Redmond is a town in the Great Southern region of Western Australia. It is located 399 km south-south-east of

Perth Perth is the capital and largest city of the Australian state of Western Australia. It is the fourth most populous city in Australia and Oceania, with a population of 2.1 million (80% of the state) living in Greater Perth in 2020. Perth i ...

and the closest populated town is Albany. The town began when a

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was opened in the area in 1912 which was initially called ''Mulikupp''. The townsite was later renamed to Redmond. In 1913 blocks were subdivided and by 1916 a

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had been built and the town was gazetted. It is thought that the town was named after the Irish Nationalist leader, John Edward Redmond. A

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was established near the town along

Albany Highway Albany Highway links Western Australia's capital city Perth with its oldest settlement, Albany, on the state's south coast. The highway travels through the southern Wheatbelt and Great Southern regions, and is designated State Route ...

in 1997 by the Gatti brothers that specialised in local hardwoods such as

jarrah ''Eucalyptus marginata'', commonly known as jarrah, djarraly in Noongar language and historically as Swan River mahogany, is a plant in the myrtle family, Myrtaceae and is endemic to the south-west of Western Australia. It is a tree with rou ...

, marri and wandoo to make floorboards, decking and structural timber. The mill was sold to C.J. Matters in 2015.

References

{{authority control Great Southern (Western Australia) Towns in Western Australia