Quedjinup, Western Australia
locality in the City of Busselton, Western Australia
Quedjinup is a semi-rural locality of the City of Busselton in the South West region of Western Australia, located adjacent to the west of the town of Dunsborough. The northern border of the locality is formed by Caves Road.
The City of Busselton and the locality of Quedjinup are located on the traditional land of the Wardandi (also spelled Wadandi) people of the Noongar nation. The name Quedjinup means "place of women" in the Wardandi dialect of the Noongar language and the Wardandi people used the name to refer to the area that is now Dunsborough.
Dunsborough Christian College, a co-educational primary and secondary college, is in Quedjinup.
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Maps, plans, fabric surveys and administrative records can establish how the site’s name, extent and function changed over time. The source revision retrieved here is dated Nov 2, 2025. The linked authority identifier is Q31431674. Authority coordinates are -33.631, 115.104. None of the 1 selected statements returned an explicit reference.
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