Walpole (Western Australia)

Walpole, known until 1934 Norlup, is a city in Western Australia, 432 kilometers from Perth and 66 kilometers from Denmark. Can be achieved, the place with 321 inhabitants on the South Western Highway.

History

The bay in which the site is located, was discovered in 1831 by Captain Thomas Bannister. The first settler was Pierre Bellanger with his family in 1909 and part of this area was delineated in 1910 for a national park. The colonization of a larger scale began in the 1930s and the railway reached 1929 this place.

Governor James Stirling named the place after Captain W. Walpole Walpole, who came to the region in 1808 with HMS Warspite the. As was adopted later that Walpole was already taken as a city name to Tasmania, the town was officially named Nornalup. As 1934 turned out that there was no Walpole, the town was originally called again as Walpole.

Today

The inhabitants of the village work in agriculture or fishing, or work for the tourists. By Walpole leads the Bibbulmun Track through. The place with its environment has largely developed into a tourist area. Closest to your location there are sandy beaches and large deposits of high-grown "Red Tingle " (Eucalyptus jacksonii ) and Karribäume (Eucalyptus diversicolor ). These can be viewed on a treetop path in 40 meters of the numerous visitors of the Walpole Nornalup National Park - in a different perspective.

Weblink

• Page walpole.org

Itemization

• Location in Western Australia