West Fitzgerald is a rural locality of the Shire of Jerramungup in the Great Southern region of Western Australia. The South Coast Highway passes through the locality from west to east while its far south is made up of a part of the Fitzgerald River National Park.[2][3]
| West Fitzgerald Western Australia | |||||||||||||||
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| Coordinates | 33°39′23″S 119°23′01″E / 33.65639°S 119.38360°E | ||||||||||||||
| Population | 20 (SAL 2021)[1] | ||||||||||||||
| Postcode(s) | 6337 | ||||||||||||||
| Area | 657.6 km2 (253.9 sq mi) | ||||||||||||||
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| LGA(s) | Shire of Jerramungup | ||||||||||||||
| State electorate(s) | Roe | ||||||||||||||
| Federal division(s) | O'Connor | ||||||||||||||
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The majority of the Shire of Jerramungup is located on the traditional land of the Koreng people of the Noongar nation.[4] During the early days of European settlement, the Wudjari people, also of the Noongar nation, moved into the eastern parts of what is now the Shire of Jerramungup, where West Fitzgerald is located.[5][6]
Just over West Fitzgerald's eastern border, in West River and the Shire of Ravensthorpe, lays the townsite of Fitzgerald, which was gazetted in 1967, to service the surrounding agricultural area.[7]
References
edit- ^ Australian Bureau of Statistics (28 June 2022). "West Fitzgerald (suburb and locality)". Australian Census 2021 QuickStats. Retrieved 28 June 2022.
- ^ "SLIP Map". maps.slip.wa.gov.au. Landgate. Retrieved 9 November 2024.
- ^ "NationalMap". nationalmap.gov.au. Geoscience Australia. Retrieved 9 November 2024.
- ^ "Koreng (WA)". www.samuseum.sa.gov.au. South Australian Museum. Retrieved 9 November 2024.
- ^ "Wudjari (WA)". www.samuseum.sa.gov.au. South Australian Museum. Retrieved 9 November 2024.
- ^ "Map of Indigenous Australia". aiatsis.gov.au. Australian Institute of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Studies. Retrieved 9 November 2024.
- ^ "History of country town names – F". Western Australian Land Information Authority. Archived from the original on 14 March 2022. Retrieved 9 November 2024.
