The Settlement

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The Settlement

Coordinates-32.00°, 115.54°

Demographic figures from Australian Bureau of Statistics. Overview below cites Wikipedia and may reference a different year.

Overview

Thomson Bay, known in full as Thomson Bay Settlement and also known as The Settlement, is the largest settlement of Rottnest Island, Western Australia, situated on the island's northeastern coast. It is home to most of Rottnest's stores, restaurants and nearly all of the island's population. It is a one-minute walk from the bay with the same name. As of the 2021 census, the settlement had a population of 166.

Geography

Coordinates & boundaries from the US Census TIGER/Line shapefiles.

Wildlife & biodiversity

Citizen-science & research observations from the Global Biodiversity Information Facility (GBIF).

Earthquake history

Events from the USGS Earthquake Catalog (global) (FDSN Event Web Service).

Notable people from here

People born within ~10 km, from Wikidata (CC0). Click any name for their Wikipedia article.

Nearby places in Western Australia

• Neah Bay
  9159.5 mi away
• Forks
  9168.3 mi away
• Moclips
  9174.3 mi away
• Pacific Beach
  9174.3 mi away
• Oyehut
  9174.9 mi away
• Hogans Corner
  9175.2 mi away
• Clallam Bay
  9175.4 mi away
• Ocean Shores
  9175.5 mi away
• Ocean City
  9175.6 mi away
• Long Beach
  9176.8 mi away
• Cohassett Beach
  9177 mi away
• Grayland
  9177.6 mi away

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Geography & sun

Elevation, sunrise/sunset and daylight from Open-Meteo. Solar climatology from NASA POWER.

Public attention

Pageview totals from the Wikimedia Pageviews API.

Books about The Settlement

Atomic Thunder

Elizabeth Tynan · 2016

Australias̓ western third

F. K. Crowley · 1960

Report on the group settlements in Western Australia

Great Britain. Oversea Settlement Dept. · 1926

The beginning

Reginald T. Appleyard · 1979

Australia¦s western third

F. K. Crowley · 1960

Australia's western third

Frank Keble Crowley · 1960

History of the war service land settlement scheme, Western Australia

A. R. Barrett · 1965

AUSTRALIA'S WESTERN THIRD - A HISTORY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA FROM FIRST SETTLEMENTS TO MODERN TIMES

1970

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