York
- Local Government Area
- York
- Postcode
- 6302
- Population
- 2,393
- Area
- 17.28 km²
- Coordinates
- -31.8733, 116.7776
- Data
- Based on Australian Bureau of Statistics ASGS boundaries, licensed under CC BY 4.0.
Map data © OpenStreetMap contributors
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About York
York is the oldest inland town in Western Australia, situated on the Avon River, 98 kilometres (61 mi) east of Perth in the Wheatbelt, on Ballardong Nyoongar land, and is the seat of the Shire of York. The name of the region was suggested by JS Clarkson during an expedition in October 1830 because of its similarity to his own county in England, Yorkshire.[a] After thousands of years of occupation by Ballardong Nyoongar people, the area was first settled by Europeans in 1831, two years after Perth was settled in 1829.
Description from Wikipedia, used under CC BY-SA 4.0.
Nearby localities
- Burges 5 km
- Cold Harbour 5 km
- Daliak 6 km
- Balladong 7 km
- Mount Hardey 9 km
- Quellington 11 km