Hopetoun, Western Australia

Infobox Australian Place | type = town
name = Hopetoun
state = wa


caption =
lga = Shire of Ravensthorpe
postcode = 6348
est = 1900
pop = 586 (2006 Census) [Census 2006 AUS|id=SSC54131|name=Hopetoun (State Suburb)|quick=on|accessdate=2008-09-20]
elevation= 13
maxtemp =
mintemp =
rainfall =
stategov = Eyre
fedgov = O'Connor
dist1 = 591
dir1 = South East
location1= Perth
dist2 = 160
dir2 = West
location2= Esperance
dist3 = 41
dir3 = South
location3= Ravensthorpecoord|-33.947|120.126|type:city(586)_region:AU-WA_scale:100000|format=dms|display=title

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.LandInfo WA|c|H|2007-01-17]

It was a terminus of one of Western Australian Government Railways isolated branch lines between Hopetoun and Ravensthorpe. ["The Hopetoun - Ravensthorpe Railway" Nugent, P.W. Australian Railway Historical Society Bulletin, November, 1966 pp249-262]

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. [cite web |url=http://www.intersector.wa.gov.au/article_view.php?article_id=499&article_main=35&opt_main=26 |title=Blowing a gale |accessdate=2008-02-15 |last= |first= |coauthors= |date= |work= |publisher=Intersector]

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