Broadwater, Western Australia
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Broadwater | |
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 Beach at Broadwater, Geographe Bay | |
  Broadwater | |
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| Coordinates: 33°39′S 115°17′E / 33.650°S 115.283°E | |
| Country | Australia |
| State | Western Australia |
| City | Busselton |
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| Location |
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| Established | 1897 |
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| Area | |
• Total | 6.2 km2 (2.4 sq mi) |
| Population | |
| • Total(s) | 4,269 (SAL 2021)[1] |
| Time zone | UTC+8 (AWST) |
| Postcode | 6280 |
Broadwater is a suburb of the Western Australian city of Busselton. At the 2021 census, it had a population of 4,269.
Broadwater was gazetted in 1897; it originally contained what is now the Busselton suburb of Abbey.[2] It contains a mix of residential areas and tourist accommodation providers, which take advantage of its proximity to the foreshore at Geographe Bay.[3] A drive-in cinema was built in Broadwater in 1960; by the time of its closure in 2015, it was one of the last such structures in Western Australia.[4][5]
