There’s a story in the name. Cottesloe Coastcare gives Mudurup’s meaning as “place of the yellow-finned whiting”. It connects this coast with the fish, seasons and knowledge of the Noongar people who have cared for it.
In accounts recorded by anthropologists Ken Macintyre and Barb Dobson, Elder Corrie Bodney remembered spearing whiting here with his brothers and taking a feed home to their family. Whiting were a dependable food source in the shallows during summer and early autumn.
Mudurup Rocks, beside the landward end of the main beach groyne, is a place of deep cultural significance. Names and interpretations vary between accounts; the links below let you explore the local knowledge behind this short introduction.
