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Bunbury is a coastal city in Western Australia, approximately 175 kilometres 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 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 incl...
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  • 1. Koombana Bay Bunbury
    SS Koombana was a late Edwardian-era passenger, cargo and mail carrying steamship. From March 1909 to March 1912, she operated coastal liner services between Fremantle, Western Australia and various ports in the northwest of that State. She is best known for disappearing at an unknown location north of Port Hedland, Western Australia, during a tropical cyclone on 20 March 1912, killing 74 passengers and 76 crew; in total, 150 people died.Other than a small quantity of wreckage, no trace was ever found of the ship, which was presumed sunk along with several other vessels during the same storm. At least a further 15 people died in other ships and near the cyclone. As accurate passenger lists were not kept at the time, the exact number of deaths is not known; however, all on board are presume...
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  • 2. Bunbury Wildlife Park Bunbury
    Bunbury is a coastal city in Western Australia, approximately 175 kilometres 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 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 , and extends between Yarloop in the north, Boyanup to the south and Capel to the southwest.
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  • 5. Dalyellup Beach Bunbury
    Dalyellup, , is an outer southern suburb of Bunbury, a city in Western Australia, located within the Shire of Capel local government area. The suburb was established in 1999 when the Department of Housing and Works entered into a joint venture with Satterley Property Group to develop Dalyellup Beach Estate, a master-planned community which is expected to yield 3,000 lots by its completion in 2012. In the original advertising campaign, Dalyellup was heavily promoted as A village in the Forest by the Sea. Along this theme the local private Lutheran school is called Ocean Forest.
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  • 9. Mangrove Boardwalk Bunbury
    Australia has approximately 11,500 km2 of mangroves, primarily on the northern and eastern coasts of the continent. Areas where mangroves occur include the intertidal zone of tropical, subtropical and protected temperate coastal rivers, estuaries, bays and marine shorelines. Less than 1% of Australia's total forest area is mangrove forest.Although mangroves are typically found in tropical and subtropical tidal areas, there are occurrences as far south as Millers Landing in Wilsons Promontory, Victoria , Barker Inlet in Adelaide, South Australia and Leschenault Inlet , near Bunbury, Western Australia.Nearly half of Australia's mangrove forests are found in Queensland , followed by the Northern Territory and Western Australia .In Western Australia, populations of mangroves are scattered down...
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