Gairdner, Western Australia

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Gairdner
Western Australia
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Gairdner
Gairdner, Western Australia
Coordinates 34°12′43″S118°56′16″E / 34.2120°S 118.9378°E / -34.2120; 118.9378 Coordinates: 34°12′43″S118°56′16″E / 34.2120°S 118.9378°E / -34.2120; 118.9378
Population105 (SAL 2021) [1]
Established1960
Postcode(s) 6337
Elevation176 m (577 ft)
Location
LGA(s) Shire of Jerramungup
State electorate(s) Roe
Federal division(s) O'Connor

Gairdner is a town in the Great Southern region of Western Australia. The town is located between Jerramungup and Boxwood Hill along the South Coast Highway, on Devil Creek, a tributary of the Bremer River.

The surrounding area was opened up by the state government for settlement in the 1950s. The primary school, the first building at what was to be the Gairdner townsite, was established in 1960. Prior to 1960, students attended school at Jerramungup. The name of the townsite was approved by the Minister of Lands in 1978. [2]

The town is named after the Gairdner River`(25 km to the east), which was named by John Septimus Roe while on an expedition in the area in 1848. He named it after Gordon Gairdner, Senior Clerk of the Australian and Eastern Departments in the Colonial Office, later Chief Clerk of the Colonial Office and Secretary and Registrar of the Most Distinguished Order of Saint Michael and Saint George. [3] Roe also named Mount Gordon and Gordon Inlet (at the mouth of the Gairdner River) after Gairdner. [4]

The surrounding areas produce wheat and other cereal crops. The town is a receival site for Cooperative Bulk Handling. [5]

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References

  1. Australian Bureau of Statistics (28 June 2022). "Gairdner (Suburb and Locality)". Australian Census 2021 QuickStats. Retrieved 28 June 2022.  OOjs UI icon edit-ltr-progressive.svg
  2. "History of country town names – G". Western Australian Land Information Authority. Retrieved 2 May 2011.
  3. "Colonial Office, Downing Street, May 28, 1874" (pdf). The London Gazette (24099): 2820. 29 May 1874. Retrieved 28 March 2012.
  4. Roe, John Septimus (26 November 1849). "Report of an Expedition under the Surveyor-General, Mr. J[ohn] S[eptimus] Roe, to the South-Eastward of Perth, in Western Australia, between the months of September, 1848, and February, 1849, to the Hon. the Colonial Secretary". Journal of the Royal Geographical Society of London. London. XXII: 1–57. Retrieved 26 October 2021.
  5. "CBH receival sites" (PDF). 2011. Archived from the original (PDF) on 18 March 2012. Retrieved 1 April 2013.