Mount Barker, Western Australia
Mount Barker is a town on Albany Highway and the administrative centre of the Shire of Plantagenet in the Great Southern region of Western Australia. At the 2021 census, Mount Barker had a population of 2,855.
| Mount Barker Western Australia | |||||||||
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Lowood Road, Mount Barker, 2018 | |||||||||
Mount Barker | |||||||||
| Coordinates | 34°37′48″S 117°40′01″E | ||||||||
| Population | 1,898 (UCL 2021) | ||||||||
| Established | 1892 | ||||||||
| Postcode(s) | 6324 | ||||||||
| Elevation | 300 m (984 ft) | ||||||||
| Area | 489.2 km2 (188.9 sq mi) | ||||||||
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| LGA(s) | Shire of Plantagenet | ||||||||
| State electorate(s) | Warren-Blackwood | ||||||||
| Federal division(s) | O'Connor | ||||||||
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The town was named after the nearby hill, which in turn was named in 1829 by Thomas Braidwood Wilson in honour of Captain Collet Barker, who was in command of Western Australia's original British settlement at King George's Sound from 1829 to 1831.
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