Naturaliste, Western Australia

Locality in the City of Busselton, Western Australia

33°35′S 115°03′E / 33.58°S 115.05°E / -33.58; 115.05Population107 (SAL 2021)^[1]Postcode(s)6281Area56 km² (22 sq mi)Location

255 km (158 mi) from Perth
33 km (21 mi) from Busselton

LGA(s)City of BusseltonState electorate(s)Vasse Federal division(s)Forrest

Suburbs around Naturaliste:
Indian Ocean	Indian Ocean	Geographe Bay
Indian Ocean	Naturaliste	Eagle Bay
Quedjinup	Yallingup	Dunsborough

Naturaliste is a rural locality of the City of Busselton in the South West region of Western Australia, located on a peninsular between the Indian Ocean and Geographe Bay. At the northern point of the peninsular and locality lies Cape Naturaliste and the state heritage-listed Cape Naturaliste Lighthouse. The northern-most part of the Leeuwin-Naturaliste National Park is also located with the locality.^[2]^[3]

The City of Busselton and the locality of Naturaliste are located on the traditional land of the Wardandi (also spelled Wadandi) people,^[4]^[5] of the Noongar nation.^[6]

The locality is home to a number of heritage-listed sites, among them the site of the former Castle Bay Whaling Station,^[7]^[8]^[9] and Sugar Loaf Rock.^[10]

References

^ Australian Bureau of Statistics (28 June 2022). "Naturaliste (suburb and locality)". Australian Census 2021 QuickStats. Retrieved 28 June 2022.
^ "SLIP Map". maps.slip.wa.gov.au. Landgate. Retrieved 16 September 2023.
^ "NationalMap". nationalmap.gov.au. Geoscience Australia. Retrieved 16 September 2023.
^ "Wardandi". www.boodjar.sis.uwa.edu.au. University of Western Australia. Retrieved 16 September 2023.
^ "Wardandi (WA)". www.samuseum.sa.gov.au. South Australian Museum. Retrieved 16 September 2023.
^ "City of Busselton: Home". www.busselton.wa.gov.au. City of Busselton. Retrieved 16 September 2023. The City of Busselton acknowledges the Traditional Custodians, the Wadandi people, on whose land we are living ...
^ Castle Rock Whaling Company; Palmer, F. W; Seymour, William Frederick (1900), Records, 1846-1866, retrieved 17 September 2023
^ Building the cairn marking the site of the Castle Bay Whaling Station, 1968, retrieved 17 September 2023
^ "When Whaling Flourished At Castle Bay". The West Australian. Vol. 66, no. 19, 960. Western Australia. 8 July 1950. p. 24. Retrieved 17 September 2023 – via National Library of Australia.
^ "Naturaliste". inherit.stateheritage.wa.gov.au. Heritage Council of Western Australia. Retrieved 16 September 2023.