Jandabup is an outer rural suburb of Perth, Western Australia, 26 kilometres north of the Perth CBD and is close to wetlands. Select MORE for information on the suburb and its rich history.
Welcome to Jandabup
A large proportion of the City of Wanneroo is made up of a complex network of interconnected wetlands, including Jandabup Lake, which the suburb is named after. These wetlands contain vast assemblages of rare and protected flora, and they provide critical habitat to a range of native animals.
They also provide valuable opportunities for recreation through a range of passive and active open spaces and interconnected paths and access tracks.
Jandabup is a small residential community with amenities largely being provided from outside of the area.
Inside my neighbourhood
Jandabup is part of the City of Wanneroo local government area and sits within the City’s Established Central Place Management Area.
Over 2,000 people currently live in the combined Gnangara, Jandabup and Mariginiup suburbs.
Origin of name and history
The suburb takes its name from the nearby Jandabup Lake (now a nature reserve) on the Swan Coastal Plain. The City of Wanneroo proposed the name which was approved on 8 January 1980.
Jandabup is an Aboriginal word whose meaning is possibly “place of little eagle” or “bark of banksia”.
A collection of oral histories about the Wanneroo Wetlands published by the Water Authority of WA in May 1994 states that this lake was sometimes referred to as Big Dundebar Lake.
Following the arrival of Europeans, the WA Government gazetted the area for ‘Water’ use on 20 September 1901.
The first school – known as ‘Jandabup’, opened in August 1904. Established at East Wanneroo on the east side of Badgerup Road, the one classroom school was the third Government school in the district and was attended by about 15 to 18 students - nine girls and seven boys. The school ran through to 1926 when the students were transferred to Wanneroo Primary School. The building was restored and relocated several times, now located at the heritage listed Buckingham House precinct in Wanneroo.
In 1913, Thomas Neaves, an apiarist, market gardener and dairy farmer settled in the area. Initially, he lived on the north shore of Lake Gnangara before he moved to Neaves Road in 1913, which it is assumed was named after his family.
He was one of the first registered beekeepers in WA and had displays at the Wanneroo Show from at least 1913, being involved with the Agricultural Society through to its Jubilee year of 1958 when he was included on their list of officers.
Tom kept his beehives at this Mariginiup property with 30 extra hives scattered across other local sites. In 1915, he became a Shire of Wanneroo Board member, a position he held for 34 years through to 1949.
(Historic information courtesy of Wanneroo Community History Centre)
Details
Area: 18.1 km2 (7.0 sq mi)
Population: 2,367 (2016 census for combined Gnangara, Jandabup and Mariginiup suburbs)
Local Government Area: City of Wanneroo
Phone: 08 9405 5000
Email: enquiries@wanneroo.wa.gov.au