John Forrest

But the farmers had achieved an important concession.

Western Australian founding father John Forrest died in early September, triggering a by-election for his seat of Swan.

Preferential voting was introduced in early October, but it was too late for the by-election.

The Western Australian Farmers and Settlers Association, who were affiliated with the Victorian Farmers Union, decided to stand a candidate alongside an independent and candidates for the Labor and Nationalist parties.

Segualia is a former gold mining town located 233 kilometres or 145 miles north of Kalgoorlie and 828 kilometres or 514 miles east of Perth in Western Australia's Great Victoria Desert.

The first European explorer to visit the area around Gwalior was Sir John Forrest in 1869 during an unsuccessful search for the signs of explorer Ludwig Leichhardt's expedition from the east.

On June 21st, 1869, Forrest's party made camp at a conspicuous hill, which there are a few of these out here, to be fair, which Forrest named Mount Lenora after his six-year-old niece, Frances Lenora Harding, which is kind of a cool birthday present, but I'm sure that a six-year-old kind of doesn't really care at the time.

Yeah.

Segualia is a former gold mining town located 233 kilometres or 145 miles north of Kalgoorlie and 828 kilometres or 514 miles east of Perth in Western Australia's Great Victoria Desert.

The first European explorer to visit the area around Gwalior was Sir John Forrest in 1869 during an unsuccessful search for the signs of explorer Ludwig Leichhardt's expedition from the east.

On June 21st, 1869, Forrest's party made camp at a conspicuous hill, which there are a few of these out here, to be fair.

which Forrest named Mount Lenora after his six-year-old niece, Frances Lenora Harding, which is kind of a cool birthday present, but I'm sure that a six-year-old kind of doesn't really care at the time.

And I just think this raises huge questions about the government's migration priorities.

Now, back in the days when I was there, a bloke called John Forrest was a member for Mallee.

His successor, Dr. Anne Webster, is the Shadow Minister for Regional Health and Communications and the federal member of the great seat of Mallee.

Anne, it's great to talk to you.

They did admit to using neck chains.

The premier, John Forrest, said, well, all explorers and pioneers use those.

In early 1911, a small party, comprising two white men, one a former police officer, and their aboriginal boy servant, became the first to take bullocks on the Canning stock route.

Desert indigenous people killed them in April.

The local people had known about it for quite a long time.

The first European explorer to visit the area around what became the town of Gualia was Sir John Forrest in 1869 during an unsuccessful search for signs of the explorer Ludwig Leichhardt.

expedition.

He was heading from the east to try and find Leichhardt and didn't.

The local people had known about it for quite a long time.

The first European explorer to visit the area around what became the town of Gualia was Sir John Forrest in 1869 during an unsuccessful search for signs of the explorer Ludwig Leichhardt.

expedition.

He was heading from the east to try and find Leichhardt and didn't.

In 1867, the surveyor C.C. Hunt recorded three springs on his plans because, you guessed it, three freshwater springs lay nearby.

John Forrest laid a survey.

As I always

say, we're really good at naming things.

it would be New Springs, WA, or something like that.

Yeah, or Big Spring.

And then John Forrest later surveyed a water reserve of that name about a K east of the present centre.

When land was open for selection in 1905-06, it was called the Katathini Agricultural Area, but most people called the place Three Springs and the name officially changed in 1946, about 40 years later.

In 1867, surveyor C.C. Hunt recorded three springs on his plans because, you guessed it, three freshwater springs lay nearby.

John Forrest laid a survey.

As I always

say, we're really good at naming things.

that.

Yeah, or Big Spring.

And then John Forrest later surveyed a water reserve of that name about a K east of the present centre.

When land was open for selection in 1905-06, it was called the Katathini Agricultural Area, but most people called the place Three Springs and the name officially changed in 1946, about 40 years later.