
Welcome to Gidgegannup-Western Gateway to the Avon,Western Australia
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ROSS1957
S 31° 47.780 E 116° 11.157
50J E 422937 N 6481850
A welcome sign on the western entrance to Gidgegannup.
Waymark Code: WMHFP5
Location: Western Australia, Australia
Date Posted: 07/06/2013
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Gidgegannup is 42km east of Perth on the Toodyay Road.
First recorded in 1852 by passing surveyors it was then called Hampstead Hills.In 1946 it was changed to Gidgegannup after the Gidgegannup Brook which is in the area.
Gidgegannup is an aboriginal word meaning "Place where spears are made"