Dwellingup is a thriving tourist town which appeals to many. So the opportunity to secure a neat and tidy 3 bedroom home that is front and centre to it all and yet still feels secluded is truly quite unique!
Railway reserve across the road which gives you the chance to watch the Hotham Valley Rail roll into town and the advantage of open space views. The Dwellingup hotel is mere minutes by foot from your front door along with all the local shops and cafes, yet the native gardens both front and back on the 1012m2 block make it all feel surprisingly secluded.
Internally has all the basics covered and room for everyone to spend the weekend, there is even a great shed in the back corner which can be accessed via the rear lane way for extra parking and storage options.
Has all the character and appeal that the area is known for and would make a great weekender or permanent base if you are fortunate enough to be able to call this area home!
This property at 29 MARINUP STREET, Dwellingup is a three bedroom, one bathroom house sold by Brad Mercer at Mercer Bryant First National Real Estate on 28 Oct 2024.
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Dwellingup is located in a timber and fruitgrowing area in the Darling Range ESE of Pinjarra. Townsite lots were surveyed at this place by Surveyor W.F. Rudall in 1909 after the Lands Department became aware that the site was planned as the terminus of the "Pinjarra-Marrinup Railway". Names suggested for the place by Rudall were "Dwellingerup" or "Marrinup", after nearby brooks, or "McLarty" after a local MLA who had been very active concerning the railway. Surveyor General H.F. Johnston chose "Dwellingupp" after being misinformed regarding the spelling of Dwellingerup Brook. Ignoring a suggestion from the Under Secretary to amend the name to "Dwellingdown", the Minister for Lands approved the name as "Dwellingup" in December 1909. Eventually, the spelling "Dwellingupp" was chosen by order of the Under Secretary for Lands, and the townsite was gazetted as Dwellingupp in February 1910. The spelling was amended to Dwellingup in 1915. Dwellingup is an Aboriginal name said to mean "place of nearby water". The town was burnt out by a bushfire in 1961 but was rebuilt.
The double 'p' spelling in the original gazettal of this name was used because the Lands and Surveys Department had adopted a system for spelling Aboriginal names developed by the Royal Geographical Society. A number of Aboriginal names ending in "up" were for a time spelt with the "upp" ending (including Kirupp, Kulikupp, Manjimupp and Mungalupp). The RGS system had a rule that vowels are pronounced as in Italian and consonants as in English. This would have meant that names ending in "up" should have been pronounced as "oop", because the Italian "u" was a long "u", as in flute. These Aboriginal names were meant to be pronounced as "up", and the Department asked the RGS for a rule to assist in correct pronunciation. The RGS solution was that doubling the following consonant shortened the preceding vowel, and this meant the "upp" ending ensured the "up" pronunciation. However, this particular rule was rescinded in 1915 for SW towns with the suffix "up", as the Australian way of pronouncing the letter "u" was almost always short, and rarely the Italian "oo".