Rocky Gully, Western Australia

Rocky Gully
Town
Rocky Gully General Store
Rocky Gully
Coordinates: 34°30′34″S117°00′42″E / 34.50944°S 117.01167°E / -34.50944; 117.01167
Country	Australia
State	Western Australia
LGA(s)	Shire of Plantagenet
Location	385 km (239 mi) south of Perth 55 km (34 mi) southwest of Cranbrook 62 km (39 mi) west of Mount Barker
Established	1951
Government
•  State electorate(s)	Warren-Blackwood
•  Federal division(s)	O'Connor
Area
• Total	883.3 km2 (341.0 sq mi)
Elevation	243 m (797 ft)
Population
• Total(s)	92 (SAL 2021) [1]
Postcode	6397
Localities around Rocky Gully Frankland River Frankland River Perillup Lake Muir Rocky Gully Perillup North Walpole Trent Mount Romance

Rocky Gully is a small town and locality of the Shire of Plantagenet in the Great Southern region of Western Australia. A large part of the south of the locality is covered by the Mount Roe National Park. Additionally, the Tootanellup Nature Reserve is also located within Rocky Gully. ^{[2] [3]}

The town is located along the Muir Highway, about 8 kilometres (5 mi) from the Kent River.

History

A site was selected for a town when land in the area was sub-divided in the 1930s. By 1951 a small community was established as part of the War Service land settlement scheme and the townsite was gazetted. ^[4]

Nature reserve

The Tootanellup Nature Reserve was gazetted on 24 November 1944, has a size of 9.44 square kilometres (3.64 sq mi), and is located within the Jarrah Forest bioregion. ^[5]

References

1. Australian Bureau of Statistics (28 June 2022). "Rocky Gully (WA) (suburb and locality)". Australian Census 2021 QuickStats. Retrieved 28 June 2022. 
2. "SLIP Map". maps.slip.wa.gov.au. Landgate . Retrieved 15 October 2024.
3. "NationalMap". nationalmap.gov.au. Geoscience Australia . Retrieved 15 October 2024.
4. "History of country town names – R". Western Australian Land Information Authority. Archived from the original on 14 March 2022. Retrieved 12 October 2008.
5. "Terrestrial CAPAD 2022 WA summary". www.dcceew.gov.au/. Department of Climate Change, Energy, the Environment and Water . Retrieved 7 November 2024.