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Bouvard, Western Australia

Bouvard
MandurahWestern Australia
Population 821 (2011 census)
 • Density 411/km2 (1,063/sq mi)
Established 1980s
Postcode(s) 6211
Area 2.0 km2 (0.8 sq mi)
Location
LGA(s) City of Mandurah
State electorate(s) Dawesville
Federal Division(s) Canning
Suburbs around Bouvard:
Dawesville Dawesville Harvey Estuary
Yalgorup NP Bouvard Harvey Estuary
Clifton Herron Herron

Coordinates: 32°40′55″S 115°37′12″E / 32.682°S 115.62°E / -32.682; 115.62

Bouvard is the southernmost suburb of Mandurah, Western Australia, and is 97 kilometres (60 mi) south of the state capital, Perth. Its local government area is the City of Mandurah.

Bouvard is named after Cape Bouvard some 5 kilometres (3 mi) to the west, which was named by Nicolas Baudin, who sighted the cape en route to Rottnest Island from what is now Bunbury in 1802-1803, either after Charles Bouvard (1572-1658), a French chemist, or Alexis Bouvard (1767-1843), an astronomer and director of Paris Observatory.

The Park Ridge estate was developed in the 1990s, and other estates have been built or proposed. Bouvard Coastcare, a volunteer group dedicated to maintaining the fragile coastal and dune environment, has won awards and grants for its work.

Bouvard consists of a narrow strip of land along both sides of the Old Coast Road, the main route between Mandurah and Bunbury and part of National Highway 1) between Yalgorup National Park and the Harvey Estuary. The western part consists of sparsely populated rural residential land with large lots separated by bushland buffers, while the eastern part follows more traditional coastal suburban development patterns along the estuary.


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