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28-481: The Goldfields–Esperance region is one of the nine regions of Western Australia . It is located in the south-eastern corner of Western Australia , and comprises the local government areas of Coolgardie , Dundas , Esperance , Kalgoorlie–Boulder , Laverton , Leonora , Menzies , Ngaanyatjarraku , Ravensthorpe and Wiluna . It also incorporates the area along the Great Australian Bight to

56-642: A particular region are very specifically focused upon land systems that are based on natural features. Western Australia is divided into approximately 90 land districts for cadastral purposes. There are five land divisions in Western Australia, as specified in Schedule 1 of the Land Administration Act 1997. Western Australia covers the western third of the continent, although the winemaking regions are almost entirely situated in

84-646: A population of just under 60,000 people, about half of whom live in the City of Kalgoorlie–Boulder . Another quarter live in the Shire of Esperance , and the remaining shires are very sparsely populated. Nearly 10% of the region's population are of Aboriginal descent, which is substantially higher than the state as a whole. The economy of the Goldfields sub-region is based on the extraction and processing of various mineral resources, primarily gold and nickel . In 2012

112-715: A quarantine hotel security guard in Perth tested positive, a five-day lockdown, from 6pm on 31 January until 6pm on 5 February was declared. Schools scheduled to resume on 1 February were to remain closed for another week. The areas affected were: "... the whole Perth metropolitan area, the Peel region and the South West region ..." The same region names as those used by the Regional Development Commissions Act (RDCA) are incorporated into

140-711: A small part of the state: See also Category:Biogeography of Western Australia There are a number of regionalisations that attempt to provide a regionalisation based on natural features. The best known of these are the Interim Biogeographic Regionalisation for Australia (IBRA) regions, and the World Wildlife Fund 's Ecoregions in Australia , and the "natural regions" of John Stanley Beard , all of which are based on biogeography . Other natural regionalisations included

168-404: A station employee, William Pead, was attacked by two Aboriginal men. Pead drew his revolver and fired a shot in the air and one of the mean threw a waddy at him hitting him in the arm causing him to drop his revolver. The other then threw a spear at him which also hit him in the arm causing Pead to flee. The owners of the station took each other to court in 1910 over a dispute arising from

196-496: Is based on agriculture , with wheat , canola and barley widely grown and making up about 80% of the area's agricultural economy. These crops require huge inputs of fertilisers because of the sandy nature of the soils and are a major threat to the region's great plant diversity. In 2021–22, the Esperance zone harvested 3,550,000 tonnes of grain. Pastoralism is also common, with both sheep and cattle stations being common in

224-477: Is very frequently too salty even for adult sheep. In the 1890s the goldfields term was used for country between Southern Cross and Coolgardie ; however, as the gold fields extended to Kalgoorlie and beyond, the term Eastern Goldfields was used for the locations in vicinity of Kalgoorlie at that stage. The Little Sandy Desert and the Gibson Desert are found in the northern part of the region, with

252-511: The Carboniferous , the soils are extremely infertile and generally quite saline. Consequently, the region supports the lowest stocking rates in the world: it is considered that one sheep per square mile is the maximum sustainable rate except in the small wetter area near Esperance. There are no rivers; any rainfall that is not absorbed by the dense rooting systems of the native flora percolates to form extremely saline groundwater , which

280-540: The Great Victoria Desert in the south east. The climate is mostly hot and dry. Annual rainfall is typically around 250 millimetres (10 in) per year and can be very variable, except in the small area near Esperance and Cape Arid National Park where reliable winter rainfall can give annual totals as high as 635 mm (25 inches) falling mainly in the winter months. Most rainfall is produced by thunderstorms in spring or summer or by cloudbands from

308-524: The Perth metropolitan region . However, there are a number of other systems, including those made for purposes of land management (such as agriculture and conservation), information gathering (such as statistical and meteorological), and election for political office. The various different systems were defined for different purposes, and give specific boundaries, but although many of the different systems' regions have similar names, they have different boundaries;

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336-611: The South Australian border known as the Nullarbor Plain . The Goldfields–Esperance region is the largest of Western Australia's regions, with an area of 955,276 km (368,834 sq mi). It is mostly a low and flat plateau of extremely ancient Precambrian rocks that have been stable since long before the Paleozoic Era. Because of the extreme geological stability and the absence of glaciation since

364-404: The coastal regions of Western Australia . The South West Land Division has 23 fire districts. Under Australia's three-tiered system of government, Western Australia has four political regional schemes: Many government departments maintain systems of regional and district breakdowns of the state for their own internal purposes. Fisheries tends to separate the state into four main regions for

392-829: The Bureau of Meteorology – features such as points and capes are useful indicators of coastal water forecasts. Landgate publishes touring maps that include coastal zones including: For the purposes of statistical geography , the Australian Bureau of Statistics uses the Australian Standard Geographical Classification , a hierarchical regionalisation that divides Western Australia into statistical divisions , then statistical subdivisions , statistical local areas , and finally, census collection districts . Statistical divisions include: The ABS produces regional profiles for

