Boyup Brook is a town located in the South West of Western Australia, south-southeast of Perth and northeast of Bridgetown.

Boyup derives from 'Booyup', an Aboriginal term meaning 'place of big smoke'.

Notable persons who were involved in early exploration and settlement of the area include Augustus Gregory (1845), Commodore Scott (1854), James George Lee-Steere (1861) and William Forrest (1871). The townsite was gazetted as Boyup in 1900, although local usage was mostly "Boyup Brook".

In 1908 there was a major expansion of the townsite, and locals suggested that as there was some confusion with the similarity of Boyup and Boyanup, the townsite should be renamed Boyup Brook. The renaming was approved, and the townsite re-gazetted as Boyup Brook in 1909. In the same year, the Bunbury to Katanning railway reached the town.

The town hosts the Boyup Brook Country Music festival, an annual event, that is held in February each year. The festival has been held since 1986 and the attendance of the event has increased from 600 at the first festivl to over 17,000 in 2008.

References

External links

• Boyup Brook portal
• South West portal