Nowergup, Western Australia

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Nowergup
Perth, Western Australia

Population: 225 (2001 census)[1]
Postcode: 6032
Area: 40 km² (15.4 sq mi)
Location: 40 km (25 mi) N of Perth
LGA: City of Wanneroo
State District: Wanneroo
Federal Division: Pearce
Suburbs around Nowergup:
Alkimos Carabooda
Butler Nowergup Pinjar
Ridgewood Neerabup

Nowergup is a rural locality about 40 kilometres (25 mi) north of Perth, Western Australia. Its Local Government Area is the City of Wanneroo.

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[edit] History

The suburb of Nowergup (sometimes spelled Nowgerup in earlier documents) takes its name from Lake Nowergup. The lake name was first recorded by Surveyor General John Septimus Roe in 1841, and is a Noongar Aboriginal word which possibly means "place of sweet water". It was approved as a suburb name in 1982.[2]

[edit] Geography

Nowergup is bounded by Romeo Road/Karoborup Road to the north, the proposed Mitchell Freeway to the west, Pinjar Road to the east and Hester Avenue and Wattle Avenue to the south.[3]

At the ABS 2001 census, Nowergup had a population of 225 people living in 76 dwellings.[1]

[edit] Facilities

Nowergup is a sparsely populated agricultural suburb. Several plant nurseries, the Ocean View Tavern and the Nowergup Lake wetland and fauna sanctuary are situated along Wanneroo Road. The western strip between Wanneroo Road and the proposed Mitchell Freeway is approximately the northern half of the Neerabup National Park. The area also contains most of the Pinjar Pine Plantation, numerous sand and limestone quarries and a Water Corporation biosolids facility. Barbagallo Raceway, WA's premier motorsport facility, is located just beyond Nowergup's southern border.

The Nowergup Depot is located off Hester Avenue and currently marks the end of the Joondalup train line.[3]

Ocean View Tavern on Wanneroo Road.
Ocean View Tavern on Wanneroo Road.

[edit] Transport

Nowergup is served by the 490 Transperth bus route between Clarkson train station and Two Rocks along Wanneroo Road.[4] This service is operated by Path Transit.

[edit] Politics

Nowergup's political leanings are unclear due to its small size and the lack of a polling booth. The nearest large booths tend to favour the Australian Labor Party historically, although most have been won by the Coalition in recent times, especially at federal level.

[edit] References

  1. ^ a b Australian Bureau of Statistics (19 November 2002). Community Profile Series : Nowergup (State Suburb). 2001 Census of Population and Housing. Retrieved on 2007-06-22.
  2. ^ Template:LandInfo
  3. ^ a b Department of Land Information. StreetSmart® Perth Street Directory, 49 (2008), West Australian Newspapers Ltd, Maps 129-130; 159-161. ISBN 978-1-921048-19-7. 
  4. ^ Northern 78 timetable, Transperth, effective 29 April 2007. Accessed 2007-05-01

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