Tutunup is a rural
locality
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of the
City of Busselton
The City of Busselton is a local government area in the South West region of Western Australia, approximately south of Perth, the state capital. The city covers an area of and had a population of 40,640 as at the 2021 Census. It contains two ...
in the
South West region of Western Australia.
The City of Busselton and the locality of Tutunup are located on the traditional land of the
Wardandi (also spelled Wadandi) people of the
Noongar
The Noongar (, also spelt Noongah, Nyungar , Nyoongar, Nyoongah, Nyungah, Nyugah, and Yunga ) are Aboriginal Australian people who live in the South West, Western Australia, south-west corner of Western Australia, from Geraldton, Western Aus ...
nation.
Tutunup was established as Tutunup Siding, located on the
Nannup branch railway, as a
Group Settlement with the group number 14 in May 1922.
The locality was the site of a proposed
mineral sands
Heavy mineral sands are a class of ore deposit which is an important source of zirconium, titanium, thorium, tungsten, rare-earth elements, the industrial minerals diamond, sapphire, garnet, and occasionally precious metals or gemstones.
Heavy mi ...
mine in 2002 by Cable Sands and
Iluka Resources
Iluka Resources is an Australian resources company, specialising in mineral sands exploration, project development, operations and marketing. Iluka is the largest producer of zircon and titanium dioxidederived rutile and synthetic rutile global ...
, the Tutunup Mineral Sands Project, with the company having applied for approval in 2021. The proposed mine would stretch along the southern boundary of the locality which runs along the edge of Millbrook State Forest.
References
External links
* Iluka Resources
Tutunup Mineral Sands Project Section 38 Referral Supporting Document
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City of Busselton