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History of metropolitan suburb names - Y


The following information is a summary of origins for suburb names within the Perth metropolitan area. Please select the first letter of the suburb you wish to see:

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YANCHEP
 
The name Yanchep is of Aboriginal origin, and is derived from “yanget”, a native flax or bullrush.  The name was first recorded for Lake Yanchep by surveyor R. Quinn in September 1866.
 

YANGEBUP
 
Yangebup, like Yanchep, is believed to be derived from the Aboriginal word “yanget”, the name of a native flax or bullrush.  Yangebup Lake, after which the suburb is named, was first recorded in 1841, and Yangebup was approved as a suburb name in 1977.
 

YOKINE
 
Named after Yokine Hill and Mount Yokine Golf Course. "Yokine" is an Aboriginal word (Beverley district) for the native dog.  The hill situated on Williams Road was named by N.S. Bartlett in 1922 because it is so close to Native Dog Swamp.  The hill was an important Trig Station and the land was referred to before this as part of Osborne Park.
 

YUNDERUP
 
Yunderup is an Aboriginal word derived from “Yoondooroop”, the original spelling of one of the islands in the Murray delta.  A scheme of subdivision was proposed and surveys carried out in 1897. In March 1898 George Throssell, then Commissioner of Crown Lands, gave approval for the use of the Aboriginal name and the Surveyor General, H.F. Johnston, recommended that it be spelt "Yundurup", thus conforming to the Royal Geographical Society's system of Orthorgraphy in which native names having the sound "oo" are spelt with a "u" as in "Zulu".  The townsite was gazetted as "Yundurup" in 1898, but over the years common usage converted the pronunciation to "Yunderup", with the "u's" pronounced as in "cup", and the latter spelling was approved in 1973.

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