Established 1898 State electorate(s) Blackwood-Stirling Postal code 6254 Federal division Division of O'Connor | Postcode(s) 6254 Founded 1898 Local time Saturday 1:22 AM | |
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Location 262 km (163 mi) from Perth
7 km (4 mi) from Bridgetown Weather 12°C, Wind SE at 11 km/h, 75% Humidity Lga Shire of Bridgetown-Greenbushes | ||
Hester is a small town in the South West region of Western Australia, 7 km north of Bridgetown on the railway.
Map of Hester WA 6255, Australia
It was gazetted a townsite in 1899, and was originally a siding on the Donnybrook to Bridgetown railway, opened in 1898. The town derives its name from the nearby Hester Brook, a name first recorded by surveyor John Forrest in 1866. Hester Brook is named after Edward Godfrey Hester, an early settler (late 1850s) of the Bridgetown district.
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