Wadjemup

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Wadjemup is the Noongar Aboriginal name for Rottnest Island, a culturally significant island off the coast of Western Australia.

All labels observed (2)

Label Occurrences
Wadjemup canonical 2
Wadjemup (Noongar name for Rottnest Island) 1

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (48)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Aboriginal place name
culturally significant site
island
accessibleBy ferry
accessibleFrom Fremantle
Perth
administeredAs Rottnest Island
associatedWithPeople Noongar people
country Australia
distanceFromCoast_km approximately 18
governedBy Government of Western Australia
hasCulturalSignificanceFor Aboriginal Australians
Noongar people
hasEcosystemType island ecosystem
hasEnglishName Rottnest Island
hasFauna marine life
quokka
seabirds
hasFeature beaches
coastal dunes
coral reefs
salt lakes
hasFlora coastal heath
salt-tolerant shrubs
hasHeritageType Aboriginal cultural landscape
hasHistoricalUse Aboriginal prison site
hasMainSettlement Rottnest Island settlement
linked to: Rottnest Island

Thomson Bay area
hasProtectedStatus conservation area
isMemorialSiteFor Aboriginal prisoners
isSacredSiteFor Noongar people
isTouristDestinationFor Western Australia visitors
international tourists
isTraditionalNameOf Rottnest Island
knownFor Aboriginal history
cultural heritage
quokka population
tourism
languageOfName Noongar
linked to: Noongar people
locatedIn Indian Ocean
Western Australia
locatedNear Fremantle
offCoastOf Perth metropolitan region
linked to: Greater Perth

Western Australia
partOf Noongar Country
stateJurisdiction Western Australia
timeZone Australian Western Standard Time
tourismRegion Perth region

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (3)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Wadjemup Lighthouse namedAfter Wadjemup (Noongar name for Rottnest Island)
linked to: Wadjemup
Wadjemup Hill hasNameElement Wadjemup