Carbunup River is a small town in the
South West
Southwest is a compass point.
Southwest, south-west, south west, southwestern or south-western or south western may also refer to:
* Southwest (direction), an intercardinal direction
Geography
*South West Queensland, Australia
*South West (Weste ...
region of
Western Australia
Western Australia (WA) is the westernmost state of Australia. It is bounded by the Indian Ocean to the north and west, the Southern Ocean to the south, the Northern Territory to the north-east, and South Australia to the south-east. Western Aust ...
. At the
2021 census, it had a population of 112. It is situated between
Dunsborough
and
Margaret River
The Margaret River is a river in southwest Australia, southwest Western Australia. In a small catchment, it is the eponym of the town and tourist region of Margaret River, Western Australia, Margaret River.
The river arises from a catchment ...
on the banks of the
Carbunup River.
The townsite was declared in 1926 as Carbunup but the name was changed in 1958 to Carbunup River to prevent confusion with the town of Carbarup near
Mount Barker.
The town is named after the
Carbunup River, the word Carbunup is
Aboriginal in origin and is thought to mean ''place of the
cormorant
Phalacrocoracidae is a family of approximately 40 species of aquatic birds commonly known as cormorants and shags. Several different classifications of the family have been proposed, but in 2021 the International Ornithologists' Union (IOU) ado ...
s'' or ''place of a kindly stram'' or ''place of the
Stinkwood Stinkwood, German ''Stinkholz'', French ''Bois Puant'', is the common name for a number of trees or shrubs which have wood or plant parts with an unpleasant odour, including:
*'' Anagyris foetida''; Southern Europe
*'' Bignonia callistegioides'' (c ...
'' thicket.
The Discover Deadly reptile education centre is located in Carbunup River, at 10 Wildwood Road.
References
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Towns in Western Australia
City of Busselton