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Pemberton
Latitude : 34 27 S Longitude
: 116 02 E
The townsite of Pemberton is
located 335 km south of Perth and 31 km from Manjimup. It is located
within the south west forest region, where in 1913 the state government
established sawmills, the Number 2 and Number 3 State Sawmills. The
area had become known as "Big Brook", but a more distinctive
name was soon sought. The name Walcott was first suggested but was
rejected by the Post Office, and Mr W.L.Brockman, a famer in the area,
then suggested Pemberton, after Pemberton Walcott who was the first
settler in the area in 1862.
The name Pemberton was used from
1916. The State Sawmills Department developed a small private town
at the mills, but by 1921 there was community agitation for a government
townsite to be declared. Although initially sternly resisted by the
State Sawmills Department, particularly because it saw it as a way
for alcohol to be introduced, community pressure eventually resulted
in lots being surveyed in 1925 and the townsite of Pemberton being
gazetted in October 1925.
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