| Tutunup Western Australia | |||||||||||||||
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| Coordinates | 33°40′S 115°34′E / 33.66°S 115.56°E | ||||||||||||||
| Population | 75 (SAL 2021)[1] | ||||||||||||||
| Postcode(s) | 6280 | ||||||||||||||
| Area | 41.5 km2 (16.0 sq mi) | ||||||||||||||
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| LGA(s) | City of Busselton | ||||||||||||||
| State electorate(s) | Vasse | ||||||||||||||
| Federal division(s) | Forrest | ||||||||||||||
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Tutunup is a rural locality of the City of Busselton in the South West region of Western Australia.[2][3]
The City of Busselton and the locality of Tutunup are located on the traditional land of the Wardandi (also spelled Wadandi) people,[4][5] of the Noongar nation.[6]
Tutunup was established as Tutunup Siding, located on the Nannup branch railway, as a Group Settlement with the group number 14 in May 1922.[7][8]
The locality was the site of a proposed mineral sands mine in 2002 by Cable Sands[9] 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.[10]
- ^ Australian Bureau of Statistics (28 June 2022). "Tutunup (suburb and locality)". Australian Census 2021 QuickStats. Retrieved 28 June 2022.
- ^ "SLIP Map". maps.slip.wa.gov.au. Landgate. Retrieved 17 September 2023.
- ^ "NationalMap". nationalmap.gov.au. Geoscience Australia. Retrieved 17 September 2023.
- ^ "Wardandi". www.boodjar.sis.uwa.edu.au. University of Western Australia. Retrieved 17 September 2023.
- ^ "Wardandi (WA)". www.samuseum.sa.gov.au. South Australian Museum. Retrieved 17 September 2023.
- ^ "City of Busselton: Home". www.busselton.wa.gov.au. City of Busselton. Retrieved 17 September 2023.
The City of Busselton acknowledges the Traditional Custodians, the Wadandi people, on whose land we are living ...
- ^ "Index to group settlements in WA". catalogue.data.wa.gov.au. Government of Western Australia. Retrieved 17 September 2023.
- ^ "Confetti and Streamer Dance". Group Settlement Chronicle and Margaret-Augusta Mail. Vol. I, no. 26. Western Australia. 3 June 1924. p. 3. Retrieved 17 September 2023 – via National Library of Australia.
- ^ Western Australia. Environmental Protection Authority; Cable Sands (W.A.) (2002), Tutunup titanium minerals mine : Cable Sands (WA) Pty Ltd, Environmental Protection Authority, ISBN 978-0-7307-6723-7
- ^ "Tutunup Mineral Sands Project". www.epa.wa.gov.au. Environmental Protection Authority of Western Australia. Retrieved 17 September 2023.
