Clarence, also known as Clarence Town and Peel Town, was an early European settlement on the coast of

Western Australia Western Australia (WA) is the westernmost state of Australia. It is bounded by the Indian Ocean to the north and west, the Southern Ocean to the south, the Northern Territory to the north-east, and South Australia to the south-east. Western Aust ...

. It was planned by

Thomas Peel Thomas Peel (1793 – 22 December 1865)Alexandra Hasluck,, ''Australian Dictionary of Biography'', Vol. 2, MUP, 1967, pp 320-322. retrieved 2009-11-04 organised and led a consortium of the first British settlers to Western Australia. He was a ...

, with help from various other colonial backers. The first ship of settlers landed in December 1829, and the settlement was abandoned by the early 1830s.Items 143-144 of No firm evidence exists for its exact location. It was thought to be sited in the vicinity of

Woodman Point Woodman Point is a headland on the west coast of Western Australia. It is located in the Perth suburb of Coogee, south-south-west of the city centre and south of Fremantle. It extends westward into the Indian Ocean. The coastal waters immed ...

, though recent archaeological discoveries have also found evidence of settlement further south, near Mount Brown in the

Beeliar Regional Park Beeliar Regional Park is a conservation park approximately south of the Perth central business district, central business district in Perth, Western Australia, located within the Citys of City of Cockburn, Cockburn, City of Kwinana, Kwinana an ...

. The name was chosen in honour of the

Duke of Clarence Duke of Clarence was a substantive title created three times in the Peerage of England. The title Duke of Clarence and St Andrews has also been created in the Peerage of Great Britain, and Duke of Clarence and Avondale and Prince Leopold, Duke ...

, the heir to the throne at the time of naming.

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* * *{{cite web, url=https://www.cockburnlibraries.com.au/blog/wa-day-special-clarence-townsite-and-thomas-peel, title=Cockburn History – Clarence Townsite: Have you ever wondered about the origins of WA Day?, date=2016-06-01, publisher=Cockburn Libraries, access-date=2021-11-24

External links

Plan of boundaries proposed for the townsite of Clarence in Western Australia
19th century in Western Australia State Register of Heritage Places in the City of Cockburn