Jerramungup

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Jerramungup is located in the Great Southern agricultural region, on the Gairdner River - 3hrs from Albany.

The township was established in 1953 as a war service settlement area and is one of the newer towns in the region. It was gazetted in 1957, at a time when the Government was active in opening up land for agriculture.

The name was first stated by European John Septimus Roe in 1847, when undergoing exploration of the area, noting that the Aboriginal people referred to the river as "Jeer-A-Mung-Up". Roe later named the same river near its mouth the Gairdner River, not realising they were the same, and this is the name now used for the river.

Jerramungup is approximately 440km southeast of Perth, and is the western gateway to the world famous Fitzgerald River National Park. It's a country town situated at the T-junction of two major highways, the South Coast Highway and the Esperance-Jerramungup Highway.

Jerramungup is said to mean "place of upstanding yate trees" in the local Aboriginal dialect. An agricultural district supporting the production of sheep, wool, grains and fresh water crayfish. The district has also diversified into the tourism and fish processing industries.