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Noongar are the first known inhabitants in the Esperance region
and populated the area 20,000 years ago. Kepa (water) Kurl
(boomerang) is the local Noongar name for Esperance, which means
“where the waters lie like a boomerang”. The region provided a
rich source and wide variety of food and the Noongar people did
not venture far from this area.  European history began in 1627
when a Dutch vessel "Gulde Zeepaard" under the command of Pieter
Nuyts, passed through the Archipelago but did not actually land
in the area.  Discovery, however, is generally credited to the
French when two ships, "L'Esperance" and "Recherche", were
forced to seek shelter