| Wanneroo
In the early days of the Swan River Colony, the district
of Wanneroo represented an "outer" region and it is not
until 1834, that an excursion into the area by any explorers or settlers
is recorded. In that year, a party of four led by John Butler, travelled
about 35 miles north from Perth to search for lost cattle and passed
through the area just to the east of Lake Joondalup. Butler stated
that the aborigines of the area were "those Wanneroo men who
frequent Perth in company with the Yellowgonga tribe." It is
not known when early settlers started using the name "Wanneroo",
but, as early as 1842, a Surveyor recorded "road to Wanneroo"
and in 1844, James Dobbins gave his address as Wanneroo. A government
townsite was gazetted as "Wanneru" in August 1907 and it
was not until May 1953 that the spelling was amended to "Wanneroo".
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