Rocky Gully is a small town in the Great Southern region of Western Australia

Western Australia

Western Australia is a state of Australia, occupying the entire western third of the Australian continent. It is bounded by the Indian Ocean to the north and west, the Great Australian Bight and Indian Ocean to the south, the Northern Territory to the north-east and South Australia to the south-east...

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The town is located along the Muirs Highway

Muirs Highway

Muirs Highway is a Western Australian highway linking Manjimup and Mount Barker on the Albany Highway. It is signed as State Route 102 and is long. It provides a shorter distance between Manjimup and Albany...

, about 8 kilometres (5 mi) from the Kent River

Kent River

The Kent River is a river in the Great Southern of Western Australia.The headwaters of the river rise near Tenterden then flows in a south westerly direction crosses the Muirs Highway east of Rocky Gully then through Mount Roe-Mount Lindesay National Park then crosses the South Coast Highway near...

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A site was selected for a town when land in the area was sub-divided in the 1930s. By 1951 a small community was established as part of the War Service land settlement scheme and the townsite was gazetted.