Wow. They say Welsh place names are wierd. Stay safe.
A lot of the names in Australia are based on the traditional land owners. This page says The name ‘Wanneroo’ comes from the word ‘Wanna’, meaning digging stick used by Aboriginal women and ‘Roo’ meaning ‘the place of ’.
Joondalup was based on a Noongar (aboriginal) word is Doondalup and it means ‘the lake that glistens’.
Looks like we even got a Wiki page about the fires:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2023_Wanneroo_bushfire
Cheers
Richard

