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href="https://be.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%AD%D1%81%D0%BF%D0%B5%D1%80%D0%B0%D0%BD%D1%81_(%D0%97%D0%B0%D1%85%D0%BE%D0%B4%D0%BD%D1%8F%D1%8F_%D0%90%D1%9E%D1%81%D1%82%D1%80%D0%B0%D0%BB%D1%96%D1%8F)" title="Эсперанс (Заходняя Аўстралія) – Belarusian" lang="be" hreflang="be" data-title="Эсперанс (Заходняя Аўстралія)" data-language-autonym="Беларуская" data-language-local-name="Belarusian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Беларуская</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ceb mw-list-item"><a href="https://ceb.wikipedia.org/wiki/Esperance_(lungsod_sa_Ostralya)" title="Esperance (lungsod sa Ostralya) – Cebuano" lang="ceb" hreflang="ceb" data-title="Esperance (lungsod sa Ostralya)" data-language-autonym="Cebuano" data-language-local-name="Cebuano" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Cebuano</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-de mw-list-item"><a href="https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Esperance" title="Esperance – German" lang="de" hreflang="de" data-title="Esperance" data-language-autonym="Deutsch" data-language-local-name="German" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Deutsch</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-et mw-list-item"><a href="https://et.wikipedia.org/wiki/Esperance_(Austraalia)" title="Esperance (Austraalia) – Estonian" lang="et" hreflang="et" data-title="Esperance (Austraalia)" data-language-autonym="Eesti" data-language-local-name="Estonian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Eesti</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-el mw-list-item"><a href="https://el.wikipedia.org/wiki/%CE%88%CF%83%CF%80%CE%B5%CF%81%CE%B1%CE%BD%CF%82" title="Έσπερανς – Greek" lang="el" hreflang="el" data-title="Έσπερανς" data-language-autonym="Ελληνικά" data-language-local-name="Greek" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Ελληνικά</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-es mw-list-item"><a href="https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Esperance_(Australia)" title="Esperance (Australia) – Spanish" lang="es" hreflang="es" data-title="Esperance (Australia)" data-language-autonym="Español" data-language-local-name="Spanish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Español</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-eo mw-list-item"><a href="https://eo.wikipedia.org/wiki/Esperance" title="Esperance – Esperanto" lang="eo" hreflang="eo" data-title="Esperance" data-language-autonym="Esperanto" data-language-local-name="Esperanto" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Esperanto</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-fa mw-list-item"><a href="https://fa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%A7%D8%B3%D9%BE%D8%B1%D8%A7%D9%86%D8%B3%D8%8C_%D8%A7%D8%B3%D8%AA%D8%B1%D8%A7%D9%84%DB%8C%D8%A7%DB%8C_%D8%BA%D8%B1%D8%A8%DB%8C" title="اسپرانس، استرالیای غربی – Persian" lang="fa" hreflang="fa" data-title="اسپرانس، استرالیای غربی" data-language-autonym="فارسی" data-language-local-name="Persian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>فارسی</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-fr mw-list-item"><a href="https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Esperance_(Australie-Occidentale)" title="Esperance (Australie-Occidentale) – French" lang="fr" hreflang="fr" data-title="Esperance (Australie-Occidentale)" data-language-autonym="Français" data-language-local-name="French" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Français</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ga mw-list-item"><a href="https://ga.wikipedia.org/wiki/Esperance" title="Esperance – Irish" lang="ga" hreflang="ga" data-title="Esperance" data-language-autonym="Gaeilge" data-language-local-name="Irish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Gaeilge</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-gd mw-list-item"><a href="https://gd.wikipedia.org/wiki/Esperance" title="Esperance – Scottish Gaelic" lang="gd" hreflang="gd" data-title="Esperance" data-language-autonym="Gàidhlig" data-language-local-name="Scottish Gaelic" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Gàidhlig</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ko mw-list-item"><a href="https://ko.wikipedia.org/wiki/%EC%97%90%EC%8A%A4%ED%8D%BC%EB%9F%B0%EC%8A%A4" title="에스퍼런스 – Korean" lang="ko" hreflang="ko" data-title="에스퍼런스" data-language-autonym="한국어" data-language-local-name="Korean" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>한국어</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-hy mw-list-item"><a href="https://hy.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D4%B7%D5%BD%D6%83%D5%A5%D6%80%D5%A1%D5%B6%D5%BD" title="Էսփերանս – Armenian" lang="hy" hreflang="hy" data-title="Էսփերանս" data-language-autonym="Հայերեն" data-language-local-name="Armenian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Հայերեն</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-hi mw-list-item"><a href="https://hi.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%A4%8F%E0%A4%B8%E0%A5%8D%E0%A4%AA%E0%A5%87%E0%A4%B0%E0%A5%87%E0%A4%A8%E0%A5%8D%E0%A4%B8" title="एस्पेरेन्स – Hindi" lang="hi" hreflang="hi" data-title="एस्पेरेन्स" data-language-autonym="हिन्दी" data-language-local-name="Hindi" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>हिन्दी</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-it mw-list-item"><a href="https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Esperance_(Australia)" title="Esperance (Australia) – Italian" lang="it" hreflang="it" data-title="Esperance (Australia)" data-language-autonym="Italiano" data-language-local-name="Italian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Italiano</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ka mw-list-item"><a href="https://ka.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E1%83%94%E1%83%A1%E1%83%9E%E1%83%94%E1%83%A0%E1%83%90%E1%83%9C%E1%83%A1%E1%83%94" title="ესპერანსე – Georgian" lang="ka" hreflang="ka" data-title="ესპერანსე" data-language-autonym="ქართული" data-language-local-name="Georgian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>ქართული</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-lt mw-list-item"><a href="https://lt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Esperansas" title="Esperansas – Lithuanian" lang="lt" hreflang="lt" data-title="Esperansas" data-language-autonym="Lietuvių" data-language-local-name="Lithuanian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Lietuvių</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-mg mw-list-item"><a href="https://mg.wikipedia.org/wiki/Esperance" title="Esperance – Malagasy" lang="mg" hreflang="mg" data-title="Esperance" data-language-autonym="Malagasy" data-language-local-name="Malagasy" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Malagasy</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-arz mw-list-item"><a href="https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%A7%D8%B3%D8%A8%D8%B1%D8%A7%D9%86%D8%B3" title="اسبرانس – Egyptian Arabic" lang="arz" hreflang="arz" data-title="اسبرانس" data-language-autonym="مصرى" data-language-local-name="Egyptian Arabic" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>مصرى</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-nl mw-list-item"><a href="https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Esperance_(Australi%C3%AB)" title="Esperance (Australië) – Dutch" lang="nl" hreflang="nl" data-title="Esperance (Australië)" data-language-autonym="Nederlands" data-language-local-name="Dutch" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Nederlands</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ja mw-list-item"><a href="https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%82%A8%E3%82%B9%E3%83%9A%E3%83%A9%E3%83%B3%E3%82%B9" title="エスペランス – Japanese" lang="ja" hreflang="ja" data-title="エスペランス" data-language-autonym="日本語" data-language-local-name="Japanese" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>日本語</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-no mw-list-item"><a href="https://no.wikipedia.org/wiki/Esperance_(Australia)" title="Esperance (Australia) – Norwegian Bokmål" lang="nb" hreflang="nb" data-title="Esperance (Australia)" data-language-autonym="Norsk bokmål" data-language-local-name="Norwegian Bokmål" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Norsk bokmål</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-pl mw-list-item"><a href="https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Esperance_(Australia)" title="Esperance (Australia) – Polish" lang="pl" hreflang="pl" data-title="Esperance (Australia)" data-language-autonym="Polski" data-language-local-name="Polish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Polski</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-pt mw-list-item"><a href="https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Esperance_(Austr%C3%A1lia_Ocidental)" title="Esperance (Austrália Ocidental) – Portuguese" lang="pt" hreflang="pt" data-title="Esperance (Austrália Ocidental)" data-language-autonym="Português" data-language-local-name="Portuguese" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Português</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ro mw-list-item"><a href="https://ro.wikipedia.org/wiki/Esperance,_Australia_de_Vest" title="Esperance, Australia de Vest – Romanian" lang="ro" hreflang="ro" data-title="Esperance, Australia de Vest" data-language-autonym="Română" data-language-local-name="Romanian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Română</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ru mw-list-item"><a href="https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%AD%D1%81%D0%BF%D0%B5%D1%80%D0%B0%D0%BD%D1%81_(%D0%90%D0%B2%D1%81%D1%82%D1%80%D0%B0%D0%BB%D0%B8%D1%8F)" title="Эсперанс (Австралия) – Russian" lang="ru" hreflang="ru" data-title="Эсперанс (Австралия)" data-language-autonym="Русский" data-language-local-name="Russian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Русский</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-simple mw-list-item"><a href="https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Esperance,_Western_Australia" title="Esperance, Western Australia – Simple English" lang="en-simple" hreflang="en-simple" data-title="Esperance, Western Australia" data-language-autonym="Simple English" data-language-local-name="Simple English" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Simple English</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-fi mw-list-item"><a href="https://fi.wikipedia.org/wiki/Esperance" title="Esperance – Finnish" lang="fi" hreflang="fi" data-title="Esperance" data-language-autonym="Suomi" data-language-local-name="Finnish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Suomi</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-sv mw-list-item"><a href="https://sv.wikipedia.org/wiki/Esperance,_Western_Australia" title="Esperance, Western Australia – Swedish" lang="sv" hreflang="sv" data-title="Esperance, Western Australia" data-language-autonym="Svenska" data-language-local-name="Swedish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Svenska</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-uk mw-list-item"><a href="https://uk.