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Cranbrook
Latitude 34 18 S Longitude
117 33 E
Cranbrook is a town in the
Great Southern region, situated 39 kilometres NNE of Mount Barker.
It was one of the original railway stations on the Great Southern
Railway when the railway opened in 1889, and was gazetted a townsite
in 1899. The name is taken from the town of Cranbrook in Kent, about
65 kilometres south east of London. It is believed to have been named
by Mr J A Wright, who was manager of the Western Australian Land Company
which built the railway. Mr Wright was educated at Queen Elizabeth
School in Cranbrook.
Harvesting
the Net
sponsored by the
Western Australian Department of Agriculture
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