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​​​Albany

This historic port city is the State’s oldest European settlement with around 60% of the region’s population. Albany is the region’s administrative, business and financial hub along with light industry and tourism.

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Denmark

Denmark lies 45 minutes west of Albany and was built on the timber trade.
Now with over 80% of the Shire of Denmark being protected national park, agriculture is the main industry. This includes dairy, beef and sheep farming along with viticulture. It is also a popular tourist destination with a thriving arts community.

 

Katanning

The Shire of Katanning is an agricultural centre sitting 295 km south of Perth and 170 km north of Albany. It has the largest roofed sheep saleyard in the southern hemisphere and meat processing facilities which attracted many migrant workers. It is one of the most multicultural communities in regional Western Australia.
The town of Katanning has a range of recreational and leisure facilities, education and health services, and a diverse retail and business sector.

 

Distances to Perth*

​From

​Distance

​Albany​409 km
​Bremer Bay​​516 km
​Denmark​414 km
​Frankland​364 km​
​Katanning​​​295 km
​​Mount Barker​359 km
​Pingrup​361 km

*Figures sourced from Main Roads Western Australia​

 

For more information on the towns in the Great Southern region, visit the
Tourism Western Au​stralia website​.​
News


State Nomination Invitation Rounds

20 January 2023

 

Western Australia has received an overwhelming amount of applications for the State Nomination Migration Program.

 

To allow adequate time to process the large volume of applications prior to the end of the program year, invitation rounds for the remainder of the 2022-23 State nomination program year will be brought forward, and run in the first week of each month, commencing February 2023.

 

For more information on the State Nominated Migration Program visit the About State nomination page.


Fun Fact
Some of the first white settlers saw a strange animal hopping along. They asked the Aborigines what it was called and were told, ‘Kanguru’, which means ‘I don't know’.