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%95%D1%81%D0%BF%D0%B5%D1%80%D0%B0%D0%BD%D1%81_(%D0%97%D0%B0%D1%85%D1%96%D0%B4%D0%BD%D0%B0_%D0%90%D0%B2%D1%81%D1%82%D1%80%D0%B0%D0%BB%D1%96%D1%8F)" title="Есперанс (Західна Австралія) – Ukrainian" lang="uk" hreflang="uk" data-title="Есперанс (Західна Австралія)" data-language-autonym="Українська" data-language-local-name="Ukrainian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Українська</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-bat-smg mw-list-item"><a href="https://bat-smg.wikipedia.org/wiki/Esperansos" title="Esperansos – Samogitian" lang="sgs" hreflang="sgs" data-title="Esperansos" data-language-autonym="Žemaitėška" data-language-local-name="Samogitian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Žemaitėška</span></a></li> </ul> <div class="after-portlet after-portlet-lang"><span class="wb-langlinks-edit wb-langlinks-link"><a href="https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Special:EntityPage/Q1007665#sitelinks-wikipedia" title="Edit interlanguage links" class="wbc-editpage">Edit links</a></span></div> </div> </div> </div> </header> <div class="vector-page-toolbar"> <div class="vector-page-toolbar-container"> <div id="left-navigation"> <nav aria-label="Namespaces"> <div id="p-associated-pages" 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For the town in the United States, see <a href="/wiki/Esperance,_Washington" title="Esperance, Washington">Esperance, Washington</a>.</div> <p class="mw-empty-elt"> </p> <div class="shortdescription nomobile noexcerpt noprint searchaux" style="display:none">Town in Western Australia</div><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1257001546">.mw-parser-output .infobox-subbox{padding:0;border:none;margin:-3px;width:auto;min-width:100%;font-size:100%;clear:none;float:none;background-color:transparent}.mw-parser-output .infobox-3cols-child{margin:auto}.mw-parser-output .infobox .navbar{font-size:100%}@media screen{html.skin-theme-clientpref-night .mw-parser-output .infobox-full-data:not(.notheme)>div:not(.notheme)[style]{background:#1f1f23!important;color:#f8f9fa}}@media screen and (prefers-color-scheme:dark){html.skin-theme-clientpref-os .mw-parser-output .infobox-full-data:not(.notheme) div:not(.notheme){background:#1f1f23!important;color:#f8f9fa}}@media(min-width:640px){body.skin--responsive .mw-parser-output .infobox-table{display:table!important}body.skin--responsive .mw-parser-output .infobox-table>caption{display:table-caption!important}body.skin--responsive .mw-parser-output .infobox-table>tbody{display:table-row-group}body.skin--responsive .mw-parser-output .infobox-table tr{display:table-row!important}body.skin--responsive .mw-parser-output .infobox-table th,body.skin--responsive .mw-parser-output .infobox-table td{padding-left:inherit;padding-right:inherit}}</style><table class="infobox vcard"><tbody><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-above adr" style="font-size: 125%; line-height: 1.3em; background-color:#e9f9d2;"><span class="fn org locality">Esperance</span><br /><span style="font-weight:normal; font-size:88%" class="region"><a href="/wiki/Western_Australia" title="Western Australia">Western Australia</a></span></th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-image"><span class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Frameless"><a href="/wiki/File:Andrew_Street,_Esperance,_2012.JPG" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b2/Andrew_Street%2C_Esperance%2C_2012.JPG/270px-Andrew_Street%2C_Esperance%2C_2012.JPG" decoding="async" width="270" height="179" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b2/Andrew_Street%2C_Esperance%2C_2012.JPG/405px-Andrew_Street%2C_Esperance%2C_2012.JPG 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b2/Andrew_Street%2C_Esperance%2C_2012.JPG/540px-Andrew_Street%2C_Esperance%2C_2012.JPG 2x" data-file-width="4928" data-file-height="3264" /></a></span><div class="infobox-caption">View of the Esperance <a href="/wiki/Esperance_(suburb)" title="Esperance (suburb)">CBD</a>, 2012.</div></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1238443738">.mw-parser-output .locmap .od{position:absolute}.mw-parser-output .locmap .id{position:absolute;line-height:0}.mw-parser-output .locmap .l0{font-size:0;position:absolute}.mw-parser-output .locmap .pv{line-height:110%;position:absolute;text-align:center}.mw-parser-output .locmap .pl{line-height:110%;position:absolute;top:-0.75em;text-align:right}.mw-parser-output .locmap .pr{line-height:110%;position:absolute;top:-0.75em;text-align:left}.mw-parser-output .locmap .pv>div{display:inline;padding:1px}.mw-parser-output .locmap .pl>div{display:inline;padding:1px;float:right}.mw-parser-output .locmap .pr>div{display:inline;padding:1px;float:left}@media screen{html.skin-theme-clientpref-night .mw-parser-output .od,html.skin-theme-clientpref-night .mw-parser-output .od .pv>div,html.skin-theme-clientpref-night .mw-parser-output .od .pl>div,html.skin-theme-clientpref-night .mw-parser-output .od .pr>div{background:#fff!important;color:#000!important}html.skin-theme-clientpref-night .mw-parser-output .locmap{filter:grayscale(0.6)}html.skin-theme-clientpref-night .mw-parser-output .infobox-full-data .locmap div{background:transparent!important}}@media screen and (prefers-color-scheme:dark){html.skin-theme-clientpref-os .mw-parser-output .locmap{filter:grayscale(0.6)}html.skin-theme-clientpref-os .mw-parser-output .od,html.skin-theme-clientpref-os .mw-parser-output .od .pv>div,html.skin-theme-clientpref-os .mw-parser-output .od .pl>div,html.skin-theme-clientpref-os .mw-parser-output .od .pr>div{background:white!important;color:#000!important}html.skin-theme-clientpref-os .mw-parser-output .infobox-full-data .locmap div{background:transparent!important}}</style><div class="center"><div class="locmap" style="width:180px;float:none;clear:both;margin-left:auto;margin-right:auto"><div style="width:180px;padding:0"><div style="position:relative;width:180px"><span class="notpageimage" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Australia_Western_Australia_location_map.svg" class="mw-file-description" title="Esperance is located in Western Australia"><img alt="Esperance is located in Western Australia" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/90/Australia_Western_Australia_location_map.svg/180px-Australia_Western_Australia_location_map.svg.png" decoding="async" width="180" height="260" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/90/Australia_Western_Australia_location_map.svg/270px-Australia_Western_Australia_location_map.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/90/Australia_Western_Australia_location_map.svg/360px-Australia_Western_Australia_location_map.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1205" data-file-height="1738" /></a></span><div class="od notheme" style="top:92.651%;left:55.247%;font-size:91%"><div class="id" style="left:-3px;top:-3px"><span class="notpageimage" typeof="mw:File"><span title="Esperance"><img alt="Esperance" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0c/Red_pog.svg/6px-Red_pog.svg.png" decoding="async" width="6" height="6" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0c/Red_pog.svg/9px-Red_pog.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0c/Red_pog.svg/12px-Red_pog.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="64" data-file-height="64" /></span></span></div><div class="pr" style="width:6em;left:4px"><div>Esperance</div></div></div></div><div style="padding-top:0.2em"></div></div></div></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="width:40%; background-color:#e9f9d2;"><a href="/wiki/Geographic_coordinate_system" title="Geographic coordinate system">Coordinates</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><span class="geo-inline"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1156832818">.mw-parser-output .geo-default,.mw-parser-output .geo-dms,.mw-parser-output .geo-dec{display:inline}.mw-parser-output .geo-nondefault,.mw-parser-output .geo-multi-punct,.mw-parser-output .geo-inline-hidden{display:none}.mw-parser-output .longitude,.mw-parser-output .latitude{white-space:nowrap}</style><span class="plainlinks nourlexpansion"><a class="external text" href="https://geohack.toolforge.org/geohack.php?pagename=Esperance,_Western_Australia&params=33_51_40_S_121_53_31_E_type:city_region:AU-WA"><span class="geo-default"><span class="geo-dms" title="Maps, aerial photos, and other data for this location"><span class="latitude">33°51′40″S</span> <span class="longitude">121°53′31″E</span></span></span><span class="geo-multi-punct"> / </span><span class="geo-nondefault"><span class="geo-dec" title="Maps, aerial photos, and other data for this location">33.86111°S 121.89194°E</span><span style="display:none"> / <span class="geo">-33.86111; 121.89194</span></span></span></a></span></span></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="width:40%; background-color:#e9f9d2;">Population</th><td class="infobox-data">13,883 (2021)<sup id="cite_ref-ABSSUA_1-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-ABSSUA-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="width:40%; background-color:#e9f9d2;">Established</th><td class="infobox-data">1893</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="width:40%; background-color:#e9f9d2;"><a href="/wiki/Postcodes_in_Australia" title="Postcodes in Australia">Postcode(s)</a></th><td class="infobox-data">6450</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="width:40%; background-color:#e9f9d2;">Elevation</th><td class="infobox-data">8 m (26 ft)</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="width:40%; background-color:#e9f9d2;"><a href="/wiki/Time_in_Australia" title="Time in Australia">Time zone</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Australian_Western_Standard_Time" class="mw-redirect" title="Australian Western Standard Time">AWST</a> (<a href="/wiki/UTC%2B8" class="mw-redirect" title="UTC+8">UTC+8</a>)</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="width:40%; background-color:#e9f9d2;">Location</th><td class="infobox-data"><ul style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px;"><li> 482 km (300 mi) from <a href="/wiki/Albany,_Western_Australia" title="Albany, Western Australia">Albany</a> </li><li> 391 km (243 mi) from <a href="/wiki/Kalgoorlie" title="Kalgoorlie">Kalgoorlie</a> </li><li> 