Tapping, Western Australia
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This article is about the suburb within Perth, Western Australia. For other uses, see Tapping (disambiguation).
Tapping is a suburb of Perth, Western Australia, located within the City of Wanneroo. It came into being in the early 1990s as a subdivision of Wanneroo, originally as part of the Carramar estate.
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Tapping Perth, Western Australia | |||||||||||||||
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Coordinates | 31.719°S 115.795°E / -31.719; 115.795 | ||||||||||||||
Population | 9,547 (SAL 2021)[1] | ||||||||||||||
Postcode(s) | 6065 | ||||||||||||||
Area | 1.2 km2 (0.5 sq mi) | ||||||||||||||
Location | 27 km (17 mi) N of Perth CBD | ||||||||||||||
LGA(s) | City of Wanneroo | ||||||||||||||
State electorate(s) | Wanneroo | ||||||||||||||
Federal division(s) | Pearce | ||||||||||||||
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Tapping was chosen as the suburb name in honour of an early settler family in the Wanneroo area. William Tapping arrived in 1886 and Molly and Dolly Tapping were long time postmistresses in Wanneroo. The name for the suburb was approved in 1997.[2]