Emu Point is a north-eastern suburb of Albany in southern

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north-east of Albany's

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. Its

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is the

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. It was gazetted as a suburb in 1979.

Geography

The suburb is bounded in the north-east by Oyster Harbour, to the east and south-east by

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, to the north by Yakamia Creek and in the west by Lower King Road. The suburb is named after the beach and park found within its boundaries. As at the 2011 census, it had a median age of 68.

References

{{Towns Great Southern WA Suburbs of Albany, Western Australia King George Sound