Irwin Exploration

• 27 January 2020

  Floral Emblem of Irwin Shire

  The floral emblem of the Shire is the Scarlet Featherflower (Vericordia grandis) and was adopted by the Irwin Shire Council in 1975. Scarlet Featherflower is not unique to the Shire,…

• 6 March 2019

  Exploration of the Irwin Districts

  Within fifteen years of the establishment of the Swan River Colony in 1829, the settlers were experiencing the problems of isolation, a small population and severe drought. Although the British…