Stratham, Western Australia
Locality in the Shire of Capel, Western Australia
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Stratham is a semi-rural locality of the Shire of Capel in the South West region of Western Australia, located on Geographe Bay and on Bussell Highway. In the south-west, a section of the Tuart Forest National Park is located within Stratham.[2][3]
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| Coordinates: 33.47°S 115.59°E | |||||||||||||
| Country | Australia | ||||||||||||
| State | Western Australia | ||||||||||||
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• Total | 40.8 km2 (15.8 sq mi) | ||||||||||||
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| • Total | 793 (SAL 2021)[1] | ||||||||||||
| Postcode | 6237 | ||||||||||||
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The Shire of Capel and the locality of Stratham are located on the traditional land of the Wardandi (also spelled Wadandi) people of the Noongar nation.[4][5]
A number of heritage-listed sites exist in the locality, among them Sunnyside, Stratham Park, Roselands and Rosemore homesteads as well as the All Souls Church.[6] Stratham Park homestead dates back to the 1850s, when John Scott, a constable in Bunbury, married and settled in the area, building a four-room cottage which he named after the family home in Scotland. The near-by Roselands, Sunnyside and Rosemore properties were owned by relatives of John Scott, his brother, his son[7] and his nephew.[8]
