Capel River, Western Australia

{{Short description|Locality in the Shire of Capel, Western Australia}}

{{Infobox Australian place

| type = suburb

| name = Capel River

| city =

| state = wa

| image = Ironstone Gully Falls, Western Australia, October 2023 02.jpg

| caption = The Ironstone Gully Falls, located on a tributary of the Capel River

| lga = Shire of Capel

| map_type = nomap

| local_map = yes

| zoom = 11

| coordinates = {{coord|33.65|S|115.67|E|display=inline,title}}

| postcode = 6271

| pop =

| area = {{cvt |input=P2046}}

| est =

| stategov = Vasse

| fedgov = Forrest

| dist1 = 209 | location1= Perth

| dist2 = 40 | location2= Bunbury

| dist3 = 12 | location3= Capel

| near-nw = Capel

| near-n = Elgin

| near-ne = The Plains

| near-w = Tutunup

| near-e = Paynedale

| near-sw = Tutunup

| near-s = Yoganup

| near-se = Yoganup

}}

Capel River is a rural locality of the Shire of Capel in the South West region of Western Australia, located along the eponymous Capel River.{{cite web |url=https://maps.slip.wa.gov.au/landgate/locate/ |title=SLIP Map |author= |date= |website=maps.slip.wa.gov.au |publisher=Landgate |access-date=19 September 2023 |quote=}}{{cite web |url=https://nationalmap.gov.au/ |title=NationalMap |author= |date= |website=nationalmap.gov.au |publisher=Geoscience Australia |access-date=19 September 2023 |quote=}}

The Shire of Capel and the locality of Capel River are located on the traditional land of the Wardandi (also spelled Wadandi) people of the Noongar nation.{{cite web |url=https://www.capel.wa.gov.au/ |title=Shire of Capel: Home |author= |website=www.capel.wa.gov.au |publisher=Shire of Capel |quote=We wish to acknowledge the traditional custodians of the land we are meeting on, the Wadandi people. |access-date=19 September 2023}}{{cite web |url=https://www.boodjar.sis.uwa.edu.au/language-region-wardandi |title=Wardandi |author= |website=www.boodjar.sis.uwa.edu.au |publisher=University of Western Australia |access-date=19 September 2023}}

Several heritage-listed sites are located in the locality, including the former Moriarty's Timber Mill, two entities named Capel River School, and Tom Hutton's Place.{{cite web |url=http://inherit.stateheritage.wa.gov.au/Public/Search/Results?newSearch=True&placeNameContains=&streetNameContains=&suburbOrTownContains=Capel+River&lgaContains=&isCurrentlyStateRegistered=false |title=Capel River |author= |website=inherit.stateheritage.wa.gov.au |publisher=Heritage Council of Western Australia |access-date=19 September 2023}}

References

Category:Shire of Capel