713 km (443 mi) from <a href="/wiki/Perth" title="Perth">Perth</a> </li></ul></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="width:40%; background-color:#e9f9d2;"><a href="/wiki/Local_government_areas_of_Western_Australia" title="Local government areas of Western Australia">LGA(s)</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Shire_of_Esperance" title="Shire of Esperance">Shire of Esperance</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="width:40%; background-color:#e9f9d2;"><a href="/wiki/Electorates_of_the_Australian_states_and_territories" title="Electorates of the Australian states and territories">State electorate(s)</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Electoral_district_of_Roe" title="Electoral district of Roe">Roe</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="width:40%; background-color:#e9f9d2;"><a href="/wiki/Divisions_of_the_Australian_House_of_Representatives" class="mw-redirect" title="Divisions of the Australian House of Representatives">Federal division(s)</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Division_of_O%27Connor" title="Division of O'Connor">O'Connor</a></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data"><table cellpadding="4" cellspacing="0" style="width:100%; border: 1px #ddd solid;"> <tbody><tr class="mergedrow"> <td style="background-color:#f0f0ff;border: 1px #FFF solid; text-align:center; width:33%;"><b>Mean max temp</b></td> <td style="background-color:#f0f0ff;border: 1px #FFF solid; text-align:center; width:34%;"><b>Mean min temp</b></td> <td style="background-color:#f0f0ff;border: 1px #FFF solid; text-align:center; width:33%;"><b>Annual rainfall</b></td> </tr><tr style="border: 1px #FFF solid" class="mergedrow"> <td style="padding: 2px 0px; text-align:center; width:33%;"> 22.0 °C <br />72 °F</td> <td style="padding: 2px 0px; text-align:center; width:34%;">12.2 °C <br />54 °F</td> <td style="padding: 2px 0px; text-align:center; width:33%;">615.2 mm <br />24.2 in</td> </tr><tr><td colspan="2"> </td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table> <p><b>Esperance</b> is a town<sup id="cite_ref-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> in the <a href="/wiki/Goldfields%E2%80%93Esperance" title="Goldfields–Esperance">Goldfields–Esperance</a> region of <a href="/wiki/Western_Australia" title="Western Australia">Western Australia</a>, on the <a href="/wiki/Southern_Ocean" title="Southern Ocean">Southern Ocean</a> coastline approximately 720 kilometres (450 mi) east-southeast of the state capital, <a href="/wiki/Perth" title="Perth">Perth</a> and 391 kilometres (243 mi) south of <a href="/wiki/Kalgoorlie" title="Kalgoorlie">Kalgoorlie</a>. The urban population of Esperance was 12,003 at June 2018.<sup id="cite_ref-ABSSUA_1-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-ABSSUA-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Its major industries are tourism, agriculture, and <a href="/wiki/Fishing_industry" title="Fishing industry">fishing</a>. </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="History">History</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Esperance,_Western_Australia&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: History"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>European history of the region dates back to 1627 when the Dutch vessel <a href="/wiki/%27t_Gulden_Zeepaert_(ship,_1626)" class="mw-redirect" title="'t Gulden Zeepaert (ship, 1626)"><i>Gulden Zeepaert</i></a>, skippered by <a href="/wiki/Fran%C3%A7ois_Thijssen" title="François Thijssen">François Thijssen</a>, passed through waters off the Esperance coast and continued across the <a href="/wiki/Great_Australian_Bight" title="Great Australian Bight">Great Australian Bight</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>French explorers are credited with making the first landfall near the present day town, naming it and other local landmarks while sheltering from a storm in this area in 1792. The town itself was named after a French ship, the <a href="/wiki/French_ship_Esp%C3%A9rance_(1781)" title="French ship Espérance (1781)"><i>Espérance</i></a>,<sup id="cite_ref-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> commanded by <a href="/wiki/Jean-Michel_Huon_de_Kermadec" title="Jean-Michel Huon de Kermadec">Jean-Michel Huon de Kermadec</a>. <span title="French-language text"><i lang="fr">Espérance</i></span> is French for "hope". </p><p>In 1802, British navigator <a href="/wiki/Matthew_Flinders" title="Matthew Flinders">Matthew Flinders</a> sailed the Bay of Isles, discovering and naming places such as Lucky Bay and Thistle Cove. <a href="/wiki/Whaling" title="Whaling">Whalers</a>, <a href="/wiki/Seal_hunting" title="Seal hunting">sealers</a> and <a href="/wiki/Pirate" class="mw-redirect" title="Pirate">pirates</a> followed, as did <a href="/wiki/Pastoralism" title="Pastoralism">pastoralists</a> and miners, keen to exploit the free land and cash in on the gold boom in the gold fields to the north. </p><p>The first European settlement of the Esperance townsite area was by the Dempsters, a pioneer family of <a href="/wiki/Scottish_people" title="Scottish people">Scottish</a> descent, in the 1860s.<sup id="cite_ref-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The Dempster brothers – <a href="/wiki/Charles_Dempster" title="Charles Dempster">Charles</a>, Edward, Andrew and James – were granted 123,000 hectares (304,000 acres) of land in the area, first settling in 1864. They initially brought sheep, cattle and horses overland from <a href="/wiki/Northam,_Western_Australia" title="Northam, Western Australia">Northam</a>, but in 1866 they shipped stock to the Esperance area from <a href="/wiki/South_Australia" title="South Australia">South Australia</a>. They built Esperance's first landing, but only one ship made the <a href="/wiki/Adelaide" title="Adelaide">Adelaide</a> to Esperance voyage in the first year.<sup id="cite_ref-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Once other settlers started taking up land on the Esperance coastal plain, a small settlement developed, serving as an important link in the Overland Telegraph between <a href="/wiki/Albany,_Western_Australia" title="Albany, Western Australia">Albany</a> and <a href="/wiki/Eucla,_Western_Australia" title="Eucla, Western Australia">Eucla</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-7" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> A telegraph station was opened in 1876, although the formal gazettal of the townsite did not occur until 1893.<sup id="cite_ref-8" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The town jetty was also built through the 1890s, following the discovery of gold in the eastern goldfields region. At this point, Esperance became the "gateway to the Goldfields."<sup id="cite_ref-9" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The population of the town was 985 (623 males and 362 females) in 1898.<sup id="cite_ref-10" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>After visiting the town in 1898, Western Australian Premier <a href="/wiki/Sir_John_Forrest" class="mw-redirect" title="Sir John Forrest">John Forrest</a> pledged to construct a railway line between Esperance and the Goldfields. However, due to a perceived threat that Adelaide merchants would take Goldfields trade away from <a href="/wiki/Fremantle,_Western_Australia" class="mw-redirect" title="Fremantle, Western Australia">Fremantle</a> merchants via the Esperance port, <a href="/wiki/Norseman,_Western_Australia" title="Norseman, Western Australia">Norseman</a> was connected by rail to the Goldfields and Fremantle, but the line was not extended to Esperance.<sup id="cite_ref-11" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> A railway line between <a href="/wiki/Coolgardie,_Western_Australia" title="Coolgardie, Western Australia">Coolgardie</a> and Esperance was eventually completed in 1927.<sup id="cite_ref-FF_12-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FF-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The <a href="/wiki/Mallee_(biogeographic_region)" class="mw-redirect" title="Mallee (biogeographic region)">Mallee area</a> approximately 100 km (60 mi) north of the town began grain production in the 1920s, and by 1935 the construction of a second jetty, tankers jetty, was completed.<sup id="cite_ref-13" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> After a rail link had been established between <a href="/wiki/Salmon_Gums,_Western_Australia" title="Salmon Gums, Western Australia">Salmon Gums</a> and the Esperance port in 1925, the wheat harvest rose from 1,495 tonnes (1,471 long tons) that year to 4,446 tonnes (4,376 long tons) in 1929 and more than 15,858 tonnes (15,608 long tons) two years later.<sup id="cite_ref-14" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-14"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Large-scale agriculture was introduced to the Esperance <a href="/wiki/Sand_plain" class="mw-redirect" title="Sand plain">sand plain</a> by an American syndicate, in partnership with the <a href="/wiki/Government_of_Western_Australia" title="Government of Western Australia">state government</a>, in the 1960s following the discovery that adding <a href="/wiki/Superphosphate" title="Superphosphate">superphosphate</a> fertilisers containing <a href="/wiki/Trace_element" title="Trace element">trace elements</a> to the poor soils made them suitable for cropping and pastoral activity.<sup id="cite_ref-15" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-15"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>15<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Despite early difficulties, the project eventually became a success and large areas of land were cleared during this time.<sup id="cite_ref-16" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-16"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>16<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The population of the town in 1968 was approximately 2,700.<sup id="cite_ref-FF_12-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FF-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In 1979, pieces of the <a href="/wiki/Space_station" title="Space station">space station</a> <a href="/wiki/Skylab" title="Skylab">Skylab</a> crashed onto Esperance after the craft broke up over the Indian Ocean. The municipality fined the United States $400 for littering.<sup id="cite_ref-17" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-17"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>17<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The fine was paid in April 2009, when radio show host Scott Barley of Highway Radio raised the funds from his morning show listeners, and paid the fine on behalf of NASA.