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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.
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]
Monjingup is a locality of the Shire of Esperance in the Goldfields-Esperance region of Western Australia.The South Coast Highway and the Kalgoorlie to Esperance railway pass through Monjingup while the Coolgardie–Esperance Highway forms its eastern border.
Esperance also has a number of wind turbines supplying electricity to the town. [29] Esperance had the first electrical wind farm in Australia, built at Salmon Beach as a research facility in 1987. In October 2020, a surfer who was a member of the local community in Esperance was killed by a shark at Wylie Bay near the town. [30]
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.
Wharton is a town in the Shire of Esperance in the Goldfields-Esperance region of Western Australia. It is situated within the locality of Condingup, on the Duke of Orleans Bay, on the coast of the Southern Ocean. The area of the townsite is split into two separate, distinct areas.
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]