Lake Clifton

Lake Clifton is a small town located on the east side of the lake of the same name in the Peel region of Western Australia just off the Old Coast Road, between Mandurah and Bunbury at the north end of the Yalgorup National Park. At the 2006 census, Lake Clifton had a population of 441. Lake Clifton is named for Marshall Clifton (1787-1861), who originally arrived in Western Australia to manage the settlement scheme at Australind, and was later a member of the Legislative Council. Explorers Dr Alexander Collie and Lieutenant William Preston RN first came across what are now Lakes Preston and Clifton while exploring the coastline between Mandurah and Bunbury in 1829. After the introduction of convicts to the Swan River Colony in the...