Year
1895
Description
On 27 September Esperance was gazetted as a Municipality, with an elected Mayor.
The Esperance Roads Board was separate. Thomas Edwards, a civil engineer who had arrived in 1893, was elected the Mayor of Esperance. The municipal meetings were held at the Pier Hotel.
A jetty was built by FWS Reid – 340 feet (103.5m), head 100 feet (30.5m), depth 10 feet (3m).
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