Local Government
Busselton
Region
South West
Meelup Beach Rd Cape Naturaliste
Lot 351 Meelup Beach Road NATURALISTE WA 6281 (off Eagle Bay - Meelup Rd)
Anse Depuch
Baudin Memorial
Busselton
South West
Constructed from 2001
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| Municipal Inventory | Adopted | 13 Sep 2006 | Category 4 | |
The coastline at this site is a largely unaltered environment which is valued by residents and visitors for the rugged and pristine beauty. These sites have historic value for their association with the very early exploration of the coastline in the South West of Australia by a French funded expedition.
These two sites linked by their association with the exploration of Captain Nicolas Baudin demonstrate the typical coastal form and vegetation of this region of the south west coast. The memorial to the expedition of Captain Nicolas Baudin is a simple rock plinth with a brass plaque.
These two sites are associated with the French expedition to the Southern Hemisphere, (1800-1803), led by Thomas Nicolas Baudin on the ships, 'Naturalist' and 'Geographe'. Point Picquet was named in honour of Antoine Picquet, an officer on the expedition on June 1, 1801. Located 8.5km southeast of Cape Naturaliste on the coast between Eagle Bay (shown as Depuch Bay on Freycinet's map) and Gannet - Rock. The name first appeared on Exploration Plan 173 "de Leuwin et d'Edels" by Louis De Freycinet, and the following literature "Voyage To The Southern Hemisphere by Francis Peron and "Journal of Nicolas Baudin" by Thomas Nicolas Baudin. Anse Depuch (Depuch Cove) is now formally known as Eagle Bay and was named in honor of Louis Depuch, mineralogist on the ‘Geographe’ who was excited by finding granite in the creek running into the bay.
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| COB | 16/10/2024 |
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Landscape
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| Original Use | PARK\RESERVE | Park\Reserve |
| Present Use | PARK\RESERVE | Park\Reserve |
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| DEMOGRAPHIC SETTLEMENT & MOBILITY | Exploration & surveying |
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