Town in Western Australia
| Rocky Gully Western Australia | |||||||||||||||
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 Rocky Gully General Store | |||||||||||||||
  Rocky Gully | |||||||||||||||
| Coordinates | 34°30′34″S 117°00′42″E / 34.50944°S 117.01167°E / -34.50944; 117.01167 | ||||||||||||||
| Population | 92 (SAL 2021) | ||||||||||||||
| Established | 1951 | ||||||||||||||
| Postcode(s) | 6397 | ||||||||||||||
| Elevation | 243 m (797 ft) | ||||||||||||||
| Area | 883.3 km (341.0 sq mi) | ||||||||||||||
| Location |
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| LGA(s) | Shire of Plantagenet | ||||||||||||||
| State electorate(s) | Warren-Blackwood | ||||||||||||||
| Federal division(s) | O'Connor | ||||||||||||||
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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.
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.
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.
References
- Australian Bureau of Statistics (28 June 2022). "Rocky Gully (WA) (suburb and locality)". Australian Census 2021 QuickStats. Retrieved 28 June 2022.
- "SLIP Map". maps.slip.wa.gov.au. Landgate. Retrieved 15 October 2024.
- "NationalMap". nationalmap.gov.au. Geoscience Australia. Retrieved 15 October 2024.
- "History of country town names – R". Western Australian Land Information Authority. Archived from the original on 14 March 2022. Retrieved 12 October 2008.
- "Terrestrial CAPAD 2022 WA summary". www.dcceew.gov.au/. Department of Climate Change, Energy, the Environment and Water. Retrieved 7 November 2024.