Boyanup, Western Australia
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Boyanup ( ) is a town located on the South Western Highway in the South West agricultural region, 195 km south of Perth and 18 km south east of Bunbury, Western Australia.
In 1888 a railway was built between Boyanup and Bunbury, and the townsite was gazetted in 1894. Boyanup is an Aboriginal name, having been first recorded by an explorer in 1852. A road survey in 1869 shows the town name as "Boyinup".
"Boyanup" is said to mean "a place of quartz" as "Boya" means "rock" or "stone". [1]
