Hester is a small town in the
South West
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Geography
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region of
Western Australia
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, 7 km north of
Bridgetown
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on the railway.
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.
References
Towns in Western Australia
Shire of Bridgetown–Greenbushes
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