Bunbury

Bunbury, town and seaport, southwestern Western Australia, south of Perth and Fremantle. It is situated on the southern shore of Koombana Bay around Leschenault Inlet, which is fed by the Collie and Preston rivers. A French ship on a scientific expedition to the area brought the first Europeans in 1803, but it was not until about 1830 that the immediate region began to be fully explored. The first family of settlers established their homestead in...