Coordinates: 33°39′S 115°17′E / 33.650°S 115.283°E / -33.650; 115.283

Broadwater, Western Australia

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Broadwater
BusseltonWestern Australia
File:Beach at Broadwater, Geographe Bay, Western Australia, 2022, 03.jpg
Beach at Broadwater, Geographe Bay
Coordinates33°39′S 115°17′E / 33.650°S 115.283°E / -33.650; 115.283
Established1897
Postcode(s)6280
Time zoneAWST (UTC+8)
Location6 km (4 mi) from Busselton
LGA(s)City of Busselton
State electorate(s)Vasse
Federal division(s)Forrest

Broadwater is a suburb of the Western Australian city of Busselton. At the 2021 census, it had a population of 4,269. Broadwater was gazetted in 1897; it originally contained what is now the Busselton suburb of Abbey.[1] It contains a mix of residential areas and tourist accommodation providers, which take advantage of its proximity to the foreshore at Geographe Bay.[2] A drive-in cinema was built in Broadwater in 1960; by the time of its closure in 2015, it was one of the last such structures in Western Australia.[3][4]

References

  1. Landgate Geonoma database, feature number 100131355, Abbey
  2. "Broadwater Foreshore Management Plan" (PDF). City of Busselton. 2005. Retrieved 9 September 2019.
  3. "Broadwater". Municipal Heritage Inventory (PDF). City of Busselton. 2013. pp. 43–46. Retrieved 20 October 2022.
  4. Taylor, Roxanne (14 March 2015). "Drive-In Busselton Outdoor Cinema to close after 55 years of movies". ABC News. Retrieved 9 September 2019.