Great Southern (Western Australia)
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The Great Southern region is one of the nine regions of Western Australia, as defined by the Regional Development Commissions Act 1993, for the purposes of economic development.[1] It is a section of the larger south coast of Western Australia and neighbouring agricultural regions.
The region officially comprises the
The Great Southern has an area of 39,007 square kilometres (15,061 sq mi) and a population of about 54,000.[2] Its administrative centre is the historic port of Albany. It has a Mediterranean climate, with hot, dry summers and cool, wet winters.[3] The Stirling Range is the only place in Western Australia that regularly receives snowfalls, if only very light.
The economy of the Great Southern is dominated by
The coast of the Great Southern has milder summer weather than areas on the west coast proper and is also a popular destination for holidaymakers,
See also
- Great Southern Wine Region
References
Notes
- ^ Government of Western Australia (1 December 2010), Regional Commissions Act 1993, State Law Publisher, retrieved 26 November 2014
- ^ "You are being redirected - Department of Health - Government of Western Australia". www.health.wa.gov.au. Archived from the original on 22 March 2012. Retrieved 30 April 2018.
- ^ Australia. Bureau of Meteorology (1960), Climatic survey : region 11 - great southern Western Australia, The Bureau, retrieved 10 March 2012 and http://www.bom.gov.au/wa/albany/
- ^ "The Department of Training and Workforce Development - Great Southern". Archived from the original on 12 December 2011. Retrieved 10 March 2012.
- ^ "Great Southern". Archived from the original on 24 February 2012. Retrieved 10 March 2012.
Further reading
- Arnold, Murray (2015). A Journey Travelled: Aboriginal-European Relations at Albany and the Surrounding Region from first contact to 1926. Crawley, WA: UWA Publishing. ISBN 9781742586632.