Keralup is a suburb straddling the southern boundary of the metropolitan area of Perth

Perth, Western Australia

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, Western Australia

Western Australia

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, on the eastern side of the Kwinana Freeway

Kwinana Freeway

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, and consists entirely of a government strategic landholding. The suburb will ultimately contain 90,000 people, with the majority of development being on the eastern side of the Serpentine River

Serpentine River (Western Australia)

The Serpentine River is a river in the South West region of Western Australia.The river rises in the Darling Scarp below Bowerling Hill and flows westward crossing Albany Highway North of North Bannister. The river continues North West through the Youarling State Forest then the Serpentine National...

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The name was chosen from a newspaper poll; it was proposed by local Nyoongar leader, Trevor Walley, as it was the name of a pool in the Serpentine River in which he and his friends played as children.http://www.dhw.wa.gov.au/keralup/