West Busselton
Busselton, Western Australia
West Busselton is located in Western Australia
West Busselton
West Busselton
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Coordinates33°39′S 115°20′E / 33.650°S 115.333°E / -33.650; 115.333
Population8,869 (SAL 2021)[1]
Postcode(s)6280
Area8.2 km2 (3.2 sq mi)
Time zoneAWST (UTC+8)
Location2 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]

References

  1. ^ Australian Bureau of Statistics (28 June 2022). "West Busselton (suburb and locality)". Australian Census 2021 QuickStats. Retrieved 28 June 2022. Edit this at Wikidata
  2. ^ "Broadwater Homestead". Heritage Council of Western Australia. Retrieved 9 September 2019.
  3. ^ "Bond Store & Resident Magistrate's Office (fmr), Busselton". Heritage Council of Western Australia. Retrieved 9 September 2019.
  4. ^ "Phoebe Abbey's House". Heritage Council of Western Australia. Retrieved 9 September 2019.
  5. ^ "Thriving centres of the South-West". Western Mail. 10 November 1938. Retrieved 9 September 2019 – via National Library of Australia.
  6. ^ Kirk, Emma (13 October 2015). "West Busselton Primary School celebrates 50 years". Busselton-Dunsborough Mail. Retrieved 9 September 2019.
  7. ^ "Busselton High School". Heritage Council of Western Australia. Retrieved 2 November 2019.
  8. ^ "St Mary MacKillop College". St Mary MacKillop College. Retrieved 9 September 2019.
  9. ^ "Busselton Health Campus". Yellow Pages. Retrieved 9 September 2019.
  10. ^ "Contact". Cornerstone Christian College. Retrieved 2 November 2019.
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