Editing Yanchep National Park (section)

==History==
The area was inhabited and was a noted hunting site for thousands of years by [[Indigenous Australians]] prior to the arrival of Europeans. The tribal name for the park is ''Nyanyi-Yandjip'' named after the reeds and lake which were thought to resemble the hairy mane of the [[dreamtime]] creature the [[Wagyl|Waugul]].

The word Yanchep is derived from ''Yandjip'' or ''Yanget'' which is the aboriginal name for the local [[Typha|bulrush]] [[Reed bed|reed]] found fringing the lakes in the area.<ref>{{cite web|title=Philosophy of National Parks|url=http://adt.ecu.edu.au/adt-public/adt-ECU2008.0012/02Venn,%20Darren_ch.1-4.pdf |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20091028022308/http://adt.ecu.edu.au/adt-public/adt-ECU2008.0012/02Venn,%20Darren_ch.1-4.pdf |archive-date=2009-10-28 |url-status=live|access-date=16 May 2010}}</ref>

The first [[Europe]]an visitor arrived in 1834 when John Butler, a farmer, came in search of his lost cattle and noted the presence of the lakes, [[wetlands]] and plentiful game.<ref>{{cite web|title=Yanchep National Park Management Plan 1989-1999|url=http://www.dec.wa.gov.au/pdf/nature/management/yanchep_np.pdf |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080730215228/http://www.dec.wa.gov.au/pdf/nature/management/yanchep_np.pdf |archive-date=2008-07-30 |url-status=live|access-date=26 September 2010}}</ref> While in the area Butler was greeted by the  men of the ''Yellagonga'' peoples who inhabited the area.
Lieutenant [[George Grey]] travelled through the area in 1838 and made note of the remarkable caves he found in the area.<ref>{{cite web|title=City of Wanneroo -A brief history|url=http://www.wanneroo.wa.gov.au/info/20058/museums_culture_and_arts/261/history_of_wanneroo|access-date=9 February 2018}}</ref>

Surveyor [[John Septimus Roe]] and [[John Hutt|Governor John Hutt]] visited the caves in the park in 1841.

A road survey was conducted near Loch McNess in 1862 and later in 1865 a stock route was built through the area that was later used by [[Drover (Australian)|drover]]s.

The first settler to arrive in the area was Henry White who arrived in 1901 and built his house near the north west shore of [[Yonderup Lake]], he was later appointed as a caretaker and guide in 1903.