‘Galup’ is a Whadjuk Noongar word meaning ‘Place of Fires’ and refers to what is called Lake Monger a remnant of the series of wetlands once known as the ‘Perth Great Lakes’. Associated with the area is the mythological serpent the ‘Wagyl’ who rose from the ground creating the Lake. In 1830 it was the site of a colonial era massacre when Redcoats of the British 63rd ‘West Suffolk’ Regiment and armed settlers pursued a party of Noongar from a military cantonement at Mount Eliza (Kings Park) to the shores of the Lake.
Originally referred to as ‘Large Lake’ or ‘Triangle Lake’ by European settlers in 1831 it was named ‘Mongers Lake’ after John Henry Monger, an assisted migrant who was given a land grant of 200 acres between the present day suburbs of Subiaco and Wembley.
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