West Busselton Busselton, Western Australia | |
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Coordinates | 33°39′S115°20′E / 33.650°S 115.333°E Coordinates: 33°39′S115°20′E / 33.650°S 115.333°E |
Population | 8,869 (SAL 2021) [1] |
Postcode(s) | 6280 |
Area | 8.2 km2 (3.2 sq mi) |
Time zone | AWST (UTC+8) |
Location | 2 km (1 mi) from Busselton |
LGA(s) | City of Busselton |
State electorate(s) | Vasse |
Federal division(s) | Forrest |
West Busselton is a suburb of the Western Australian city of Busselton. At the 2021 census, it had a population of 8,869.
Buildings from the 1850s, 1860s, and 1870s in the suburb include Broadwater Homestead, the home of Alfred Bussell, [2] "the Gulch", a police residence, bond store and custom officer's residence, [3] and Phoebe Abbey's House. [4] West Busselton was a residential area by the 1930s. [5] West Busselton Primary School was established in 1965. [6] The suburb also contains a government high school, Busselton Senior High School, along with two private schools, St Mary MacKillop College and Cornerstone Christian College. [7] [8] The Busselton Health Campus is in West Busselton. [9] [10]
Busselton is a city in the South West region of the state of Western Australia approximately 220 km (140 mi) south-west of Perth. Busselton has a long history as a popular holiday destination for Western Australians; however, the closure of the Busselton Port in 1972 and the contemporaneous establishment of the nearby Margaret River wine region have seen tourism become the dominant source of investment and development, supplemented by services and retail. The city is best known for the Busselton Jetty, the longest wooden jetty in the Southern Hemisphere.
Alfred Pickmore Bussell was an early settler in Western Australia.
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