Rocky Gully, Western Australia

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Rocky Gully is a small town and locality of the Shire of Plantagenet in the Great Southern region of Western Australia. A large part of the south of the locality is covered by the Mount Roe National Park. Additionally, the Tootanellup Nature Reserve is also located within Rocky Gully. The town is located along the Muir Highway, about 8 km from the Kent River.

History

A site was selected for a town when land in the area was sub-divided in the 1930s. By 1951 a small community was established as part of the War Service land settlement scheme and the townsite was gazetted.

Nature reserve

The Tootanellup Nature Reserve was gazetted on 24 November 1944, has a size of 9.44 km2, and is located within the Jarrah Forest bioregion.

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