Bouvard, Western Australia
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| Bouvard Mandurah, Western Australia |
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| Population: | 792 (2006 census)[1] | ||||||||||||
| Established: | 1980s | ||||||||||||
| Postcode: | 6211 | ||||||||||||
| Area: | 2.0 km² (0.8 sq mi) | ||||||||||||
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| LGA: | City of Mandurah | ||||||||||||
| State District: | Dawesville | ||||||||||||
| Federal Division: | Canning | ||||||||||||
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Bouvard is the southernmost suburb of Mandurah, Western Australia, and is located 97 kilometres (60 mi) south of the state capital, Perth. Its Local Government Area is the City of Mandurah.
Despite the name, Port Bouvard Estate is not located in Bouvard - it is at Wannanup on the Dawesville Channel ("the Cut") 10 kilometres (6 mi) north of the suburb.
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[edit] History
Bouvard is named for Cape Bouvard some 5km to the west, which itself was named by Nicolas Baudin, who sighted the cape en route to Rottnest Island from what is now Bunbury in 1802-1803, either after Charles Bouvard (1572-1658), a French chemist,[2] or Alexis Bouvard (1767-1843), an astronomer and director of Paris Observatory.
The Park Ridge estate was developed in the 1990s, and other estates have been built or proposed. Bouvard Coastcare, a volunteer group dedicated to maintaining the fragile coastal and dune environment, has won awards and grants for its work.
[edit] Geography
Bouvard consists of a narrow strip of land along both sides of the Old Coast Road, the main route between Mandurah and Bunbury and part of National Highway 1) between Yalgorup National Park and the Harvey Estuary. The western part consists of sparsely populated rural residential land with large lots separated by bushland buffers, while the eastern part follows more traditional coastal suburban development patterns along the estuary.[3]
At the ABS 2001 census, Bouvard had a population of 792 people living in 343 dwellings, one-quarter of whom were elderly, and nearly all of whom were from Australia, the United Kingdom or New Zealand.[1] The 2006 figure represented an increase of 421 people from the 2001 census.
[edit] Facilities
Bouvard has a boat ramp, tavern and accommodation (Park Ridge House and Yalgorup Country Lodge), as well as walking trails and a couple of small roadside shops and a fuel station along the Old Coast Road. There are no schools within easy reach of Bouvard, and the nearest shopping centre is at Falcon.
[edit] Transport
Bouvard is not served directly by public transport, but the 165 from Mandurah terminates 3 km from the suburb in Dawesville, and a Transperth school bus stops at the Bouvard Tavern. Private operator South West Coach Lines stops upon request at the Bouvard Tavern on its Perth to Bunbury service operating several times a day.
[edit] Politics
Bouvard is difficult to measure as it did not have a polling place at the election, but at the 2004 federal election, the nearest polling place at Dawesville recorded a 60.59% primary vote for the centre-right Liberal Party,[4] while at the 2005 state election, the Liberals received 43.8% of the vote compared to 36.8% for the centre-left Australian Labor Party and 9.2% for the Nationals.[5]
[edit] References
- ^ a b Australian Bureau of Statistics (25 October 2007). Community Profile Series : Bouvard (State Suburb). 2006 Census of Population and Housing. Retrieved on 2007-06-29.
* Australian Bureau of Statistics (25 October 2007). Community Profile Series : Bouvard - Bal (State Suburb). 2006 Census of Population and Housing. Retrieved on 2007-06-29. - ^ Marine Life Society of South Australia Inc. (December 2001). 2001 Journal. Retrieved on 2006-10-28.
- ^ Department of Land Information. StreetSmart® Perth Street Directory, 49 (2008), West Australian Newspapers Ltd, Maps 818, 848. ISBN 978-1-921048-19-7.
- ^ Australian Electoral Commission (AEC) (9 November 2005). Polling Place - Dawesville (Canning). Retrieved on 2007-06-29.
- ^ Western Australian Electoral Commission (30 November 2005). District of Dawesville - Polling Place Results. Retrieved on 2007-06-29.
[edit] External links
- Bouvard, Western Australia is at coordinates Coordinates:
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