(C) Don Copley

PINGRUP

HEMA Map reference 74/G7

33° 32' 02" S 118° 30' 36" E

Statistics

Caravan Parks

Unknown

Services

Lake Bryde, Shearer's hand piece, Pink lakes, Federation shed, Gnamma holes, Bicentennial Park, Museum, Holland's Track,

Buildings of note

Old school building 1912.

Calendar of events

March: Pingrup races.

Description

Another ‘railway siding town’ where land for the townsite was set aside in 1923. The name Pingrup was thought to be too similar to another siding that existed at the time (Tingerup) and Genia was suggested as an alternative.

Local settlers suggested Lake Pingrup but in the end it came down to just Pingrup which came from the nearby lake. The town was gazetted in 1924 and is now surrounded by farmland which is mostly wheat & sheep country.

The name is said to be an Aboriginal word meaning 'plenty of pin grass.'

Pingrup is 50km south of Lake Grace and 40km east of Nyabing.