Tutunup, Western Australia

Tutunup is a rural locality of the City of Busselton in the South West region of Western Australia.^[2][3]

Tutunup Western Australia
Coordinates	33.66°S 115.56°E / -33.66; 115.56
Population	75 (SAL 2021)[1]
Postcode(s)	6280
Area	41.5 km2 (16.0 sq mi)
Location	211 km (131 mi) from Perth 21 km (13 mi) from Busselton
LGA(s)	City of Busselton
State electorate(s)	Vasse
Federal division(s)	Forrest
Suburbs around Tutunup: Ludlow Capel Capel River Ruabon Tutunup Capel River Abba River Yoganup Yoganup

The City of Busselton and the locality of Tutunup are located on the traditional land of the Wardandi (also spelled Wadandi) people of the Noongar nation.^[4][5][6]

Tutunup was established as Tutunup Siding, located on the Nannup branch railway, as a Group Settlement with the group number 14 in May 1922.^[7][8]

The locality was the site of a proposed mineral sands mine in 2002 by Cable Sands^[9] and Iluka Resources, the Tutunup Mineral Sands Project, with the company having applied for approval in 2021. The proposed mine would stretch along the southern boundary of the locality which runs along the edge of Millbrook State Forest.^[10]