| Neridup Western Australia | |||||||||||||||
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  Neridup | |||||||||||||||
| Coordinates | 33°39′09″S 122°12′37″E / 33.65261°S 122.21019°E / -33.65261; 122.21019 | ||||||||||||||
| Population | 92 (SAL 2021) | ||||||||||||||
| Postcode(s) | 6450 | ||||||||||||||
| Area | 859.4 km (331.8 sq mi) | ||||||||||||||
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| LGA(s) | Shire of Esperance | ||||||||||||||
| State electorate(s) | Roe | ||||||||||||||
| Federal division(s) | O'Connor | ||||||||||||||
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Neridup is a rural locality of the Shire of Esperance in the Goldfields-Esperance region of Western Australia. A large part of the Kau Rock Nature Reserve is located in the north-east of Neridup.
Neridup is on the traditional land of the Njunga people of the Noongar nation. The Njunga were previously part of the Wudjari Noongar, but separated from them for cultural reasons.
The Kau Rock Nature Reserve, which also stretches into neighbouring Wittenoom Hills and Mount Ney, was gazetted on 2 August 1974, has a size of 158.14 square kilometres (61.06 sq mi) and is located in the Mallee bioregion.
References
- Australian Bureau of Statistics (28 June 2022). "Neridup (suburb and locality)". Australian Census 2021 QuickStats. Retrieved 28 June 2022.
- "SLIP Map". maps.slip.wa.gov.au. Landgate. Retrieved 29 December 2024.
- "NationalMap". nationalmap.gov.au. Geoscience Australia. Retrieved 29 December 2024.
- Leonard Collard; Clint Bracknell; Angela Rooney, Nyungar Boodjera Wangkiny (The People's Land is Speaking): Nyungar Place Nomenclature of the Southwest of Western Australia (PDF), retrieved 3 January 2025
- "Nyungar Placenames in the South-West of Western Australia | Njunga". Retrieved 3 January 2025.
- "Wudjari (WA)". samuseum.sa.gov.au. South Australian Museum. Retrieved 29 December 2024.
- "Njunga (WA)". samuseum.sa.gov.au. South Australian Museum. Retrieved 29 December 2024.
- "Terrestrial CAPAD 2022 WA summary". www.dcceew.gov.au/. Department of Climate Change, Energy, the Environment and Water. Retrieved 29 December 2024.
| Localities in the Shire of Esperance, Goldfields–Esperance, Western Australia | |
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| Towns and localities in the Goldfields–Esperance region of Western Australia | |||||
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| City of Kalgoorlie–Boulder |
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| Shire of Coolgardie | |||||
| Shire of Dundas | |||||
| Shire of Esperance |
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| Shire of Laverton | |||||
| Shire of Leonora | |||||
| Shire of Menzies | |||||
| Shire of Ngaanyatjarraku | |||||
| Shire of Ravensthorpe | |||||
| Shire of Wiluna | |||||
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