Myrup, Western Australia
{{Short description|Locality in the Shire of Esperance, Western Australia}}
{{Use Australian English|date=December 2024}}
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{{Infobox Australian place
| type = other
| name = Myrup
| state = wa
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| lga = Shire of Esperance
| local_map = yes
| zoom = 10
| coordinates = {{coord|-33.78997|121.92440|display=inline,title}}
| postcode = 6450
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| fedgov = O'Connor
| stategov = Roe
| dist1 = 602
| dir1 = SE
| location1= Perth
| dist2 = 178
| dir2 = S
| location2= Norseman
| dist3 = 9
| dir3 = NE
| location3= Esperance
| near-nw = Gibson
| near-n = Gibson
| near-ne = Neridup
| near-w = Monjingup
| near-e = Merivale
| near-sw = Windabout
| near-s = Bandy Creek
| near-se = Merivale
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Myrup is a locality of the Shire of Esperance in the Goldfields-Esperance region of Western Australia. The Coolgardie–Esperance Highway forms its western border of Myrup. The eastern part of the townsite of Shark Lake is located in the west of Myrup, while the Woody Lake Nature Reserve is located in the south-west.{{cite web |url=https://maps.slip.wa.gov.au/landgate/locate/ |title=SLIP Map |author= |date= |website=maps.slip.wa.gov.au |publisher=Landgate |access-date=29 December 2024 |quote=}}{{cite web |url=https://nationalmap.gov.au/ |title=NationalMap |author= |date= |website=nationalmap.gov.au |publisher=Geoscience Australia |access-date=29 December 2024 |quote=}}
Myrup is on the traditional land of the Njunga people of the Noongar nation.{{citation|url=https://www.boodjar.sis.uwa.edu.au/__media_downloads/131390/Nyungar%20Boodjera%20Wangkiny%20final%2020141.pdf|title=Nyungar Boodjera Wangkiny (The People's Land is Speaking): Nyungar Place Nomenclature of the Southwest of Western Australia|author1=Leonard Collard|author2=Clint Bracknell|author3=Angela Rooney|access-date=2025-01-03}}{{Cite web|url=https://www.boodjar.sis.uwa.edu.au/language-region-njunga|title=Nyungar Placenames in the South-West of Western Australia {{!}} Njunga|access-date=2025-01-03}} The Njunga were previously part of the Wudjari Noongar, but separated from them{{when|date=January 2025}} for cultural reasons.{{cite web |url=https://www.samuseum.sa.gov.au/collection/archives/language_groups/wudjari |title=Wudjari (WA) |author= |website=samuseum.sa.gov.au |publisher=South Australian Museum |access-date=29 December 2024}}{{cite web |url=https://www.samuseum.sa.gov.au/collection/archives/language_groups/njunga |title=Njunga (WA) |author= |website=samuseum.sa.gov.au |publisher=South Australian Museum |access-date=29 December 2024}}
The Kalgoorlie to Esperance railway passes through the north-west of the locality. The former railway siding of Caitup was located on this section of railway line, operating from 1925 to 1960.{{cite web |title=Railway map of Western Australia, 1952 |url=https://nla.gov.au/nla.obj-256867901/view |website=Trove |access-date=29 December 2024}}{{cite web |title=Back along the line: An historical gazetteer of railway stations, sidings and related facilities along Western Australian railway lines |url=http://www.geoproject.com.au/News/Gaz_5_rail_ordered_08July2016.pdf |website=www.geoproject.com.au |access-date=29 December 2024}}