420-492: The area. Along the coast fishing and aquaculture are common, with fisheries for abalone , pilchards and sharks . Regions of Western Australia Western Australia (WA) is divided into regions according to a number of systems. The most common system is the division of the state by the Government of Western Australia into regions for economic development purposes, which comprises nine defined regions excluding

448-548: The borders. Only essential travel was allowed. At some checkpoints, police were assisted by army and State Emergency Service personnel; the army did not have any authority to prosecute or arrest. Remote communities and some "biosecurity areas" had further travel restrictions due to the lack of medical facilities and number of high risk community members. Some inter-regional restrictions were lifted on 18 May, and on 5 June all regional restrictions were removed except for remote Aboriginal communities. On 31 January 2021, after

476-466: The drainage basins and catchments of river systems, and highly specialised regionalisations dealing with such matters as geology and soil systems. Administrative regionalisations include Landcare Districts and the Department of Agriculture's "Land-use Zones". However the Department of Agriculture publications – Technical Bulletins – usually titled An inventory and condition report/survey... of

504-499: The mining of gold, nickel and platinum yielded just under A$ 9 billion. Pastoralism in the northern goldfields commenced in the early 1900s with Yundamindera Station being established by Dr. Laver. In 1923 Yundmindera was purchased along with Mount Celia Station with a combined area of over 1,000,000 acres (4,047 km) by T. H. Pearse, who stocked the property with sheep. Between 1925 and 1928 more eastern states pastoralists scores of leases were established, and over £1,500,000

532-602: The names and boundaries of regions can and do vary between systems. The Western Australian system of regions defined by the Government of Western Australia for purposes of economic development administration, which excludes the Perth metropolitan region , is a series of nine regions. These nine regions were established by the Regional Development Commissions Act 1993 , which defined their extents and established Regional Development Commissions to promote their economic development. In defining

560-600: The nine ABS statistical divisions, and the ten Development Commission regions. In some cases, regions have been grouped into larger areas, to describe a larger area in a single term: Mount Celia Station Mount Celia Station is a pastoral lease and sheep station located about 95 kilometres (59 mi) south of Laverton and 100 kilometres (62 mi) east of Kookynie in the Goldfields-Esperance region of Western Australia . The station has operated since prior to 1898. In December of that year

588-549: The northwest in autumn and winter, but sometimes cyclones from the Pilbara decay into rain depressions and produce heavy rainfall. Climate change has already had a major impact: in the Kalgoorlie – Eucla – Wiluna – Giles area annual rainfall has increased by over 40 percent since 1967 – probably due to lower frequencies of anticyclones located over the interior of Australia instead of the adjacent oceans. The region has

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616-440: The purpose of regulating recreational fishing: The department produces statistical data based on the Regional Development Commissions Act regionalisation schema Since the creation of the Department of Industry and Resources some rationalisation of mines administration has occurred, however the mineral fields and boundaries remain the same as when established. There are three regions with regional planning schemes, covering only

644-726: The regions, an attempt was made to capture distinct socio-economic communities. For example, the Goldfields–Esperance region of Western Australia has an economy based heavily on mining, whereas the Wheatbelt region is economically dependent on agriculture. During the Western Australian government response to the COVID-19 pandemic , travel between regions – other than between Perth and Peel – was restricted, with police checkpoints set up at

672-572: The sale of the property. The agreement struck in 1905 between Charles Robert Heppingstone and Robert John Stewart regarding the sale of the property including all improvements and stock resulted in Heppingstone suing Stewart for breach of contract . The complicated dispute made it to the Supreme Court and was heard by Justice Rooth. Rooth found in favour of Stewart, but described both of the men as being "questionable witnesses". In 1923

700-468: The south-western tip of the state. It has nine regions, and five nominated subregions for wine under the geographical indications legislation as determined by the Australian Wine and Brandy Corporation . Wine regions include: Western Australia has the longest coastline of any state in Australia, at 10,194 km. The regions can be determined by the underlying geology, and in the case of

728-412: The station was sold to Mr T. H. Pearse of Gums Station near Burra, South Australia . Pearse also took up the lease of neighbouring Yundamindera Station to have a total holding of about 1,000,000 acres (404,686 ha). Pearse then stocked the station with sheep imported from South Australia, which thrived in the area, resulting in heavy lambing in 1924. The station was placed on the market again by

756-526: The system used by Bureau of Meteorology (BOM), which uses 14 regions, so the boundaries of the two systems do not coincide. In some of the regions, the BOM designates the forecast area regions with a finer level of detail using points of the compass. Regions numbered 8 to 14 are usually known as forecast areas in the South West Land Division ; coastal zones for sea forecasts are dealt with in

784-408: Was invested in properties in the northern and eastern goldfields. In three months of 1925 over 40,000 sheep were railed to the area and in one month of 1927 seven trains carrying sheep arrived. By 1934 the goldfields were stocked with over 500,000 sheep and 25,000 cattle. Shearing the same year produced approximately 11,667 bales of wool valued at £243,600. Further south near Esperance , the economy

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