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Esperance has the only port in the south-east of Western Australia – the Esperance Port Authority completed an A$54 million upgrade in 2002. The upgrade made the port one of the deepest in southern Australia, capable of handling Cape-class vessels of up to 180,000 tonnes (400 million pounds), and fully loaded Panamax -class vessels of up to ...
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.
Esperance is a census-designated place (CDP) in Snohomish County, Washington, United States. Esperance is an enclave of the city of Edmonds, Washington . The population was 4,007 at the 2020 census , [ 4 ] up from 3,601 at the 2010 census .
The island located 15 kilometres (9 mi) from the town of Esperance, Western Australia. The island is part of the Recherche Archipelago and is listed as a nature reserve . [ 2 ] The island itself is reasonably small in size, about 1.5 km (0.93 mi) in length with a total area of 240 hectares (593 acres).
A railway line from Coolgardie to Esperance that was completed in 1927 led to development of farming in the mallee country to the north of Esperance. [4] On 11 July 1979, the American Skylab Space Station re-entered Earth's atmosphere headed for Western Australia and the Indian Ocean. It broke up during reentry and much of it landed in Esperance.
The Goldfields–Esperance region is one of the nine regions of Western Australia. It is located in the south-eastern corner of Western Australia , and comprises the local government areas of Coolgardie , Dundas , Esperance , Kalgoorlie–Boulder , Laverton , Leonora , Menzies , Ngaanyatjarraku and Wiluna .
Chadwick is a northern suburb of Esperance, a town in south-eastern Western Australia. Its local government area is the Shire of Esperance. The eastern terminus of the South Coast Highway is located in Chadwick. [2] [3] Chadwick was gazetted in 1971, [4] and at the 2006 census, Chadwick had a population of 165. [5]
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]