Neerabup is a rural locality in outer Perth, Western Australia, 33 kilometres north of the Perth CBD. Select MORE for information on the suburb, its neighbourhood and history.
Welcome to Neerabup
It is a sparsely populated agricultural suburb and is bounded by Wattle Avenue to the north, the proposed Mitchell Freeway to the west, Pinjar Road to the east and Flynn Drive and Burns Beach Road to the south.
Several plant nurseries, a fruit and vegetable shop at Menchetti Road and the Neerabup Lake wetland are situated along Wanneroo Road. The western strip between Wanneroo Road and the proposed Mitchell Freeway is approximately the southern half of the Neerabup National Park.
The area also contains a golf course, small wineries, a small industrial area on Flynn Drive and several sand and limestone quarries.
Inside my neighbourhood
Neerabup is a bushland environment with a very small population of around 100 people. It is considered a rural area and currently does not have any public transport. Just over 1,000 people live in the combined Carabooda, Neerabup, Nowergup and Pinjar suburbs, which are expected to grow to 5,000 people over the next 20 years.
Origin of name and history
Neerabup was named after Lake Neerabup, which was first recorded by surveyor J. Cowle in 1867. The name Neerabup was approved in 1982.
The Aboriginal name is possibly "swampy place" or "small basin or lake" and was often spelt Neerabub, especially by postal and telecommunications authorities, until as recently as the 1960s.
Prior to European settlement, the Noongar people had lived in the area for more than 40,000 years, taking advantage of the abundant food and water around the chain of wetlands on the coastal plain. In winter, they moved eastwards away from coastal weather to return in summer as inland supplies dried up.
The Mooro people led by elder Yellagonga would move between Lakes Joondalup, Neerabup and Yanchep .
In 1865, European settlers established the Aboriginal tracks as a stock route from Dongara to Fremantle, travelling along the west side of the lakes. The part of the stock route between Joondalup and Yanchep is now part of the Yaberoo Budjara Heritage Trail, part of the Bicentennial Heritage Trails Network established in 1988.
Wanneroo Golf Club was established in 1973 and provides a challenging 18-hole course surrounded by a rural bushland setting.