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Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Pages: 29. Chapters: Anglican bishops of Bunbury, People from Bunbury, Suburbs of Bunbury, Bunbury, Western Australia, John Forrest, Troy Buswell, Dalyellup, Western Australia, Kemerton, Western Australia, Australind, Western Australia, Edward Fiennes-Clinton, 18th Earl of Lincoln, Reg Withers, Laurie Connell, Alexander Forrest, James Mitchell, Phillip Pendal, Wollaston, Western Australia, Paul Papalia, Natalie Barr, Geoff Prosser, Lewis Jetta, Leschenault, Western Australia, Usher, Western Australia, Bob Maumill, Jason Norrish, Millbridge, Western Australia, Paul Andrews, John Castrilli, David Malcolm, Troy Elder, Pelican Point, Western Australia, Mal Washer, Neville Jetta, Margaret Forrest, Tjyllyungoo, Jamie Bennell, David McCall, Donald Redding, Hamish Jamieson, Leslie Knight, Ralph Hawkins, Kyle Reimers, Cecil Wilson, Stanley Goldsworthy, Frederick Goldsmith, Mavis Gray, Alexander Island, Julien Prosser, Eaton, Western Australia, Aristos Papandroulakis, List of Bunbury suburbs, Bishop of Bunbury. Excerpt: Sir John Forrest GCMG (22 August 1847 - 2 September 1918) was an Australian explorer, the first Premier of Western Australia and a cabinet minister in Australia's first federal parliament. As a young man, John Forrest won fame as an explorer by leading three expeditions into the interior of Western Australia. He was appointed Surveyor General and in 1890 became the first Premier of Western Australia, its only premier as a self-governing colony. Forrest's premiership gave the state ten years of stable administration during a period of rapid development and demographic change. He pursued a policy of large-scale public works and extensive land settlement, and he helped to ensure that Western Australia joined the federation of Australian states. After federation, he moved to federal politics, where he was at various times postmaster-g...
