Emu Point is a north-eastern

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of the

City of Albany The City of Albany is a local government area in the Great Southern region of Western Australia, about south-southeast of Perth, the capital of Western Australia. It covers an area of , including the Greater Albany metropolitan area and the ...

in the Great Southern region of Western Australia. It is located north-east of Albany's

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. As of the 2021 census, it had a median age of 71.

History

It was the location of a spring associated with the visit of

George Vancouver Captain (Royal Navy), Captain George Vancouver (; 22 June 1757 – 10 May 1798) was a Royal Navy officer and explorer best known for leading the Vancouver Expedition, which explored and charted North America's northwestern West Coast of the Uni ...

in the 1790s. Emu Point was named by a survey ship in 1815. In the early twentieth century it became a popular camping location, and has since continued as one with Big4 Emu Beach being established in 2014. It was gazetted as a suburb in 1979.

Geography

Emu Point is a

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that juts into the water at the channel that connects Oyster Harbour to its north with

King George Sound King George Sound (Mineng ) is a sound (geography), sound on the south coast of Western Australia. Named King George the Third's Sound in 1791, it was referred to as King George's Sound from 1805. The name "King George Sound" gradually came in ...

. These two bodies of water respectively form the suburb's north-east and south-east boundaries. Its northern boundary is Yakamia Creek and in the west by Lower King Road. Emu Beach is the largest stretch of beach in Emu Point at long along King George Sound. The beach has been rated as one of Australia's cleanest beaches. The northern part of the suburb is the Boronia Reserve.

References

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