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| Coordinates:34°54′17″S117°33′14″E / 34.90478°S 117.55395°E /-34.90478; 117.55395 | |||||||||||||
| Country | Australia | ||||||||||||
| State | Western Australia | ||||||||||||
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• Total | 151 km2 (58 sq mi) | ||||||||||||
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| • Total | 58 (SAL2021)[2] | ||||||||||||
| Postcode | 6327 | ||||||||||||
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Redmond West is a rurallocality of theCity of Albany in theGreat Southern region ofWestern Australia. The north-western corner of the locality is taken up by the south-eastern section of theMount Lindesay National Park and the Blue Gum Creek Nature Reserve is also located within Redmond West. TheHay River passes through it and also forms its boundary in the south-west.[3][4]
Redmond West is on the traditional land of theMinang people of theNoongar nation.[5]
Redmond West borders the locality ofRedmond, which was established as a siding on theGreat Southern Railway in 1912 and gazetted as a townsite in 1916. It is thought that the town was named after the Irish Nationalist leader,John Edward Redmond.[6]
The Blue Gum Creek Nature Reserve was gazetted on 4 November 1927, has a size of 0.85 square kilometres (0.33 sq mi), and is located within theJarrah Forest bioregion.[7]
The City of Albany respectfully acknowledges the Menang Noongar people as the traditional custodians of the land ...