Yelverton is a locality in Western Australia's
South West
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region in the
local government area
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of the
City of Busselton
The City of Busselton is a local government area in the South West region of Western Australia, approximately south of Perth, the state capital. The city covers an area of and had a population of 40,640 as at the 2021 Census. It contains two ...
. At the
2021 census, it had a population of 72. It was named after timber merchant
Henry Yelverton, who established a timber mill there in 1856. The area was part of the
Group Settlement Scheme
The Group Settlement Scheme was an assisted migration scheme which operated in Western Australia from the early 1920s. It was engineered by Premier of Western Australia, Premier James Mitchell (Australian politician), James Mitchell and followe ...
, and a school existed there from 1934 to 1937.
Yelverton National Park
The Yelverton National Park is a national park in the South West region of Western Australia, south of Perth. It is located in the local government area of the City of Busselton in the locality of Yelverton, from Busselton and from Margaret ...
is in the locality.
References
Timber towns in Western Australia
Capes region of South West Western Australia
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