Binningup History
We are a Harvey Farmer Escape.
This stunning beachside town remained relatively unsettled until the post-war period. Traditionally, and it still remains today, it was a popular beach holiday retreat for Harvey and Brunswick farming families.
During the World War II, the Voluntary Defense Corps used the area as a lookout point.
It is believed Binningup was named after its Noongar name, meaning place of midges.
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Binningup Beach Official Opening 1955. Credit: Memories of Harvey
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Credit: Memories of Harvey
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Dignitaries and developers at the Binningup Beach Official Opening 1955. Credit: Memories of Harvey
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Credit: harvey History Online
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Credit: harvey History Online
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Credit: Memories of Harvey and Banner Family Collection
The Binningup Beach Estate
Passionate Harvey farmers, keen to improve road access and formally create holidays homes on the coast, lead to the formation of the Binningup Beach Syndicate and the establishment of the Binningup Beach Estate.
Gordon Goodson and Ted Holthouse visited the Harvey Road Board in 1950 to discuss the proposal. After two years of review and debate, the Syndicate was provided with permission to buy farmland for subdivision. The community rallied and, in 1952, many volunteered their time, trucks and tractors, to make the road to Binningup through swamps and sand hills.
Development was slow, but with time, several homes, and facilities were developed.
Binningup was officially gazetted as a town in 1963.