Bremer Bay, Western Australia

Bremer Bay is a coastal town and locality in the Shire of Jerramungup, Great Southern region of Western Australia.

[8] After visiting the area in 1831, the bay was named after Sir Gordon Bremer by John Septimus Roe, captain of HMS Tamar, onboard which he served as a lieutenant from 1824 to 1827.

[11] Originally, Bremer Bay was included in the township of Wellstead; a local petition, in 1951, favoured a change to the current name, which was approved and gazetted in 1962.

[12] In 2012, Bremer Bay was menaced for five days by a looming bushfire, just outside of town, which began when vegetation was ignited by lightning.

Personnel at Bremer Bay included: The original station, along with several others along the line, was replaced in 1896 with a larger stone building designed by George Temple Poole.

Recreational beach fishing at Dillon Bay, just east of Bremer Bay.