The Esperance District Football Association is an Australian rules football league based in the city of Esperance in Western Australia. It was formed in 1956.
In 1956 after many years of playing scrimmage matches between Esperance and Grass Patch a decision was made to create a football association. The first decision was two create two new football clubs. Gibson Football Club was created by excess players from the Esperance club and Salmon Gums was from surplus players from Grass Patch.
The first season was dominated by the Southern teams, Gibson won eleven out of twelve games followed by Esperance win nine wins. Grass Patch won four while Salmon Gums went winless. Gibson were the first premiers.
In 1957 saw the merger of Salmon Gums and Grass Patch, the new entity was called The Mallee. The association continued with three teams until the inclusion of Newtown in 1958.