Matches in DBpedia 2014 for { ?s ?p Leeman is a small coastal town in the Shire of Coorow. 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, a Dutch sailor, who visited the area in 1658 in search of the wreckage of the Gilt Dragon that was lost two years earlier. Leeman was in charge of the shore party to conduct a search and was abandoned when a storm blew in. Leeman and his crew then took a six-month open boat voyage to Batavia.In 1971 the Western Australian Education department opened the Leeman Primary School, and the town adopted the new name.www.leemanps.wa.edu.au. }
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- Leeman,_Western_Australia abstract "Leeman is a small coastal town in the Shire of Coorow. 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, a Dutch sailor, who visited the area in 1658 in search of the wreckage of the Gilt Dragon that was lost two years earlier. Leeman was in charge of the shore party to conduct a search and was abandoned when a storm blew in. Leeman and his crew then took a six-month open boat voyage to Batavia.In 1971 the Western Australian Education department opened the Leeman Primary School, and the town adopted the new name.www.leemanps.wa.edu.au".