The name "Coodanup" is of unknown origin, although the WA gazetteer states that in 1836, Lieutenant Henry Bunbury noted "Colanup" was the local Noongar name for the mouth of the Serpentine River.^[2]

Geography

Coodanup is bounded by the Serpentine River to the east, Harvey Estuary to the south, Pinjarra Road to the north and Mandurah Bypass and Wanjeep Street to the west.^[3]

References

^ Australian Bureau of Statistics (28 June 2022). "Coodanup (suburb and locality)". Australian Census 2021 QuickStats. Retrieved 28 June 2022.
^ "History of metropolitan suburb names – C". Western Australian Land Information Authority. Archived from the original on 16 March 2022. Retrieved 28 October 2006.
^ 2006 StreetSmart directory, Department of Lands and Surveys, Perth.

v t e Suburbs of Greater Mandurah, Peel region, Western Australia
City of Mandurah	Bouvard Clifton Coodanup Dawesville Dudley Park Erskine Falcon Greenfields Halls Head Herron Lakelands Madora Bay Mandurah Meadow Springs Parklands San Remo Silver Sands Wannanup
Nearby suburbs	Barragup Furnissdale Golden Bay Keralup North Yunderup Singleton Stake Hill

v t e Cities, towns, and localities in the Peel region of Western Australia
Council seats	Boddington Mandurah (city) Pinjarra Waroona
Mandurah suburbs	Bouvard Clifton Coodanup Dawesville Dudley Park Erskine Falcon Greenfields Halls Head Herron Lakelands Madora Bay Mandurah (suburb) Meadow Springs Parklands San Remo Silver Sands Wannanup
Other towns, settlements, and localities	Banksiadale Bannister Barragup Birchmont Blythewood Carcoola Coolup Crossman Dwellingup Etmilyn Fairbridge Furnissdale Hamel Holyoake Inglehope Keralup Lake Clifton Lower Hotham Marradong Marrinup Meelon Mount Cooke Mount Wells Myara Nambeelup Nanga Brook Nirimba North Dandalup North Yunderup Oakley Point Grey Preston Beach Quindanning Ranford Ravenswood Solus South Yunderup Stake Hill Teesdale Upper Murray Wagerup West Coolup West Pinjarra Whittaker Wuraming