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The suburb of Esperance is the central business district of the town of Esperance, in the Shire of Esperance, Goldfields-Esperance region of Western Australia. It is located on Esperance Bay, on the Southern Ocean. [2] [3] The suburb of Esperance is on the traditional land of the Njunga people of the Noongar nation.
Two weeks later, on 27 September 1895, the township of Esperance separated from the road district as the Municipality of Esperance. The municipality was re-absorbed into the road district on 30 October 1908. On 1 July 1961, it became the Shire of Esperance under the Local Government Act 1960, which reformed all remaining road districts into shires.
Originally selected as a siding on the Norseman to Esperance railway in 1926, Dowak was gazetted as a townsite in 1928. Dowak is a Noongar word for the waddy, a hardwood club or hunting stick. [5] [6] An official 1928 map of the townsite shows the town to include the area within the current boundaries and the neighbouring nature reserve. The ...
Shark Lake is a town in the Shire of Esperance in the Goldfields-Esperance region of Western Australia. It is situated within the localities of Monjingup and Myrup, on the Coolgardie-Esperance Highway. Shark Lake and the Shark Lake Nature Reserve surrounding it are located just north of the townsite. [1] [2]
Its local government area is the Shire of Esperance. The suburb was gazetted in 1971, initially including the entire neighbouring suburb of Sinclair , which was separated in 1985. [ 2 ] [ 3 ] Originally designed as a State Housing Commission (now Homeswest) project, Nulsen was named for state Labor MP Emil Nulsen , who sat in the Legislative ...
West Beach is a suburb of Esperance, a town in south-eastern Western Australia. It is located south of Esperance's central business district, extending southwesterly for several kilometres along the southern coast. Its local government area is the Shire of Esperance. [2] [3] The suburb was gazetted in 1971. [4]
Esperance is a town [2] in the Goldfields–Esperance region of Western Australia, on the Southern Ocean coastline approximately 720 kilometres (450 mi) east-southeast of the state capital, Perth and 391 kilometres (243 mi) south of Kalgoorlie. The urban population of Esperance was 12,003 at June 2018. [1]
Pink Lake is an outer western suburb of Esperance, a town in south-eastern Western Australia. Its local government area is the Shire of Esperance, and it is located 5 kilometres (3 mi) west-northwest of Esperance's central business district. [2] [3] It is named for Pink Lake, a pink-blue lake located within its boundaries.