<sup id="cite_ref-18" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-18"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>18<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Skylab's demise was an international media event, with merchandising, wagering on time and place of re-entry, and nightly news reports. <i><a href="/wiki/The_San_Francisco_Examiner" class="mw-redirect" title="The San Francisco Examiner">The San Francisco Examiner</a></i> offered a $10,000 prize for the first piece of Skylab to be delivered to their offices. Seventeen-year-old Stan Thornton scooped a few pieces of Skylab off the roof of his home in Esperance, caught the first flight to San Francisco, and collected the prize.<sup id="cite_ref-19" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-19"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>19<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>On 14 February 1991, the bulk carrier <i><a href="/wiki/Sanko_Harvest" title="Sanko Harvest">Sanko Harvest</a></i> sank off Esperance, leaking 700 tonnes (1.5 million pounds) of bunker oil and 30,000 tonnes (66 million pounds) of fertiliser into the surrounding waters near the <a href="/wiki/Recherche_Archipelago" title="Recherche Archipelago">Recherche Archipelago</a>; the wreck later became a marine sanctuary and dive site.<sup id="cite_ref-20" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-20"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>20<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In January 2007 Esperance experienced a storm with wind gusts of up to 110 km/h (68 mph) which brought 155 mm (6 in) of rainfall within 24 hours, causing significant flooding. More than 100 homes were damaged, several boats were destroyed, trees were felled, 35 m (115 ft) of bridge on the <a href="/wiki/South_Coast_Highway" title="South Coast Highway">South Coast Highway</a>, (the main road linking Esperance to <a href="/wiki/Perth" title="Perth">Perth</a>), was washed away, and power was cut from thousands of homes. The <a href="/wiki/Western_Australian_Government" class="mw-redirect" title="Western Australian Government">Western Australian Government</a> declared the area a "natural disaster zone".<sup id="cite_ref-abc-nat-disaster_21-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-abc-nat-disaster-21"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>21<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> At least 37,000 sheep were killed in the storm.<sup id="cite_ref-abc-37k-sheep_22-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-abc-37k-sheep-22"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>22<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Climate">Climate</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Esperance,_Western_Australia&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Climate"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Esperance experiences a <a href="/wiki/Mediterranean_climate" title="Mediterranean climate">Mediterranean climate</a> (<a href="/wiki/K%C3%B6ppen_climate_classification" title="Köppen climate classification">Köppen climate classification</a> <i>Csb</i>) with warm, dry summers and mild, wet winters. It is subject to wide variations in the weather, from hot summer days when northerly winds arrive from the interior of the state, to cold, wet winter days with southerly winds from the <a href="/wiki/Great_Southern_Ocean" class="mw-redirect" title="Great Southern Ocean">Great Southern Ocean</a>. Annually, the town has 95.5 clear days. </p> <div> <table class="wikitable mw-collapsible" style="width:auto; text-align:center; line-height:1.2em;"> <tbody><tr> <th colspan="14">Climate data for Esperance (1991–2020 averages, 1969–2022 extremes) </th></tr> <tr> <th scope="row">Month </th> <th scope="col">Jan </th> <th scope="col">Feb </th> <th scope="col">Mar </th> <th scope="col">Apr </th> <th scope="col">May </th> <th scope="col">Jun </th> <th scope="col">Jul </th> <th scope="col">Aug </th> <th scope="col">Sep </th> <th scope="col">Oct </th> <th scope="col">Nov </th> <th scope="col">Dec </th> <th scope="col" style="border-left-width:medium">Year </th></tr> <tr style="text-align: center;"> <th scope="row" style="height: 16px;">Record high °C (°F) </th> <td style="background: #B40000; color:#FFFFFF;" class="notheme">46.9<br />(116.4) </td> <td style="background: #B70000; color:#FFFFFF;" class="notheme">46.7<br />(116.1) </td> <td style="background: #DC0000; color:#FFFFFF;" class="notheme">44.0<br />(111.2) </td> <td style="background: #FF0900; color:#FFFFFF;" class="notheme">40.1<br />(104.2) </td> <td style="background: #FF3000; color:#000000;" class="notheme">34.5<br />(94.1) </td> <td style="background: #FF5F00; color:#000000;" class="notheme">27.7<br />(81.9) </td> <td style="background: #FF5F00; color:#000000;" class="notheme">27.6<br />(81.7) </td> <td style="background: #FF4000; color:#000000;" class="notheme">32.1<br />(89.8) </td> <td style="background: #FF2D00; color:#000000;" class="notheme">34.9<br />(94.8) </td> <td style="background: #FF0400; color:#FFFFFF;" class="notheme">40.9<br />(105.6) </td> <td style="background: #EE0000; color:#FFFFFF;" class="notheme">42.7<br />(108.9) </td> <td style="background: #CA0000; color:#FFFFFF;" class="notheme">45.3<br />(113.5) </td> <td style="background: #B40000; color:#FFFFFF; border-left-width:medium" class="notheme">46.9<br />(116.4) </td></tr> <tr style="text-align: center;"> <th scope="row" style="height: 16px;">Mean daily maximum °C (°F) </th> <td style="background: #FF6900; color:#000000;" class="notheme">26.2<br />(79.2) </td> <td style="background: #FF6A00; color:#000000;" class="notheme">26.0<br />(78.8) </td> <td style="background: #FF7100; color:#000000;" class="notheme">25.1<br />(77.2) </td> <td style="background: #FF7C00; color:#000000;" class="notheme">23.4<br />(74.1) </td> <td style="background: #FF8F1F; color:#000000;" class="notheme">20.7<br />(69.3) </td> <td style="background: #FF9F40; color:#000000;" class="notheme">18.3<br />(64.9) </td> <td style="background: #FFA64D; color:#000000;" class="notheme">17.4<br />(63.3) </td> <td style="background: #FFA042; color:#000000;" class="notheme">18.2<br />(64.8) </td> <td style="background: #FF9730; color:#000000;" class="notheme">19.5<br />(67.1) </td> <td style="background: #FF8A16; color:#000000;" class="notheme">21.4<br />(70.5) </td> <td style="background: #FF7D00; color:#000000;" class="notheme">23.3<br />(73.9) </td> <td style="background: #FF7400; color:#000000;" class="notheme">24.6<br />(76.3) </td> <td style="background: #FF860D; color:#000000; border-left-width:medium" class="notheme">22.0<br />(71.6) </td></tr> <tr style="text-align: center;"> <th scope="row" style="height: 16px;">Mean daily minimum °C (°F) </th> <td style="background: #FFB061; color:#000000;" class="notheme">15.9<br />(60.6) </td> <td style="background: #FFAC5A; color:#000000;" class="notheme">16.4<br />(61.5) </td> <td style="background: #FFB46A; color:#000000;" class="notheme">15.3<br />(59.5) </td> <td style="background: #FFC082; color:#000000;" class="notheme">13.5<br />(56.3) </td> <td style="background: #FFD0A2; color:#000000;" class="notheme">11.2<br />(52.2) </td> <td style="background: #FFDDBC; color:#000000;" class="notheme">9.3<br />(48.7) </td> <td style="background: #FFE3C7; color:#000000;" class="notheme">8.5<br />(47.3) </td> <td style="background: #FFE1C3; color:#000000;" class="notheme">8.8<br />(47.8) </td> <td style="background: #FFDBB8; color:#000000;" class="notheme">9.6<br />(49.3) </td> <td style="background: #FFD1A4; color:#000000;" class="notheme">11.1<br />(52.0) </td> <td style="background: #FFC58B; color:#000000;" class="notheme">12.9<br />(55.2) </td> <td style="background: #FFBA75; color:#000000;" class="notheme">14.5<br />(58.1) </td> <td style="background: #FFC994; color:#000000; border-left-width:medium" class="notheme">12.2<br />(54.0) </td></tr> <tr style="text-align: center;"> <th scope="row" style="height: 16px;">Record low °C (°F) </th> <td style="background: #FFE4CA; color:#000000;" class="notheme">8.3<br />(46.9) </td> <td style="background: #FFE6CE; color:#000000;" class="notheme">8.0<br />(46.4) </td> <td style="background: #FFEBD7; color:#000000;" class="notheme">7.4<br />(45.3) </td> <td style="background: #FFF8F1; color:#000000;" class="notheme">5.5<br />(41.9) </td> <td style="background: #F6F6FF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">2.9<br />(37.2) </td> <td style="background: #F2F2FF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">2.2<br />(36.0) </td> <td style="background: #EEEEFF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">1.4<br />(34.5) </td> <td style="background: #F4F4FF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">2.5<br />(36.5) </td> <td style="background: #F5F5FF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">2.7<br />(36.9) </td> <td style="background: #FAFAFF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">3.6<br />(38.5) </td> <td style="background: #FFFCF9; color:#000000;" class="notheme">4.9<br />(40.8) </td> <td style="background: #FFF0E2; color:#000000;" class="notheme">6.6<br />(43.9) </td> <td style="background: #EEEEFF; color:#000000; border-left-width:medium" class="notheme">1.4<br />(34.5) </td></tr> <tr style="text-align: center;"> <th scope="row" style="height: 16px;">Average <a href="/wiki/Precipitation" title="Precipitation">precipitation</a> mm (inches) </th> <td style="background: #CCFFCC; color:#000000;" class="notheme">34.1<br />(1.34) </td> <td style="background: #D5FFD5; color:#000000;" class="notheme">25.3<br />(1.00) </td> <td style="background: #CCFFCC; color:#000000;" class="notheme">34.0<br />(1.34) </td> <td style="background: #C2FFC2; color:#000000;" class="notheme">39.5<br />(1.56) </td> <td style="background: #A0FFA0; color:#000000;" class="notheme">63.1<br />(2.48) </td> <td style="background: #8EFF8E; color:#000000;" class="notheme">72.8<br />(2.87) </td> <td style="background: #76FF76; color:#000000;" class="notheme">91.5<br />(3.60) </td> <td style="background: #7EFF7E; color:#000000;" class="notheme">86.3<br />(3.40) </td> <td style="background: #98FF98; color:#000000;" class="notheme">66.6<br />(2.62) </td> <td style="background: #BEFFBE; color:#000000;" class="notheme">43.5<br />(1.71) </td> <td style="background: #C9FFC9; color:#000000;" class="notheme">34.5<br />(1.36) </td> <td style="background: #DEFFDE; color:#000000;" class="notheme">22.0<br />(0.87) </td> <td style="background: #B1FFB1; color:#000000; border-left-width:medium" class="notheme">615.2<br />(24.22) </td></tr> <tr style="text-align: center;"> <th scope="row" style="height: 16px;">Average precipitation days <span style="font-size:90%;" class="nowrap">(≥ 0.2mm)</span> </th> <td style="background: #B0B0FF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">6.4 </td> <td style="background: #AFAFFF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">5.9 </td> <td style="background: #9191FF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">8.9 </td> <td style="background: #8484FF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">9.6 </td> <td style="background: #5E5EFF; color:#FFFFFF;" class="notheme">13.0 </td> <td style="background: #3939FF; color:#FFFFFF;" class="notheme">15.5 </td> <td style="background: #3434FF; color:#FFFFFF;" class="notheme">16.4 </td> <td style="background: #3A3AFF; color:#FFFFFF;" class="notheme">15.9 </td> <td style="background: #4848FF; color:#FFFFFF;" class="notheme">14.3 </td> <td style="background: #7979FF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">10.8 </td> <td style="background: #8989FF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">9.2 </td> <td style="background: #A8A8FF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">7.0 </td> <td style="background: #7373FF; color:#000000; border-left-width:medium" class="notheme">132.9 </td></tr> <tr style="text-align: center;"> <th scope="row" style="height: 16px;">Average afternoon <a href="/wiki/Relative_humidity" class="mw-redirect" title="Relative humidity">relative humidity</a> (%) </th> <td style="background: #A7FFA7; color:#000000;" class="notheme">57 </td> <td style="background: #A7FFA7; color:#000000;" class="notheme">57 </td> <td style="background: #A7FFA7; color:#000000;" class="notheme">57 </td> <td style="background: #A5FFA5; color:#000000;" class="notheme">58 </td> <td style="background: #A7FFA7; color:#000000;" class="notheme">57 </td> <td style="background: #A4FFA4; color:#000000;" class="notheme">59 </td> <td style="background: #A4FFA4; color:#000000;" class="notheme">59 </td> <td style="background: #A8FFA8; color:#000000;" class="notheme">56 </td> <td style="background: #A7FFA7; color:#000000;" class="notheme">57 </td> <td style="background: #A8FFA8; color:#000000;" class="notheme">56 </td> <td style="background: #A7FFA7; color:#000000;" class="notheme">57 </td> <td style="background: #A7FFA7; color:#000000;" class="notheme">57 </td> <td style="background: #A7FFA7; color:#000000; border-left-width:medium" class="notheme">57 </td></tr> <tr> <td colspan="14" style="text-align:center;font-size:95%;">Source 1: Bureau of Meteorology, Esperance (1991–2020)<sup id="cite_ref-23" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-23"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>23<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr> <tr> <td colspan="14" style="text-align:center;font-size:95%;">Source 2: Bureau of Meteorology, Esperance (all years)<sup id="cite_ref-24" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-24"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>24<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr></tbody></table> </div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Economy">Economy</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Esperance,_Western_Australia&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Economy"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Esperance_Port">Esperance Port</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Esperance,_Western_Australia&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: Esperance Port"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Esperance_WA_1.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e6/Esperance_WA_1.jpg/220px-Esperance_WA_1.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="165" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e6/Esperance_WA_1.jpg/330px-Esperance_WA_1.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e6/Esperance_WA_1.jpg/440px-Esperance_WA_1.jpg 2x" data-file-width="2848" data-file-height="2136" /></a><figcaption>Grain loading at Esperance Port</figcaption></figure> <p>Esperance has the only port in the south-east of Western Australia – the Esperance Port Authority completed an <a href="/wiki/Australian_dollar" title="Australian dollar">A$</a>54 million upgrade in 2002. The upgrade made the port one of the deepest in southern Australia, capable of handling <a href="/wiki/Capesize" title="Capesize">Cape-class</a> vessels of up to 180,000 tonnes (400 million pounds), and fully loaded <a href="/wiki/Panamax" title="Panamax">Panamax</a>-class vessels of up to 75,000 tonnes (170 million pounds). </p><p>Exports for the year ending June 2005 were 7,694,155 tonnes (17 billion pounds), including 1.8 million tonnes (4 billion pounds) of grain, and 5.5 million tonnes (12 billion pounds) of iron ore which is railed from <a href="/wiki/Koolyanobbing,_Western_Australia" title="Koolyanobbing, Western Australia">Koolyanobbing</a>. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Lead_and_nickel_contamination">Lead and nickel contamination</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Esperance,_Western_Australia&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: Lead and nickel contamination"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>In 2007, the deaths of thousands of wild birds alerted residents to a toxicity hazard which was found to be the unsafe transport by truck and rail of lead ore from <a href="/wiki/Wiluna,_Western_Australia" title="Wiluna, Western Australia">Wiluna</a> for export by ship. When elevated levels of lead were measured in a number of adults and children, as well as in water tanks, a multimillion-dollar cleanup was paid for by the state government. The miner, <a href="/wiki/Magellan_Metals" class="mw-redirect" title="Magellan Metals">Magellan Metals</a>, was banned from exporting lead through the port.<sup id="cite_ref-25" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-25"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>25<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>A parliamentary inquiry presented its report in November 2007.<sup id="cite_ref-26" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-26"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>26<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Before long, additional concerns were raised about pollution caused by nickel dust escaping from exported ore.<sup id="cite_ref-27" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-27"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>27<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In October 2008, the Esperance Port Authority banned the export of nickel after emission targets were exceeded twice, but the ban, which threatened Western Australia's $8 billion nickel industry, was overturned by the newly elected <a href="/wiki/Premier_of_Western_Australia" title="Premier of Western Australia">Premier of Western Australia</a>, <a href="/wiki/Colin_Barnett" title="Colin Barnett">Colin Barnett</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-28" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-28"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>28<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Tourism">Tourism</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Esperance,_Western_Australia&action=edit&section=6" title="Edit section: Tourism"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Castletown_E_-_Beach_Chaplin_3.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9f/Castletown_E_-_Beach_Chaplin_3.jpg/240px-Castletown_E_-_Beach_Chaplin_3.jpg" decoding="async" width="240" height="180" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9f/Castletown_E_-_Beach_Chaplin_3.jpg/360px-Castletown_E_-_Beach_Chaplin_3.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9f/Castletown_E_-_Beach_Chaplin_3.jpg/480px-Castletown_E_-_Beach_Chaplin_3.jpg 2x" data-file-width="3264" data-file-height="2448" /></a><figcaption>Esperance is renowned for its white sandy beaches and aqua coloured waters.</figcaption></figure> <p>Near the town itself are numerous beaches, offering <a href="/wiki/Surfing" title="Surfing">surfing</a>, <a href="/wiki/Scuba_diving" title="Scuba diving">scuba diving</a>, and swimming. Also nearby are a number of salt lakes, including <a href="/wiki/Pink_Lake_(Western_Australia)" title="Pink Lake (Western Australia)">Pink Lake</a> which, despite its name, is rarely pink in colour. </p><p>There are five major <a href="/wiki/National_park" title="National park">national parks</a> near the town. A major nearby tourist attraction, 20 minutes away from the town centre, is the <a href="/wiki/Cape_Le_Grand_National_Park" title="Cape Le Grand National Park">Cape Le Grand National Park</a>, which offers a picturesque coast of largely <a href="/wiki/Granite" title="Granite">granite</a> terrain and sheltered white sand beaches. The park is a popular spot for <a href="/wiki/Recreational_fishery" class="mw-redirect" title="Recreational fishery">recreational fishing</a>, as well as <a href="/wiki/Four_wheel_drive" class="mw-redirect" title="Four wheel drive">four wheel drive</a> enthusiasts and <a href="/wiki/Hiking" title="Hiking">hikers</a>. </p><p>Esperance also has a number of <a href="/wiki/Wind_turbine" title="Wind turbine">wind turbines</a> supplying electricity to the town.<sup id="cite_ref-29" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-29"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>29<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Esperance had the first electrical wind farm in Australia, built at Salmon Beach as a research facility in 1987. </p><p>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.<sup id="cite_ref-30" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-30"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>30<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Cooper_Reef">Cooper Reef</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Esperance,_Western_Australia&action=edit&section=7" title="Edit section: Cooper Reef"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p><a href="/wiki/Cooper_Reef" title="Cooper Reef">Cooper Reef</a> is a purpose-built artificial reef located approximately five kilometres from the Bandy Creek Boat Harbour. Named after its driving force, Mr Graham Cooper,<sup id="cite_ref-:1_31-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:1-31"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>31<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The reef was built to attract fish and enhance <a href="/wiki/Fish_stocks" title="Fish stocks">fish stocks</a>, creating new fishing and recreation opportunities for tourists, anglers and local families.<sup id="cite_ref-:0_32-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:0-32"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>32<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Education">Education</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Esperance,_Western_Australia&action=edit&section=8" title="Edit section: Education"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>There are five primary schools in the region: Our Lady Star of the Sea Catholic Primary School, Castletown Primary School, Esperance Primary School, Nulsen Primary School and Esperance Christian Primary School. There are also two secondary schools: <a href="/wiki/Esperance_Senior_High_School" title="Esperance Senior High School">Esperance Senior High School</a> and Esperance Anglican Community School.