Hopetoun, Western Australia

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Hopetoun is a town on the south coast of Western Australia in the Shire of Ravensthorpe. It was established in 1900 as a coastal town servicing the Phillips River Mining District, and named after the 7th Earl of Hopetoun and first Governor General of Australia, John Hope.[1]

It was a terminus of one of Western Australian Government Railways isolated branch lines between Hopetoun and Ravensthorpe.[1]

Some of the town's electricity is generated by a wind-diesel system. Hopetoun has two 600 kilowatt wind turbines and two low-load diesel generators.[2]

[edit] References

  1. ^ a b Western Australian Land Information Authority. History of country town names - H. Retrieved on 2007-01-17.
  2. ^ Blowing a gale. Intersector. Retrieved on 2008-02-15.

Coordinates: 33°57′S 120°07′E / -33.95, 120.117

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