Brookton (Western Australia)

Brookton
Brooktons train station
State :  Australia State : Western Australia Founded : 1890s
Coordinates : 32 ° 22 ′  S , 117 ° 0 ′  E Coordinates: 32 ° 22 ′  S , 117 ° 0 ′  E Height : 250  m
Residents : 756 (2016)
Time zone : AWST (UTC + 8) Postal code : 6306 LGA : Shire of Brookton
Brookton

Brookton is a town in the Great Southern Region of Western Australia . It is located 138 kilometers southeast of Perth at the junction of the Brookton and Great Southern Highways. The Great Southern Railway Line crosses the place.

history

John Seabrook was the founder of the place. He came to the area in 1846 and acquired land on which he set up his estate, Brookton House . Brookton was the only European in the area until the sandalwood cutter AW Robinson bought land near his property. Several settlers came to the region between the 1860s and 1870s.

In 1889 the Great Southern Railway opened and Brookton became one of its first stations. The place was announced as Seabrook in 1895. Because of the confusion with the city of the same name near York , it was renamed Brookton in 1899.

Around 1903 the place developed economically, in which a school, a hotel and some shops were functioning at that time. The old police station museum reflects the city's early history.

Present Brookton

Brookton is now an important agricultural center. He owns a high school, a bank, shops, a hotel, a motel, a campsite and a telecentro .

The Old Time Motor Show takes place in Brookton twice a year .

The place is a stop of the lines going to Albany .

Web links

Commons : Brookton, Western Australia  - Collection of pictures, videos and audio files

• Web presence of Shires Brookton

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Australian Bureau of Statistics : Brookton (State Suburb) ( English ) In: 2016 Census QuickStats . June 27, 2017. Retrieved April 7, 2020.
2. ↑ Shire of Brookton: Shire Profile. Retrieved April 21, 2011 . 
3. ^ Travel - Brookton. In: The Sydney Morning Herald. February 8, 2004, accessed April 11, 2011 . 
4. ↑ GS2 timetable ( Memento from June 5, 2009 in the Internet Archive )