<sup id="cite_ref-33" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-33"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>33<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The Anglican school won an appeal in December 2009 against a State Government condition that limited it to grades 8–10; the school can now educate years 8–12.<sup id="cite_ref-34" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-34"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>34<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p><a href="/wiki/South_Regional_TAFE" title="South Regional TAFE">South Regional TAFE</a> also has a campus in the town, with a major redevelopment completed in 2021.<sup id="cite_ref-35" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-35"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>35<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Transport">Transport</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Esperance,_Western_Australia&action=edit&section=9" title="Edit section: Transport"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Esperance is at the southern end of the <a href="/wiki/Coolgardie%E2%80%93Esperance_Highway" title="Coolgardie–Esperance Highway">Coolgardie–Esperance Highway</a> and the eastern end of the <a href="/wiki/South_Coast_Highway" title="South Coast Highway">South Coast Highway</a>, both highways forming a part of Australia's <a href="/wiki/Highway_1_(Australia)" title="Highway 1 (Australia)">Highway 1</a>. </p><p>The town is connected by public transport to Perth, <a href="/wiki/Albany,_Western_Australia" title="Albany, Western Australia">Albany</a> and <a href="/wiki/Kalgoorlie" title="Kalgoorlie">Kalgoorlie</a> via <a href="/wiki/Transwa" title="Transwa">Transwa</a> coach services GE1, GE2, GE3 and GE4. </p><p><a href="/wiki/Regional_Express_Airlines" class="mw-redirect" title="Regional Express Airlines">Regional Express Airlines</a> has daily flights to/from Perth, arriving and departing from <a href="/wiki/Esperance_Airport" title="Esperance Airport">Esperance Airport</a>. The Esperance-Perth route was previously serviced by <a href="/wiki/Virgin_Australia_Regional_Airlines" title="Virgin Australia Regional Airlines">Virgin Australia Regional Airlines</a> and <a href="/wiki/Skywest_Airlines_(Australia)" class="mw-redirect" title="Skywest Airlines (Australia)">Skywest Airlines</a>. The Esperance airport is also used for general aviation. </p><p>The <a href="/wiki/Esperance_branch_railway" class="mw-redirect" title="Esperance branch railway">Esperance branch railway</a> is a standard gauge railway line from Kalgoorlie to Esperance, linking the region to the <a href="/wiki/Trans-Australian_Railway" title="Trans-Australian Railway">Trans-Australian Railway</a> and the <a href="/wiki/Eastern_Goldfields_Railway" title="Eastern Goldfields Railway">Eastern Goldfields Railway</a>. This is a freight-only railway and no passenger services currently run. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Sport">Sport</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Esperance,_Western_Australia&action=edit&section=10" title="Edit section: Sport"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p><a href="/wiki/Esperance_District_Football_Association" title="Esperance District Football Association">Esperance District Football Association</a> is the region's <a href="/wiki/Australian_rules_football" title="Australian rules football">Australian rules football</a> league.<sup id="cite_ref-36" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-36"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>36<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-37" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-37"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>37<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Esperance_Indoor_Stadium,_January_2025_03.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/58/Esperance_Indoor_Stadium%2C_January_2025_03.jpg/220px-Esperance_Indoor_Stadium%2C_January_2025_03.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="165" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/58/Esperance_Indoor_Stadium%2C_January_2025_03.jpg/330px-Esperance_Indoor_Stadium%2C_January_2025_03.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/58/Esperance_Indoor_Stadium%2C_January_2025_03.jpg/440px-Esperance_Indoor_Stadium%2C_January_2025_03.jpg 2x" data-file-width="5712" data-file-height="4284" /></a><figcaption>Esperance Indoor Stadium, January 2025</figcaption></figure> <p>In 2020, a new $6 million indoor stadium was opened in Esperance, with Esperance Basketball Association being a major tenant.<sup id="cite_ref-38" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-38"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>38<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The Esperance Indoor Stadium hosted an <a href="/wiki/NBL1_West" title="NBL1 West">NBL1 West</a> fixture between the <a href="/wiki/Goldfields_Giants" title="Goldfields Giants">Goldfields Giants</a> and <a href="/wiki/South_West_Slammers" title="South West Slammers">South West Slammers</a> during the <a href="/wiki/2022_NBL1_West_season" title="2022 NBL1 West season">2022 season</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-39" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-39"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>39<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-40" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-40"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>40<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-41" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-41"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>41<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-42" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-42"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>42<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The stadium was closed in 2024 after mould was discovered following a burst pipe. The four-court stadium required removal of all of its sports flooring at an estimated cost of $250,000. All costs were expected to be recovered through insurance.<sup id="cite_ref-local-company_43-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-local-company-43"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>43<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-44" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-44"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>44<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Also in 2024, a local company was awarded the tender to design and build the replacement for the aged Graham MacKenzie Stadium,<sup id="cite_ref-local-company_43-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-local-company-43"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>43<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> which was built in 1985.<sup id="cite_ref-45" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-45"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>45<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Media">Media</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Esperance,_Western_Australia&action=edit&section=11" title="Edit section: Media"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>A locally-printed lifestyle, entertainment and news magazine, Esperance Tide,<sup id="cite_ref-46" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-46"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>46<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> was first published in 2016. It is published monthly, on the first Friday of the month. </p><p>Up until 2020, the local newspaper for the Esperance region was <i>The Esperance Express</i>. The Australian Community Media Group (ACM) suspended the weekly paper production due to the <a href="/wiki/COVID-19_pandemic_in_Australia" title="COVID-19 pandemic in Australia">COVID-19 pandemic</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-47" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-47"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>47<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-48" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-48"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>48<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p><a href="/wiki/ABC_Goldfields-Esperance" class="mw-redirect" title="ABC Goldfields-Esperance">ABC Esperance</a> is the local ABC station in Esperance, servicing the entire region. It broadcasts a local breakfast show and a co-produced local morning show each weekday from studios at 80B Windich Street in the city. ABC Esperance also has a local news service, produced by local journalists. As well as rural reports, ABC Esperance broadcasts national programs like AM, Conversations, The World Today, PM, Nightlife, Overnights, Grandstand, Saturday Night Country, and Australia All Over, along with a WA-centred weekend early morning and breakfast show, broadcast from either Perth, Albany or Kalgoorlie. Other national ABC services that are available in Esperance on separate FM frequencies include <a href="/wiki/Triple_J" title="Triple J">Triple J</a>, <a href="/wiki/Radio_National" title="Radio National">RN</a>, <a href="/wiki/ABC_Classic" title="ABC Classic">ABC Classic</a> FM and <a href="/wiki/ABC_NewsRadio" title="ABC NewsRadio">ABC NewsRadio</a>. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Notable_residents">Notable residents</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Esperance,_Western_Australia&action=edit&section=12" title="Edit section: Notable residents"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/West_Coast_Eagles" title="West Coast Eagles">West Coast Eagles</a> 2006 Premiership player <a href="/wiki/Quinten_Lynch" title="Quinten Lynch">Quinten Lynch</a> lives in <a href="/wiki/Grass_Patch,_Western_Australia" title="Grass Patch, Western Australia">Grass Patch</a>, a farming region of Esperance.</li> <li>Former <i><a href="/wiki/Neighbours" title="Neighbours">Neighbours</a></i> actor <a href="/wiki/Dan_Paris" title="Dan Paris">Dan Paris</a> was raised in Esperance and works as a photographer and helps with the <a href="/wiki/Harvest" title="Harvest">harvest</a> season in surrounding farms.