale. The government acquired land in the area in the 1920s and the townsite was gazetted in 1923.