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Preston Beach

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Shire of Waroona WA, PO Box 20, Preston Beach, WA 6215
08 9733 7800

Description

Preston Beach is a small town located in the Peel region of Western Australia just off the Forrest Highway, between Mandurah and Bunbury in the Yalgorup National Park.

Preston Beach is a small town located in the Peel region of Western Australia just off the Forrest Highway, between Mandurah and Bunbury in the Yalgorup National Park.

History

Explorers Dr Alexander Collie and Lieutenant William Preston RN first came across what are now Lakes Preston and Clifton while exploring the coastline between Mandurah and Bunbury in 1829. After the introduction of convicts to the Swan River Colony in the 1850s, the "Old Coast Road" south of Mandurah was rebuilt. For most of its length, the road went through well-timbered, sandy limestone country of little value to agriculture.

The "Preston Beach Estate" was privately developed in 1959, and together with the "Lakeside Estate", was incorporated as the locality Yalgorup by the request of the local government - the name meaning "place of waters or lakes" in the Noongar language. The townsite was gazetted in 1975. However, in 1989, the name was changed to Preston Beach on request from the Shire of Waroona, as this was the local name for the town.

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Type: Towns

Population: 101-1000

Time zone: UTC +08:00

Area: 74.705 km2

Elevation: 11-50 metres

Town elevation: 18 m

Population number: 227

Local Government Area: Shire of Waroona

Location

Shire of Waroona WA, PO Box 20, Preston Beach, WA 6215

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This article contains content imported from the English Wikipedia article on Preston Beach, Western Australia

Preston Beach - Localista

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