Lower King is a town in the Great Southern

Great Southern

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 region of Western Australia

Western Australia

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. It is located 385 km south-east of Perth

Perth, Western Australia

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  and the closest populated town is Albany

Albany, Western Australia

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.

Located along the lower reaches of the King River

King River (Western Australia)

The King River is a river in the Great Southern region of Western Australia.The river rises east of the town of Redmond. The river flows for approximately and along with the Kalgan River drains into Oyster Harbour and finally King George Sound north east of Albany.The river was named after Captain...

 on the western shore of Oyster Harbour, both the town and the river were named after Captain Philip Parker King

Philip Parker King

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who first visited the area in the 1818 aboard the Mermaid.

The area was first settled in the 1830s but the townsite was not gazetted until 1959.