West Fitzgerald, Western Australia

West Fitzgerald
Western Australia
West Fitzgerald is located in Western Australia
West Fitzgerald
West Fitzgerald
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Coordinates33°39′23″S 119°23′01″E / 33.65639°S 119.38360°E / -33.65639; 119.38360
Population20 (SAL 2021)[1]
Postcode(s)6337
Area657.6 km2 (253.9 sq mi)
Location
LGA(s)Shire of Jerramungup
State electorate(s)Roe
Federal division(s)O'Connor
Localities around West Fitzgerald:
Magenta West River West River
Pingrup West Fitzgerald West River
Jacup Fitzgerald River NP Fitzgerald River NP

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]

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, between West Fitzgerald and 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

  1. ^ Australian Bureau of Statistics (28 June 2022). "West Fitzgerald (suburb and locality)". Australian Census 2021 QuickStats. Retrieved 28 June 2022. Edit this at Wikidata
  2. ^ "SLIP Map". maps.slip.wa.gov.au. Landgate. Retrieved 9 November 2024.
  3. ^ "NationalMap". nationalmap.gov.au. Geoscience Australia. Retrieved 9 November 2024.
  4. ^ "Koreng (WA)". www.samuseum.sa.gov.au. South Australian Museum. Retrieved 9 November 2024.
  5. ^ "Wudjari (WA)". www.samuseum.sa.gov.au. South Australian Museum. Retrieved 9 November 2024.
  6. ^ "Map of Indigenous Australia". aiatsis.gov.au. Australian Institute of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Studies. Retrieved 9 November 2024.
  7. ^ "History of country town names – F". Western Australian Land Information Authority. Archived from the original on 14 March 2022. Retrieved 9 November 2024.