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South Bunbury, Western Australia
South Bunbury is a beachside suburb in Bunbury, Western Australia. It is located in the local government area of the City of Bunbury. The South Bunbury Football Club's home ground is located at Hands Oval in South Bunbury. The Bunbury Dynamos Football Club play at Forest Park in South Bunbury. The suburb contains three primary schools, South Bunbury Primary School, Adam Road Primary School, and St Mary's Catholic Primary School, a government high school, Newton Moore Senior High School, and an education support school, College Row School. The Bunbury Wildlife Park (previously known as Big Swamp Wildlife Park) is located in the suburb. There are more than 50 species of mostly native Australian animals at the park including wombats, kangaroos, wallabies, quokkas, potoroos, dingoes, native parrots, lizards, pythons and tree frog. References {{Towns South West WA Suburbs of Bunbury, Western Australia ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
City Of Bunbury
The City of Bunbury is a local government area in the South West region of Western Australia, covering an area of along the coast about south of Perth, the capital of Western Australia. The City of Bunbury is one of four local governments comprising the Greater Bunbury urban area. As at the 2016 Census, the City of Bunbury had an estimated population of almost 32,000. History The Municipality of Bunbury was established on 21 February 1871. It absorbed part of the abolished Bunbury Road District, which had surrounded the municipality, on 20 January 1950, leading to the formation of a new Suburban Ward. It gained town status on 1 July 1961, becoming the Town of Bunbury, and assumed its current name when it was granted city status on 8 October 1979. Indigenous people The City of Bunbury is located on the traditional land of the Wardandi (also spelled Wadandi) people, of the Noongar The Noongar (, also spelt Noongah, Nyungar , Nyoongar, Nyoongah, Nyungah, Nyugah, a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Electoral District Of Collie-Preston
Collie-Preston is a Western Australian Legislative Assembly, Legislative Assembly Electoral districts of Western Australia, electorate in the states and territories of Australia, state of Western Australia. While the seat was known as Collie for just over a century of its existence as an electorate, the seat was known as South West Mining from 1901 to 1904, and Collie-Wellington from 2005 to 2008. It is named for the South West (Western Australia), South West coal mining town of Collie, Western Australia, Collie. While historically a very safe seat for the Australian Labor Party (Western Australian Branch), Labor Party, redistributions in 1988 and 2007 due to increases in the quota for country seats which had historically been Apportionment (politics)#Malapportionment, malapportioned resulted in the seat incorporating surrounding rural shires which were hostile to Labor and thereby becoming more marginal. History Collie was originally created as the seat of "South West Mining" i ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Division Of Forrest
The Division of Forrest is an Divisions of the Australian House of Representatives, Australian Electoral Division in Western Australia. Geography Since 1984, federal electoral division boundaries in Australia have been determined at redistributions by a redistribution committee appointed by the Australian Electoral Commission. Redistributions occur for the boundaries of divisions in a particular state, and they occur every seven years, or sooner if a state's representation entitlement changes or when divisions of a state are malapportioned. History The division was created in 1922 and is named for John Forrest, Sir John Forrest, the first Premier of Western Australia and a federal Cabinet minister. It is located in the South West (Western Australia), South West region of the state and, as of the 2022 Australian federal election, 2022 election, includes the Cities of City of Bunbury, Bunbury and City of Busselton, Busselton along with the Shires of Shire of Augusta-Margaret Riv ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bunbury, Western Australia (suburb)
Bunbury is a suburb of the Western Australian city of Bunbury, and includes the city's central business district (CBD). The CBD is located primarily on Victoria Street. Blair Street is the major road linking the southern and eastern suburbs of Bunbury to the CBD, and has a large number of businesses and retail outlets situated along it. Features *Bunbury Tower, a landmark high-rise building, was one of the first achievements of the South West Development Commission and represents efforts to decentralise government activities and provide local employment opportunities. The Tower is colloquially referred to as the "Milk Carton" for its distinctive shape and blue-and-white colours. *The old lighthouse and lookout tower in the Marlston Hill district, which has been a focus of the city's cultural and commercial growth since the late 1990s. References {{Authority control Suburbs of Bunbury, Western Australia Central business districts in Australia ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
East Bunbury, Western Australia
East Bunbury is an inner southeastern suburb of Bunbury, Western Australia from the centre of Bunbury. It is located within the local government area of the City of Bunbury. It is the location of the Bunbury Passenger Terminal, the current terminus for the South Western Railway and the Australind railway service. Precincts East Bunbury comprises two distinct precincts. Rathmines Rathmines refers to the northern portion of East Bunbury. Rathmines is named after Rev Joseph Withers' home town in Ireland. Rev Joseph Withers arrived in Western Australia with his wife, two sons and niece on 18 January 1864. He had been the Chaplain on board the convict ship ''Dalhousie''. A month later they moved to Bunbury where Withers was the Anglican Chaplain from 1864 to 1880 and again from 1889 to 1893. In 1872, Withers purchased Portion 11 of Leschenault Location 26 and in 1895, he subdivided the area which was to become known as Rathmines. The precinct is largely residential in characte ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Indian Ocean
