West Busselton, Western Australia
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, "the Gulch", a police residence, bond store and custom officer's residence, and Phoebe Abbey's House. West Busselton was a residential area by the 1930s. West Busselton Primary School was established in 1965. 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. The Busselton Health Campus is in West Busselton.
References
- ^ Australian Bureau of Statistics (28 June 2022). "West Busselton (suburb and locality)". Australian Census 2021 QuickStats. Retrieved 28 June 2022.
- ^ "Broadwater Homestead". Heritage Council of Western Australia. Retrieved 9 September 2019.
- ^ "Bond Store & Resident Magistrate's Office (fmr), Busselton". Heritage Council of Western Australia. Retrieved 9 September 2019.
- ^ "Phoebe Abbey's House". Heritage Council of Western Australia. Retrieved 9 September 2019.
- ^ "Thriving centres of the South-West". Western Mail. 10 November 1938. Retrieved 9 September 2019 – via National Library of Australia.
- ^ Kirk, Emma (13 October 2015). "West Busselton Primary School celebrates 50 years". Busselton-Dunsborough Mail. Retrieved 9 September 2019.
- ^ "Busselton High School". Heritage Council of Western Australia. Retrieved 2 November 2019.
- ^ "St Mary MacKillop College". St Mary MacKillop College. Retrieved 9 September 2019.
- ^ "Busselton Health Campus". Yellow Pages. Retrieved 9 September 2019.
- ^ "Contact". Cornerstone Christian College. Retrieved 2 November 2019.