Kalbarri Western Australia
Kalbarri - History

Kalbarri is a Western Australian resort town, fast becoming a popular destination with overseas and Australian visitors. The history of the area extends back to 1629, before being wrecked on the nearby offshore Abrolhos Islands, the Dutch East India trading ship Batavia, put two mutinous crew ashore at Wittecarra Creek near Bluff Point, south of Kalbarri. They are believed to be the first permanent European settlers to this country.

In 1712 another Dutch East Indies trading vessel, Zuytdorp, became the first recorded of the many boats wrecked on the rugged cliffs of the Murchison area. The site of the 1712 calamity is commemorated by the naming of the Zuytdorp Cliffs north of the Murchison rivermouth at Kalbarri.

The name Kalbarri comes from the aboriginal word for "edible seed" and also they say from one of the local aboriginal tribesman. The Murchison River is named after Sir Frederick Murchison by Lt George Gray who was shipwreck along the coast.

Kalbarri is located at the mouth of the Murchison River, with the back drop of the Indian Ocean and the Zuytdorp cliffs, famous for many a shipwreck. Kalbarri became a town in the early 1950`s. Initally being a quiet fishing town, Kalbarri has grown to a population of around 2000 with many people in the crayfishing and tourisism industry.

During holiday seasons, the population can reach 6000 visitors with 200,000 people visiting Kalbarri every year.

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