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Galup, formerly Lake Monger (Nyungar: Galup, Keiermulu) is a large urban wetland on the Swan Coastal Plain in suburban Wembley, Western Australia, close to the suburbs of Glendalough, Mount Hawthorn, Leederville and West Leederville.
Located less than 5 kilometres (3.1 mi) from the Perth central business district (CBD) and situated alongside the Mitchell Freeway, it runs approximately north-west to south-east towards the Swan River and consists of 70 hectares (170 acres) of mainly open shallow water, with an island of 1.3 hectares (3.2 acres) in the south-west corner. The 110-hectare (270-acre) park within which the lake is situated is called Galup Reserve.
The lake is used extensively for recreation with up to 12,000 visitors per week. Activities include bird watching and exercise.
A 3.5-kilometre (2.2 mi) paved walking and cycling track encircles the lake. Car parking, playground equipment, and barbecue facilities are also provided.
The indigenous Noongar people of the south-western region of Western Australia call the area Keiermulu (meaning 'home fires', 'camp'), Lake Galup, and Lake Kalup.
After European settlement, it became known as Large Lake and Triangle Lake (because of its roughly triangular shape) before being named Monger's Lake in 1831. In April 1932 its name was changed to Lake Monger.
On 28 August 2024, the Town of Cambridge voted to change the name of Lake Monger to Galup (Lake Monger), and a request was submitted to Landgate to permanently change the name to Galup. On 17 June 2025, Landgate renamed the lake to Galup and the surrounding reserve to Galup Reserve.
The lake was originally part of a series of freshwater wetlands running north from the Swan River along the coastal plain for approximately 50 kilometres (31 mi). Little is known about the use of the lake by the Noongar people prior to British settlement, other than the area was known to be within the area inhabited by them. Given its geographical features, it could have been used regularly as a significant camping and hunting site with black swans and other wildfowl as well as turtles, frogs, gilgies and mudfish hunted as food.[citation needed]
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Galup
Galup, formerly Lake Monger (Nyungar: Galup, Keiermulu) is a large urban wetland on the Swan Coastal Plain in suburban Wembley, Western Australia, close to the suburbs of Glendalough, Mount Hawthorn, Leederville and West Leederville.
Located less than 5 kilometres (3.1 mi) from the Perth central business district (CBD) and situated alongside the Mitchell Freeway, it runs approximately north-west to south-east towards the Swan River and consists of 70 hectares (170 acres) of mainly open shallow water, with an island of 1.3 hectares (3.2 acres) in the south-west corner. The 110-hectare (270-acre) park within which the lake is situated is called Galup Reserve.
The lake is used extensively for recreation with up to 12,000 visitors per week. Activities include bird watching and exercise.
A 3.5-kilometre (2.2 mi) paved walking and cycling track encircles the lake. Car parking, playground equipment, and barbecue facilities are also provided.
The indigenous Noongar people of the south-western region of Western Australia call the area Keiermulu (meaning 'home fires', 'camp'), Lake Galup, and Lake Kalup.
After European settlement, it became known as Large Lake and Triangle Lake (because of its roughly triangular shape) before being named Monger's Lake in 1831. In April 1932 its name was changed to Lake Monger.
On 28 August 2024, the Town of Cambridge voted to change the name of Lake Monger to Galup (Lake Monger), and a request was submitted to Landgate to permanently change the name to Galup. On 17 June 2025, Landgate renamed the lake to Galup and the surrounding reserve to Galup Reserve.
The lake was originally part of a series of freshwater wetlands running north from the Swan River along the coastal plain for approximately 50 kilometres (31 mi). Little is known about the use of the lake by the Noongar people prior to British settlement, other than the area was known to be within the area inhabited by them. Given its geographical features, it could have been used regularly as a significant camping and hunting site with black swans and other wildfowl as well as turtles, frogs, gilgies and mudfish hunted as food.[citation needed]
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