East Bunbury, Western Australia
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East Bunbury is an inner southeastern
It is the location of the
Precincts
East Bunbury comprises two distinct precincts.
Rathmines
Rathmines refers to the northern portion of East Bunbury. Rathmines is named after Rev Joseph Withers' home town in Ireland. Rev Joseph Withers arrived in Western Australia with his wife, two sons and niece on 18 January 1864. He had been the Chaplain on board the convict ship Dalhousie. A month later they moved to Bunbury where Withers was the Anglican Chaplain from 1864 to 1880 and again from 1889 to 1893. In 1872, Withers purchased Portion 11 of Leschenault Location 26 and in 1895, he subdivided the area which was to become known as Rathmines.[2] The precinct is largely residential in character with most houses built after the 1960s.[3]
Wollaston
Wollaston comprises the southern third of East Bunbury, bounded by Sandridge Road to the north, Robertson Drive and the Preston River to the east, and the railway to the south. It is mostly residential, although a light industrial area extending from central Bunbury exists west of Picton Road and the Horseshoe Lake, a remnant oxbow lake is located within Wollaston opposite the Bunbury Forum shopping centre.
Wollaston is named after Rev.
Suburban development in the area took place in the 1950s and 1960s.
Geography
The suburb contains a diverse mix of residents, with a strong emphasis on trades, retail and services, and 7.2% of its population are of Italian descent.[5]
Facilities
Bunbury Forum, one of Bunbury's two main shopping centres, is located in East Bunbury; it also contains a small neighbourhood shopping centre. The suburb contains Cooinda Primary School, on the corner of Allen and Trott Street. There are two other primary schools located within 800 metres (2,600 ft). Bunbury Catholic College (BCC), established in 1973 after the amalgamation of Marist Brother's St Fraancis Xaviers College (situated on the current BCC site and opened in 1954) and the Mercy Sister's St Josephs College (situated at the now Bunbury Regional Art Gallery, originally opened in 1897) and with a student population of about 1000, and the historic St Mark's Anglican Church (1842) are located within the suburb.
Transport
The terminus of the
The last train to use the old station departed Bunbury on 28 May 1985, and the new terminal commenced operations the following day. The Australind passenger service was subsequently upgraded in 1987.[citation needed]
At present there are two departures and two arrivals of The Australind at East Bunbury every day of the week.[6]
The 827 TransBunbury routes depart to/from the city centre regularly, with a journey time of 15–20 minutes.[7] These services are free of charge to those connecting to/from the Australind train with a valid ticket.
All services are operated by the Public Transport Authority.
References
- ^ Australian Bureau of Statistics (28 June 2022). "East Bunbury (suburb and locality)". Australian Census 2021 QuickStats. Retrieved 28 June 2022.
- ^ "Rathmines Primary School (fmr)". State Heritage Office. Retrieved 16 April 2016.
- ^ "East Bunbury Local Area" (PDF). City of Bunbury. Retrieved 16 April 2016.
- ^ "Register of Heritage Places - St Mark's Anglican Church, Picton" (PDF). 5 November 1996. Archived from the original (PDF) on 17 July 2005. Retrieved 2006-11-11.
- ^ "2011 Census QuickStats (East Bunbury Code SSC50236 (SSC))". Australian Bureau of Statistics. Retrieved 16 April 2016.
- ^ [1][permanent dead link], Transwa, effective 27 November 2015. Accessed 20 February 2016.
- ^ [2][permanent dead link], TransBunbury, effective 1 February 2015. Accessed 20 February 2016
