The Esperance District Football Association is an Australian rules football league based in the city of Esperance in Western Australia. It was formed in 1956.^[1]

In 1956 after many years of playing scrimmage matches between Esperance and Grass Patch a decision was made to create a football association. The first decision was two create two new football clubs. Gibson Football Club was created by excess players from the Esperance club and Salmon Gums was from surplus players from Grass Patch.

The first season was dominated by the Southern teams, Gibson won eleven out of twelve games followed by Esperance win nine wins. Grass Patch won 4 while Salmon Gums went winless. Gibson was the first premiers.

In 1957 saw the merger of Salmon Gums and Grass Patch, the new entity was called The Mallee. The association continued with three teams until the inclusion of Newtown in 1958.

Jumper	Club	Nickname	Years in competition	EDFA premierships	EDFA premiership years
	Esperance	Bulldogs	1956–	29	1957–59, 1961–62, 1964–65, 1967, 1970–72, 1974, 1976–77, 1987–88, 1999–2001, 2005, 2007, 2012–17, 2021, 2024
	Gibson	Tigers	1956–	18	1956, 1979–82, 1984–86, 1989–92, 2002, 2006, 2008, 2018–19, 2023
	Newtown Condingup	Lions	2005– (merger)	2	2009, 2022
	Ports	Blues	1966–	12	1973, 1975, 1978, 1993, 1996–98, 2003–04, 2010–11, 2020

Jumper	Club	Nickname	Years in competition	EDFA premierships	EDFA premiership years
	Condingup	Cougars	1982–2004	-	-
	Grass Patch		1956	-	-
	Newtown	Demons	1958–2004	7	1960, 1963, 1966, 1968, 1969, 1994, 1995
	Norseman	Vikings	1983–1995 (Previously in the Goldfields FL)	1	1983
	Munglinup	Demons	1983–1987 (Previously in the Ravensthorpe & Districts Football Association)	-	-
	Salmon Gums		1956	-	-
	The Mallee		1957–1965	-	-

• A Way of Life – The Story of country football in Western Australia – Alan East