Geraldton Tourism, WA Australia
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Geraldton Fast Facts
- State: WA
- District: Geraldton
- Famous for/as: Coronation Beach
- Population: 26,872
- Area: 254 kmē (98.1 sq mi)
- Altitude: 281 m
- Language: Auslan Sign Language,Yamaji Languages
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- Pincode: 6530
- STDCode: 08
Geraldton Info
Contact : Tanya Izzard
Address
Suite 6/16
Kearns Crescent
Applecross
Western Australia
6153
Email : tanya@globevista.com
Phone : (61) 0412 124 901
Geraldton, Australia Overview
Geraldton is a port in the Mid West region of Western Australia, located 424 kilometres (263 mi) north of Perth. Geraldton's 2011 census population was 26,872. Geraldton is the seat of government for the local government district, City of Greater Geraldton, which also incorporates the town of Mullewa and large rural areas previously forming the shires of Greenough and Mullewa. The town is an important service centre for regional mining, fishing, wheat, sheep and tourism industries.
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Geraldton, Australia History
Though many European maritime explorers encountered or were even wrecked on the Houtman Abrolhos islands 60 kilometres (37 mi) west of Geraldton during the 17th and 18th centuries, there is no evidence that any made landfall near the site of the current town.The explorer George Grey, while on his second disastrous expedition along the Western Australian coast, passed over the future site of Geraldton on 7 April 1839. A decade later, explorer Augustus Gregory travelled through the area. He discovered lead on the Murchison River. The Geraldine mine was subsequently established, named after the 4th governor of Western Australia Charles Fitzgerald. The town of Geraldton was gazetted in 1850, also named after Governor Fitzgerald.