Quedjinup, Western Australia Explained

Type:	suburb
Quedjinup
State:	wa
Lga:	City of Busselton
Map Type:	nomap
Local Map:	yes
Zoom:	12
Coordinates:	-33.63°N 115.08°W
Postcode:	6281
Stategov:	Vasse
Fedgov:	Forrest
Dist1:	250
Location1:	Perth
Dist2:	28
Location2:	Busselton
Near-Nw:	Naturaliste
Near-N:	Dunsborough
Near-Ne:	Dunsborough
Near-W:	Naturaliste
Near-E:	Dunsborough
Near-Sw:	Yallingup
Near-S:	Quindalup
Near-Se:	Quindalup

Quedjinup is a semi-rural locality of the City of Busselton in the South West region of Western Australia, located adjacent to the west of the town of Dunsborough. The northern border of the locality is formed by Caves Road.^[1] ^[2]

The City of Busselton and the locality of Quedjinup are located on the traditional land of the Wardandi (also spelled Wadandi) people,^[3] ^[4] of the Noongar nation.^[5] The name Quedjinup means "place of women" in the Wardandi dialect of the Noongar language and the Wardandi people used the name to refer to the area that is now Dunsborough.^[6]

Notes and References

Web site: SLIP Map . . maps.slip.wa.gov.au . . 16 September 2023 .
Web site: NationalMap . . nationalmap.gov.au . . 16 September 2023 .
Web site: Wardandi . . www.boodjar.sis.uwa.edu.au . . 16 September 2023.
Web site: Wardandi (WA) . . www.samuseum.sa.gov.au . . 16 September 2023.
Web site: City of Busselton: Home . . www.busselton.wa.gov.au . . The City of Busselton acknowledges the Traditional Custodians, the Wadandi people, on whose land we are living ... . 16 September 2023.
Web site: An Aboriginal Heritage Survey For The Proposed Landscape Enhancements To Dugalup Brook, Dunsborough Foreshore And Seymour Park, Dunsborough, Western Australia . Shire of Busselton. 26 August 2014. https://web.archive.org/web/20130510071455/http://www.busselton.wa.gov.au/sites/busselton.wa.gov.au/files/Aboriginal%20Heritage%20Survey%20-%20Dugalup%20Brook%20sml.pdf . 10 May 2013 . dead .