</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Twin_town">Twin town</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Esperance,_Western_Australia&action=edit&section=13" title="Edit section: Twin town"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/France" title="France"><img alt="France" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/c/c3/Flag_of_France.svg/23px-Flag_of_France.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/c/c3/Flag_of_France.svg/35px-Flag_of_France.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/c/c3/Flag_of_France.svg/45px-Flag_of_France.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="600" /></a></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Saint-Martin-de-R%C3%A9" title="Saint-Martin-de-Ré">Saint-Martin-de-Ré</a>, <a href="/wiki/Charente-Maritime" title="Charente-Maritime">Charente-Maritime</a><sup id="cite_ref-49" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-49"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>49<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="See_also">See also</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Esperance,_Western_Australia&action=edit&section=14" title="Edit section: See also"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><a 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href="/wiki/Black_Flag,_Western_Australia" title="Black Flag, Western Australia">Black Flag</a></i></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Boorara,_Western_Australia" title="Boorara, Western Australia">Boorara</a></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Broad_Arrow,_Western_Australia" title="Broad Arrow, Western Australia">Broad Arrow</a></i></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bulong,_Western_Australia" title="Bulong, Western Australia">Bulong</a></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Coonana,_Western_Australia" title="Coonana, Western Australia">Coonana</a></i></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cundeelee,_Western_Australia" title="Cundeelee, Western Australia">Cundeelee</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Feysville,_Western_Australia" title="Feysville, Western Australia">Feysville</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Forrest,_Western_Australia" title="Forrest, Western Australia">Forrest</a></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Gindalbie,_Western_Australia" title="Gindalbie, Western Australia">Gindalbie</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Golden_Ridge,_Western_Australia" title="Golden Ridge, Western Australia">Golden Ridge</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Gudarra,_Western_Australia" title="Gudarra, Western Australia">Gudarra</a></i></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kanowna,_Western_Australia" title="Kanowna, Western Australia">Kanowna</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kurnalpi,_Western_Australia" title="Kurnalpi, Western Australia">Kurnalpi</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lakewood,_Western_Australia" title="Lakewood, Western Australia">Lakewood</a></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Loongana_railway_station" title="Loongana railway station">Loongana</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Mulgarrie,_Western_Australia" title="Mulgarrie, Western Australia">Mulgarrie</a></i></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ora_Banda,_Western_Australia" title="Ora Banda, Western Australia">Ora Banda</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Rawlinna,_Western_Australia" title="Rawlinna, Western Australia">Rawlinna</a></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Waverley,_Western_Australia" title="Waverley, Western Australia">Waverley</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Windanya,_Western_Australia" title="Windanya, Western Australia">Windanya</a></i></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Zanthus,_Western_Australia" title="Zanthus, Western Australia">Zanthus</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Shire_of_Coolgardie" title="Shire of Coolgardie">Shire of Coolgardie</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><i><a href="/wiki/Bonnie_Vale,_Western_Australia" title="Bonnie Vale, Western Australia">Bonnie Vale</a></i></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Boorabbin,_Western_Australia" title="Boorabbin, Western Australia">Boorabbin</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bullabulling,_Western_Australia" title="Bullabulling, Western Australia">Bullabulling</a></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Burbanks,_Western_Australia" title="Burbanks, Western Australia">Burbanks</a></i></li> <li><b><a href="/wiki/Coolgardie,_Western_Australia" title="Coolgardie, Western Australia">Coolgardie</a></b></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Dunnsville,_Western_Australia" title="Dunnsville, Western Australia">Dunnsville</a></i></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Higginsville,_Western_Australia" title="Higginsville, Western Australia">Higginsville</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kambalda,_Western_Australia" title="Kambalda, Western Australia">Kambalda</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kambalda_East,_Western_Australia" title="Kambalda East, Western Australia">Kambalda East</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kambalda_West,_Western_Australia" title="Kambalda West, Western Australia">Kambalda West</a></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Kintore,_Western_Australia" title="Kintore, Western Australia">Kintore</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Kunanalling,_Western_Australia" title="Kunanalling, Western Australia">Kunanalling</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Kundana,_Western_Australia" title="Kundana, Western Australia">Kundana</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Kurrawang,_Western_Australia" title="Kurrawang, Western Australia">Kurrawang</a></i></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Londonderry,_Western_Australia" title="Londonderry, Western Australia">Londonderry</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mount_Burges,_Western_Australia" title="Mount Burges, Western Australia">Mount Burges</a></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Mungari,_Western_Australia" title="Mungari, Western Australia">Mungari</a></i></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Widgiemooltha,_Western_Australia" title="Widgiemooltha, Western Australia">Widgiemooltha</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Shire_of_Dundas" title="Shire of Dundas">Shire of Dundas</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Balladonia,_Western_Australia" title="Balladonia, Western Australia">Balladonia</a></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Buldania,_Western_Australia" title="Buldania, Western Australia">Buldania</a></i></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Caiguna,_Western_Australia" title="Caiguna, Western Australia">Caiguna</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cocklebiddy,_Western_Australia" title="Cocklebiddy, Western Australia">Cocklebiddy</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dundas,_Western_Australia" title="Dundas, Western Australia">Dundas</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Eucla,_Western_Australia" title="Eucla, Western Australia">Eucla</a></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Iragul_Community" title="Iragul Community">Iragul</a></i></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Madura,_Western_Australia" title="Madura, Western Australia">Madura</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mundrabilla,_Western_Australia" title="Mundrabilla, Western Australia">Mundrabilla</a></li> <li><b><a href="/wiki/Norseman,_Western_Australia" title="Norseman, Western Australia">Norseman</a></b></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Princess_Royal,_Western_Australia" title="Princess Royal, Western Australia">Princess Royal</a></i></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Shire_of_Esperance" title="Shire of Esperance">Shire of Esperance</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Bandy_Creek,_Western_Australia" title="Bandy Creek, Western Australia">Bandy Creek</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Beaumont,_Western_Australia" title="Beaumont, Western Australia">Beaumont</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Buraminya,_Western_Australia" title="Buraminya, Western Australia">Buraminya</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cascade,_Western_Australia" title="Cascade, Western Australia">Cascade</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Castletown,_Western_Australia" title="Castletown, Western Australia">Castletown</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Chadwick,_Western_Australia" title="Chadwick, Western Australia">Chadwick</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Condingup" title="Condingup">Condingup</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Coomalbidgup,_Western_Australia" title="Coomalbidgup, Western Australia">Coomalbidgup</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dalyup,_Western_Australia" title="Dalyup, Western Australia">Dalyup</a></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Dowak,_Western_Australia" title="Dowak, Western Australia">Dowak</a></i></li> <li><b><a class="mw-selflink selflink">Esperance</a></b></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Esperance_(suburb)" title="Esperance (suburb)">Esperance</a> (suburb)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Gibson,_Western_Australia" title="Gibson, Western Australia">Gibson</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Grass_Patch,_Western_Australia" title="Grass Patch, Western Australia">Grass Patch</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Howick,_Western_Australia" title="Howick, Western Australia">Howick</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Israelite_Bay" title="Israelite Bay">Israelite Bay</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Merivale,_Western_Australia" title="Merivale, Western Australia">Merivale</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Monjingup,_Western_Australia" title="Monjingup, Western Australia">Monjingup</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mount_Ney,_Western_Australia" title="Mount Ney, Western Australia">Mount Ney</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Myrup,_Western_Australia" title="Myrup, Western Australia">Myrup</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Neridup,_Western_Australia" title="Neridup, Western Australia">Neridup</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Nulsen,_Western_Australia" title="Nulsen, Western Australia">Nulsen</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Pink_Lake,_Western_Australia" title="Pink Lake, Western