History of Banjup and Jandakot
Our locality was first settled by Europeans in 1890 when the Jandakot Agricultural Area was established and prospective settlers were invited to make their 'selection' of land to develop. The pages under this tab show the history of Jandakot drawn from Chapter 8 of "Cockburn - The Making of a Community" reproduced by kind permission of the City of Cockburn.
​Photographs of old Jandakot and Banjup
The Morning Herald of 1 August 1903 carried a special feature on the settlers of Jandakot. Go here to view photographs and some of the original text from the feature that are reproduced with the kind permission of the City of Cockburn.
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Map of Jandakot Agricultural Area 1895
Go here to view the well-worn map from 130 years ago shows much of what is now the City of Cockburn from Woodman Point to Tapper Road. The map shows the 'selections' of land of some of the pioneers shown in the photographs.
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Locality and Street Name Origins
Go here and here to find out more about place names and streets in Banjup, Jandakot, and Cockburn.
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Jandakot - The Proving Ground, 1890 to 1910
You can download 10 pages of the text of Chapter 8 of "Cockburn - The Making of a Community" here
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