Coodanup, Western Australia

Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Coodanup is a northern suburb of Mandurah, Western Australia. Its Local Government Area is the City of Mandurah. The name "Coodanup" is of unknown origin, although clearly a Noongar word - the WA gazetteer states that in 1836, Lieutenant Henry Bunbury noted "Colanup" was the local name for the mouth of the Serpentine River. The "Coodanup Park Estate" was subdivided in 1956, including Beachley Street and the triangle between Wanjeep and Beacham Streets, and the suburb was gazetted in 1970. In the late 1980s, following the construction of the Mandurah Forum shopping centre in 1983, demand in the area grew and the northern part of the suburb adjacent to the Mandurah Bypass was developed, with Coodanup Senior High School (now Coodanup Community College) being built there in 1989. In 1996, a park home estate, Mandurah Garden Estate Caravan Park, was constructed on Pinjarra Road at the Serpentine River crossing. Several small estates have since been developed in eastern Coodanup and work is continuing.