Tutunup, Western Australia Explained

Type:suburb
Tutunup
State:wa
Lga:City of Busselton
Map Type:nomap
Local Map:yes
Zoom:11
Coordinates:-33.66°N 115.56°W
Postcode:6280
Stategov:Vasse
Fedgov:Forrest
Dist1:211
Location1:Perth
Dist2:21
Location2:Busselton
Near-Nw:Ludlow
Near-N:Capel
Near-Ne:Capel River
Near-W:Ruabon
Near-E:Capel River
Near-Sw:Abba River
Near-S:Yoganup
Near-Se:Yoganup

Tutunup is a rural locality of the City of Busselton in the South West region of Western Australia.[1] [2]

The City of Busselton and the locality of Tutunup are located on the traditional land of the Wardandi (also spelled Wadandi) people,[3] [4] of the Noongar nation.[5]

Tutunup was established as Tutunup Siding, located on the Nannup Branch Railway, as a Group Settlement with the group number 14 in May 1922.[6] [7]

The locality was the site of a proposed mineral sands mine in 2002 by Cable Sands and Iluka Resources, the Tutunup Mineral Sands Project, with the company having applied for approval in 2021. The proposed mine would stretch along the southern boundary of the locality which runs along the edge of Millbrook State Forest.[8]

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Notes and References

  1. Web site: SLIP Map . . maps.slip.wa.gov.au . . 17 September 2023 .
  2. Web site: NationalMap . . nationalmap.gov.au . . 17 September 2023 .
  3. Web site: Wardandi . . www.boodjar.sis.uwa.edu.au . . 17 September 2023.
  4. Web site: Wardandi (WA) . . www.samuseum.sa.gov.au . . 17 September 2023.
  5. Web site: City of Busselton: Home . . www.busselton.wa.gov.au . . The City of Busselton acknowledges the Traditional Custodians, the Wadandi people, on whose land we are living ... . 17 September 2023.
  6. Web site: Index to group settlements in WA . . catalogue.data.wa.gov.au . . 17 September 2023.
  7. News: Confetti and Streamer Dance. . . I . 26 . Western Australia . 3 June 1924 . 17 September 2023 . 3 . National Library of Australia.
  8. Web site: Tutunup Mineral Sands Project . . www.epa.wa.gov.au . . 17 September 2023.