Coodanup

Coodanup was approved as a suburb name in October 1970. The meaning and derivation of "Coodanup" is unknown although H.W. Bunbury, in his book "Early Days in WA" (1836), gives "Colanup" as the Aboriginal name for the mouth of the Serpentine River. This area was subdivided as "Coodanup Park Estate" 1956. Coodanup is believed to mean place of the cooing swans in Noongar.

TEMPLETONIA PARK: Situated on Steerforth Drive, Coodanup. This name was proposed by the City of Mandurah after the official floral emblem of Mandurah, Templetonia Retusa.

BEACHAM RESERVE : Bordered by Beacham Street, Wanjeep Street and Broun Road, Coodanup. Name commemorates the Beacham family whose forebears were pioneers in the Peel Region during the 1850s. The Beacham family is still represented in community work in Mandurah.