| Address | Corner Victoria and Stephen Streets,
Bunbury
Western Australia, 6230, Australia | | Telephone Enquiries : | 08-9792 7205 |
Sir John Forrest was a surveyor, explorer, politician and Western Australia's greatest son.
He was born in 1847 at his father's wind-driven flour mill at Mill Point at the mouth of the Preston river, seven kilometres from Bunbury. He spent 18 years in State politics, all in executive office, then 18 years in Federal politics, almost half as a Cabinet Minister. First Member of the Legislative Assembly for Bunbury, first Premier of Western Australia, five times Federal Treasurer and, for a time, Forrest was acting Prime Minister.
In 1918 he was created Baron Forrest of Bunbury, the first Australian to be raised to the British peerage. He died while at sea aged 71 and is buried in Karrakatta cemetery.
In 1979 Bunbury businessmen commissioned Mark Lebuse to sculpture Forrest's head, now in St Paul's place, on the corner of Victoria and Stephen streets, Bunury.
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