Dryandra Tourism

Pingelly

Originally settled in 1846 when shepherds took up leases around freshwater springs.
Pingelly’s country lifestyle and rich colonial heritage makes it an interesting town to visit.

The Pingelly area was first settled in 1846 when sheep herders took up leases around freshwater springs. Incomes were supplemented by cutting sandalwood, mallet bark for tanning leather and hunting kangaroo for meat and skins.

The first settlement was gazetted at Moorumbine in 1884, however when the Great Southern Railway was completed in 1889 between Beverley and Albany, it passed 10kms West of the town and a small settlement was established near the railway
siding. This was known as Pingegully after the Aboriginal name “Pingeculling” meaning “small gully of water”, but soon became known as Pingelly.

Pingelly was gazetted as a town in 1898. This developed as the major centre and Moorumbine township declined.

Pingelly is an RV friendly town

www.pingelly.wa.gov.au