Australia">Pink Lake</a></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Red_Lake,_Western_Australia" title="Red Lake, Western Australia">Red Lake</a></i></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Salmon_Gums,_Western_Australia" title="Salmon Gums, Western Australia">Salmon Gums</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Scaddan,_Western_Australia" title="Scaddan, Western Australia">Scaddan</a></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Shark_Lake,_Western_Australia" title="Shark Lake, Western Australia">Shark Lake</a></i></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sinclair,_Western_Australia" title="Sinclair, Western Australia">Sinclair</a></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Truslove,_Western_Australia" title="Truslove, Western Australia">Truslove</a></i></li> <li><a href="/wiki/West_Beach,_Western_Australia" title="West Beach, Western Australia">West Beach</a></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Wharton,_Western_Australia" title="Wharton, Western Australia">Wharton</a></i></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Windabout,_Western_Australia" title="Windabout, Western Australia">Windabout</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wittenoom_Hills,_Western_Australia" title="Wittenoom Hills, Western Australia">Wittenoom Hills</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Shire_of_Laverton" title="Shire of Laverton">Shire of Laverton</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><i><a href="/wiki/Beria,_Western_Australia" title="Beria, Western Australia">Beria</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Burtville,_Western_Australia" title="Burtville, Western Australia">Burtville</a></i></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cosmo_Newbery_(Yilka)" class="mw-redirect" title="Cosmo Newbery (Yilka)">Cosmo Newbery</a></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Duketon,_Western_Australia" title="Duketon, Western Australia">Duketon</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Euro,_Western_Australia" title="Euro, Western Australia">Euro</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Ilkurlka_Community,_Western_Australia" title="Ilkurlka Community, Western Australia">Ilkurlka</a></i></li> <li><b><a href="/wiki/Laverton,_Western_Australia" title="Laverton, Western Australia">Laverton</a></b></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Mount_Margaret,_Western_Australia" title="Mount Margaret, Western Australia">Mount Margaret</a> (<a href="/wiki/Mount_Margaret_Aboriginal_Community" title="Mount Margaret Aboriginal Community">Community</a>)</i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Mount_Morgans,_Western_Australia" title="Mount Morgans, Western Australia">Mount Morgans</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Mulga_Queen_Community" title="Mulga Queen Community">Mulga Queen</a></i></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Shire_of_Leonora" title="Shire of Leonora">Shire of Leonora</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><i><a href="/wiki/Agnew,_Western_Australia" title="Agnew, Western Australia">Agnew</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Eulaminna,_Western_Australia" title="Eulaminna, Western Australia">Eulaminna</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Gwalia,_Western_Australia" title="Gwalia, Western Australia">Gwalia</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Kathleen,_Western_Australia" title="Kathleen, Western Australia">Kathleen</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Kurrajong,_Western_Australia" title="Kurrajong, Western Australia">Kurrajong</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Lawlers,_Western_Australia" title="Lawlers, Western Australia">Lawlers</a></i></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Leinster,_Western_Australia" title="Leinster, Western Australia">Leinster</a></li> <li><b><a href="/wiki/Leonora,_Western_Australia" title="Leonora, Western Australia">Leonora</a></b></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Malcolm,_Western_Australia" title="Malcolm, Western Australia">Malcolm</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Mertondale,_Western_Australia" title="Mertondale, Western Australia">Mertondale</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Murrin_Murrin,_Western_Australia" title="Murrin Murrin, Western Australia">Murrin Murrin</a></i></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sir_Samuel,_Western_Australia" title="Sir Samuel, Western Australia">Sir Samuel</a></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Vivien,_Western_Australia" title="Vivien, Western Australia">Vivien</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Woodarra,_Western_Australia" title="Woodarra, Western Australia">Woodarra</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Yundamindera,_Western_Australia" title="Yundamindera, Western Australia">Yundamindera</a></i></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Shire_of_Menzies" title="Shire of Menzies">Shire of Menzies</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><i><a href="/wiki/Callion,_Western_Australia" title="Callion, Western Australia">Callion</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Comet_Vale,_Western_Australia" title="Comet Vale, Western Australia">Comet Vale</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Davyhurst,_Western_Australia" title="Davyhurst, Western Australia">Davyhurst</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Goongarrie,_Western_Australia" title="Goongarrie, Western Australia">Goongarrie</a></i></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kookynie,_Western_Australia" title="Kookynie, Western Australia">Kookynie</a></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Linden,_Western_Australia" title="Linden, Western Australia">Linden</a></i></li> <li><b><a href="/wiki/Menzies,_Western_Australia" title="Menzies, Western Australia">Menzies</a></b></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Mount_Ida,_Western_Australia" title="Mount Ida, Western Australia">Mount Ida</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Mulline,_Western_Australia" title="Mulline, Western Australia">Mulline</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Mulwarrie,_Western_Australia" title="Mulwarrie, Western Australia">Mulwarrie</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Niagara,_Western_Australia" title="Niagara, Western Australia">Niagara</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Tampa,_Western_Australia" title="Tampa, Western Australia">Tampa</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Tjuntjuntjara_Community" title="Tjuntjuntjara Community">Tjuntjuntjara</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Yarri,_Western_Australia" title="Yarri, Western Australia">Yarri</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Yerilla,_Western_Australia" title="Yerilla, Western Australia">Yerilla</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Yunndaga,_Western_Australia" title="Yunndaga, Western Australia">Yunndaga</a></i></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Shire_of_Ngaanyatjarraku" title="Shire of Ngaanyatjarraku">Shire of Ngaanyatjarraku</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Wingellina,_Western_Australia" title="Wingellina, Western Australia">Irrunytju/Wingellina</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mantamaru_Community" title="Mantamaru Community">Mantamaru</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Giles_Weather_Station" title="Giles Weather Station">Ngaanyatjarra-Giles</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Papulankutja" title="Papulankutja">Papulankutja</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Patjarr_Community" title="Patjarr Community">Patjarr</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tjirrkarli_Community" title="Tjirrkarli Community">Tjirrkarli</a></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Tjukayirla_Roadhouse" title="Tjukayirla Roadhouse">Tjukayirla</a></i></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tjukurla_Community" title="Tjukurla Community">Tjukurla</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wanarn_Community" title="Wanarn Community">Wanarn</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Warakurna_Community" title="Warakurna Community">Warakurna</a></li> <li><b><a href="/wiki/Warburton,_Western_Australia" title="Warburton, Western Australia">Warburton</a></b></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Shire_of_Ravensthorpe" title="Shire of Ravensthorpe">Shire of Ravensthorpe</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><i><a href="/wiki/Desmond,_Western_Australia" title="Desmond, Western Australia">Desmond</a></i></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Fitzgerald,_Western_Australia" title="Fitzgerald, Western Australia">Fitzgerald</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hopetoun,_Western_Australia" title="Hopetoun, Western Australia">Hopetoun</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jerdacuttup,_Western_Australia" title="Jerdacuttup, Western Australia">Jerdacuttup</a></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Kundip,_Western_Australia" title="Kundip, Western Australia">Kundip</a></i></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Munglinup,_Western_Australia" title="Munglinup, Western Australia">Munglinup</a></li> <li><b><a href="/wiki/Ravensthorpe,_Western_Australia" title="Ravensthorpe, Western Australia">Ravensthorpe</a></b></li> <li><a href="/wiki/West_River,_Western_Australia" title="West River, Western Australia">West River</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Shire_of_Wiluna" title="Shire of Wiluna">Shire of Wiluna</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><i><a href="/wiki/Bondini" title="Bondini">Bondini</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Kutkabubba_Community" title="Kutkabubba Community">Kutkabubba</a></i></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Little_Sandy_Desert" title="Little Sandy Desert">Little Sandy Desert</a></li> <li><b><a href="/wiki/Wiluna,_Western_Australia" title="Wiluna, Western Australia">Wiluna</a></b></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><td class="navbox-abovebelow" colspan="2"><div><div class="hlist"> <ul><li>Places in <b>bold</b> are the council seat for the local government area</li> <li>Places in <i>italics</i> are either former settlements or settlements that do not have an <a href="/wiki/Postcodes_in_Australia" title="Postcodes in Australia">official postcode</a></li></ul> </div></div></td></tr></tbody></table></div> <div class="navbox-styles"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1129693374"><link 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