The Indian Ocean is the third-largest of the world's five oceanic divisions, covering or approximately 20% of the water area of Earth#Surface, Earth's surface. It is bounded by Asia to the north, Africa to the west and Australia (continent), Australia to the east. To the south it is bounded by the Southern Ocean or Antarctica, depending on the definition in use. The Indian Ocean has large marginal or regional seas, including the Andaman Sea, the Arabian Sea, the Bay of Bengal, and the Laccadive Sea. Geologically, the Indian Ocean is the youngest of the oceans, and it has distinct features such as narrow continental shelf, continental shelves. Its average depth is 3,741 m. It is the warmest ocean, with a significant impact on global climate due to its interaction with the atmosphere. Its waters are affected by the Indian Ocean Walker circulation, resulting in unique oceanic currents and upwelling patterns. The Indian Ocean is ecologically diverse, with important ecosystems such ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Carey Park, Western Australia
Carey Park is a suburb of the City of Bunbury in the South West region of Western Australia. Carey Park is located on the traditional land of the Wardandi people of the Noongar The Noongar (, also spelt Noongah, Nyungar , Nyoongar, Nyoongah, Nyungah, Nyugah, and Yunga ) are Aboriginal Australian people who live in the South West, Western Australia, south-west corner of Western Australia, from Geraldton, Western Aus ... nation. The suburb contains a number of heritage-listed sites, among them the Carey Park Primary School and the former St Elizabeth of Hungary Church. Like similar areas in the region, Carey Park has had issues of drainage. References {{Towns South West WA Suburbs of Bunbury, Western Australia ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Withers, Western Australia
Withers is a beachside suburb in Bunbury, Western Australia Bunbury () is a coastal city in the Australian state of Western Australia, approximately south of the state capital, Perth. It is the state's third most populous city after Perth and Mandurah, with a population of approximately 75,000. Loca .... It is a primarily residential suburb with a small amount of retail activity. The suburb, which was named after state Member of Parliament and Bunbury mayor Frederick Withers, was developed by the State Housing Commission in the 1960s as the Withers Housing Estate. The layout of the suburb was influenced by the Radburn design philosophy. Building began in 1969 and was completed by 1975. The suburb has the lowest average personal income rate in Bunbury and a history of antisocial problems. It contains two primary schools: the government Maidens Park Primary School, named after the nearby Maidens Reserve, which opened in 1977 and was known as Withers Primary School unti ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bunbury, Western Australia
Bunbury () is a coastal city in the Australian state of Western Australia, approximately south of the state capital, Perth. It is the state's third most populous city after Perth and Mandurah, with a population of approximately 75,000. Located at the south of the Leschenault Estuary, Bunbury was established in 1836 on the orders of Governor James Stirling (Royal Navy officer), James Stirling, and named in honour of its founder, Lieutenant (at the time) Henry William St Pierre Bunbury, Henry Bunbury. A port was constructed on the existing natural harbour soon after, and eventually became the main port for the wider South West (Western Australia), South West region. Further economic growth was fuelled by completion of the South Western Railway, Western Australia, South Western Railway in 1893, which linked Bunbury with Perth. Greater Bunbury includes four Local government areas of Western Australia, local government areas (the City of Bunbury and the shires of Shire of Capel, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
South Bunbury Football Club
South Bunbury Football Club is a semi-professional Australian rules football club based in South Bunbury, Western Australia. The club plays in the South West Football League. Since being founded in 1897 the club has won 45 premierships and has been a runner-up 24 times. Since joining the SWFL in 1957 the club has won 16 premierships. The club sits equal second nationally in terms of senior premierships won. North (King Island) have won 47 while Ramblers (Carnarvon) and South Bunbury are equal second with 45. It is likely that one of these three clubs will be the first club in Australia to win 50 senior premierships. History The South Bunbury club was founded in May 1897 at a meeting at the Prince of Wales Hotel in Bunbury. South Bunbury picked up the nickname Tigers after the relative inaccessibility and perceived wildness of the South Bunbury area around the turn of the 20th century. Club records *Total League premierships: 45* (1898, 1904, 1905, 1906, 1907, 1908, 1912, 1913, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hands Oval
JE Hands Memorial Park, more commonly known as Hands Oval, is a stadium in South Bunbury, Western Australia. The ground is mainly used for Australian rules football matches, but has also hosted cricket and soccer. Uses Australian rules football The oval has been the home ground of South Bunbury Football Club and in the South West Football League since the early 1950s. Hands Oval has also hosted five West Australian Football League matches, with the first being held on 1 April 1984 with East Perth defeating Swan Districts by 14 points. The record attendance for the ground was set during this match, with 6573 spectators attending the game. The ground is home to the South West Football League headquarters and hosts its grand final each year, with 4,075 spectators attending the 2024 grand final. The ground also hosted two Fremantle Dockers pre-season NAB Challenge in 2009 and 2011: Hands Oval hosted a pre-season match between the West Coast Eagles and North Melbourne F ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Newton Moore Senior High School
Newton Moore Senior High School is a comprehensive independent public co-educational high day school, located in South Bunbury, a suburb of Bunbury, south of Perth, Western Australia. Overview The school was established in 1966 and by 2023 had an enrolment of 537 students between Year 8 and Year 12 , and as of 2020, approximately 24% of whom were Indigenous Australians. The school was opened in 1966 to cater for the rising population of Bunbury and the lack of available space around Bunbury Senior High School. The school is named after the eighth Premier of Western Australia, Sir Newton James Moore. A longstanding competitor in the High School Country Week tournament, the school won the champion school award in 1991, 1992, 2005 and 2006. Enrolments at the school have been in decline over the past few years with 983 students in 2007, 994 in 2008, 897 in 2009, 712 in 2010, 620 in 2011 and 611 in 2012. See also *List of schools in rural Western Australia This is a li ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
