Type: | town |
Jingalup | |
State: | wa |
Lga: | Shire of Kojonup |
Local Map: | yes |
Zoom: | 10 |
Coordinates: | -33.9667°N 119°W |
Postcode: | 6395 |
Est: | 1924 |
Elevation: | 296 |
Stategov: | Roe |
Fedgov: | O'Connor |
Dist1: | 275 |
Dir1: | SE |
Location1: | Perth |
Dist2: | 19 |
Dir2: | SW |
Location2: | Kojonup |
Jingalup is a town in the Great Southern region of Western Australia located between the towns of Kojonup and Cranbrook. The town is located on Murrin Brook, which is a tributary of the Tone River.
The area was explored by Francis Thomas Gregory in 1846; he first recorded the name Jingalup. The area was eventually opened to agriculture. By 1918 the local farmers requested that a townsite be declared, and proposed the name be Mybrup. A town hall which was also used as a school and a recreation ground had been built by 1922, and the community knew the area as Jingalup. The town was gazetted in 1924.
The name is Aboriginal in origin and is a contraction of the name of a nearby well, Kodjingalup Well.