Bunbury
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Bunbury is a placename in more than one country:
- Bunbury, Western Australia, the third largest city in the state.
- Bunbury, Cheshire, United Kingdom
Bunbury is an administrative entity in Western Australia:
- City of Bunbury, the local government area covering Bunbury's central and southern suburbs.
- Electoral district of Bunbury, a single-member electorate represented in the Western Australian Legislative Assembly.
Bunbury is also a family name:
- Enrique Bunbury solo artist and former lead singer in the Spanish rock band Héroes del Silencio.
- Edward Herbert Bunbury was a historian of Greek and Roman geography.
- Henry William Bunbury is a British caricaturist.
Bunbury is also a fictional character in Oscar Wilde's play The Importance of Being Earnest. One might say "meta-fictional", since even in the play, Bunbury did not exist but the supposed chronic illness of this supposed friend was used as an excuse for Algernon Moncrieff to leave his current whereabouts and go and "have a good time" elsewhere without the risk of detection (see Bunburying).
Bunbury is also the middle name to Judas Noboa son of Guillermo Noboa and Maria Vargas.
Bunbury Cricket Club is a celebrity cricket club that raises money for charity.