Condingup
| Condingup Western Australia | |||||||||||||||
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 The Condingup Tavern in January 2024 | |||||||||||||||
  Condingup | |||||||||||||||
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| Coordinates | 33°46′S 122°32′E / 33.76°S 122.53°E | ||||||||||||||
| Population | 280 (SAL 2021)[1] | ||||||||||||||
| Established | 1963 | ||||||||||||||
| Postcode(s) | 6450 | ||||||||||||||
| Area | 1,069.6 km2 (413.0 sq mi) | ||||||||||||||
| Time zone | WAST (UTC+8) (UTC) | ||||||||||||||
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| LGA(s) | Shire of Esperance | ||||||||||||||
| State electorate(s) | Roe | ||||||||||||||
| Federal division(s) | O'Connor | ||||||||||||||
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Condingup is a town and locality in the Goldfields–Esperance region of Western Australia, in the Shire of Esperance local government area, 782 kilometres (486 mi) southeast of the state capital, Perth. A small section of the locality is situated on the Southern Ocean, at the Duke of Orleans Bay, while the townsite itself is at the intersection of Fisheries Road and Orleans Bay Road. Condingup borders Cape Le Grand National Park in the south. The Coolinup Nature Reserve is located in the west of Condingup. A second townsite, Wharton, is located in the south of Condingup, on the shore of the Duke of Orleans Bay.[2][3]
At the 2016 census, it and the surrounding region had a population of 278.[4]
Condingup was declared a townsite on 3 May 1963.[5] Its name is thought to be derived from the Aboriginal word Kunjinup, a local wildflower. Local industries includes cattle, sheep and grain production.[6]
From the 1950s to the 1970s a range of celebrities owned property in the area including Art Linkletter, Anne Baxter and Rhonda Fleming. Linkletter helped the town establish its first school, school bus and shop.[7]
The Coolinup Nature Reserve was gazetted on 18 December 1964, has a size of 2.16 square kilometres (0.83 sq mi) and is located in the Esperance Plains bioregion.[8]
References
[edit]- ^ Australian Bureau of Statistics (28 June 2022). "Condingup (suburb and locality)". Australian Census 2021 QuickStats. Retrieved 28 June 2022.
- ^ "SLIP Map". maps.slip.wa.gov.au. Landgate. Retrieved 23 December 2024.
- ^ "NationalMap". nationalmap.gov.au. Geoscience Australia. Retrieved 23 December 2024.
- ^ Australian Bureau of Statistics (27 June 2017). "Condingup (State Suburb)". 2016 Census QuickStats. Retrieved 2 June 2021.
- ^ "New Townsite – Condingup (per 484/60)". Western Australia Government Gazette. 3 May 1963. p. 1963:1182.
- ^ "Condingup Welcomes You". Archived from the original on 28 December 2010. Retrieved 7 November 2010.
- ^ Vandenberghe, Haidee (22 February 2008). "Celebrity flocked to Condingup". Esperance Express. Archived from the original on 6 July 2011. Retrieved 7 November 2010.
- ^ "Terrestrial CAPAD 2022 WA summary". www.dcceew.gov.au/. Department of Climate Change, Energy, the Environment and Water. Retrieved 23 December 2024.
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