Bunbury, Australia
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Bunbury Western Australia |
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Panorama of Bunbury from lookout tower
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 Bunbury
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| Coordinates | 33°20′S 115°38′E / 33.333°S 115.633°ECoordinates: 33°20′S 115°38′E / 33.333°S 115.633°E |
| Population | 75,628 (2015) (23rd) |
| • Density | 339.90/km2 (880.34/sq mi) |
| Established | 1836 |
| Area | 222.5 km2 (85.9 sq mi) (2011 urban) |
| Time zone | AWST (UTC+8) |
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| Region | South West |
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| Federal Division(s) | Forrest |
Bunbury is a coastal city in Western Australia, situated approximately 175 kilometres (109 mi) south of the state capital, Perth. It is the state's third-largest city, with a population just behind that of Mandurah.
Located at the south of the Leschenault Estuary, Bunbury was established in 1836 on the orders of Governor James Stirling, and named in honour of its founder, Lieutenant (at the time) Henry Bunbury. A port was constructed on the existing natural harbour soon after, and eventually became the main port for the wider South West region. Further economic growth was fuelled by completion of the South Western Railway in 1893, which linked Bunbury with Perth.
Greater Bunbury includes four local government areas (the City of Bunbury and the shires of Capel, Dardanup, and Harvey), and extends between Yarloop in the north, Boyanup to the south and Capel to the southwest.
The original inhabitants of Greater Bunbury are the Indigenous Australian Noongar people. The people hunted and fished throughout the sub-region prior to the first European settlement in the 1830s.
The first registered sighting of Greater Bunbury was by French explorer Captain Louis de Freycinet from his ship the Casuarina in 1803. He named the area Port Leschenault after the expedition's botanist, Leschenault de La Tour. The bay on Greater Bunbury's western shores was named Geographe after another ship in the fleet.
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