Geraldton is a coastal city in the Mid West region of Western Australia, 424 kilometers north of the state capital Perth. It was established in 1850 and named after Charles Fitzgerald, governor of Western Australia from 1848 to 1855, with land sales beginning the following year. Its population was 38,595 at the 2021 census. The Port of Geraldton is a major west coast seaport serving regional mining, fishing, wheat and sheep industries, and the city's Point Moore Lighthouse is the oldest surviving Commonwealth lighthouse in Western Australia.
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1. Wikidata: Geraldton, Western Australia
Wikidata Q605267, class allow-list match (w-wdresolver-0926)View the Source 2. Koeppen-Geiger map (Kottek et al., University of Veterinary Medicine Vienna): World Map of the Koeppen-Geiger Climate Classification, present climate data
Koeppen-Geiger map (Kottek et al., University of Veterinary Medicine Vienna)Koeppen-Geiger-ASCII.txt grid cell -28.75, 114.75Quote, Koeppen-Geiger-ASCII.txt grid cell -28.75, 114.75
-28.75 114.75 Csa
3. GeoNames: Geraldton - GeoNames
GeoNamescities500 record 2070998, place matched by name within the country (only place of that name in the country)Quote, cities500 record 2070998, place matched by name within the country (only place of that name in the country)
-28.77897 114.61459 P PPLA2 AU 08 53800 38595 15 Australia/Perth
Geraldton, Western Australia (Wikipedia)
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