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Leeman, Western Australia

Field	Value
name	Leeman
state	wa
image	Town jetty, Leeman, 2013.JPG
caption	Town jetty and boat ramp in 2013
lga	Shire of Coorow
local_map	yes
zoom	11
coordinates
postcode	6514
est	1961
pop	351
pop_year
pop_footnotes
area
elevation	7
stategov	Moore
fedgov	Durack
dist1	300
dir1	north
location1	Perth
dist2	77
dir2	south
location2	Dongara
dist3	43
dir3	north
location3	Jurien Bay

Leeman is a small coastal town in the Shire of Coorow in Western Australia.

Land was first surveyed and sub-divided in 1961 and the townsite was gazetted in 1961 as Snag Island, a name that is still in common use. Snag Island is a rocky island a small distance off-shore from the town.

The town was named after Abraham Leeman van Santwits, a Dutch sailor. He was second officer on the Dutch East India Company ship Vergulde Draeck () which was wrecked in April 1656 just south of Ledge Point, 107 km north of what is now Perth. Leeman was sent with a party of seven by captain Pieter Albertszoon to Batavia (now Jakarta) for help; they arrived there in June 1656. In 1658 Leeman returned as first officer on board Waeckende Boei in search of the wreckage. He was in charge of the shore party that was abandoned when a storm blew in. Leeman and his crew then took a six-month open boat voyage to Batavia via Java.

In 1971 the Western Australian Education department opened the Leeman Primary School, and the town adopted the new name.

The actress Mandy McElhinney grew up in a caravan park in Leeman.

There is a Leeman Football Club.

References

{{Census 2021 AUS
(31 January 1983). "Leeman Monument plaque".
"Abram Leeman van Sandwick".
{{LandInfo WA. c. L. 20 September 2008
"Shire of Coorow – Heritage".
Ambrose, Melenie. (8 February 2015). "Mandy McElhinney: from flirty Rhonda to iron-willed Gina Rinehart". [[Perth Now]].
"Leeman Football Club". Our Community Pty Ltd.

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