WOOP WOOP: Woop Woop is named after an abandoned mill town in this area which came into existence in 1925. The Macquarie Dictionary describes Woop Woop as "Any remote or backward town or district". The Australian National Dictionary (Oxford) 1988 gives the meaning as "A remote and supposedly backward rural town or district". This Dictionary also records the first use of the name as 1918 in "Back to Bush" by N P H Neal. It has also been suggested (no definitive reference) that the name is derived from the sound made by frogs in the locality.
-- Edited by jules47 on Sunday 26th of January 2014 07:36:54 AM
Nobody says Fair Dinkum, Bewdy Bonza anymore thankfully, but I still call men Blokes not guys...
And don't forget the Sheilas !!!
Good article Jules, there is a rural area in WA that is called Woop Woop, it still exists and has its own postcode ;
http://www.oktravel.com.au/au/wa/donnybrook/woop-woop/
WOOP WOOP: Woop Woop is named after an abandoned mill town in this area which came into existence in 1925. The Macquarie Dictionary describes Woop Woop as "Any remote or backward town or district". The Australian National Dictionary (Oxford) 1988 gives the meaning as "A remote and supposedly backward rural town or district". This Dictionary also records the first use of the name as 1918 in "Back to Bush" by N P H Neal. It has also been suggested (no definitive reference) that the name is derived from the sound made by frogs in the locality.
Here are some other strange town is WA too;
http://www.landgate.wa.gov.au/corporate.nsf/web/Unusual+Western+Australian+Names
Happy Ozzie Day everyone wherever you are
Didn't you like the Bazza MacKenzie movie? (he says, ducking behind chair saving tube of beer)
