FORREST, SIR JOHN (1847- )

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FORREST, SIR JOHN (1847- ) , West Australian statesman and explorer, son of William

Forrest

, of Bunbury, West Australia, was born hear Bunbury, on the 22nd of August 1847, and educated at

Perth

PERTH
PERTH, EARLS AND DUKES OF

, W.A. In 1865 he became connected with the Government Survey Department at

Perth

PERTH
PERTH, EARLS AND DUKES OF

, and in 1869 led an exploring expedition into the interior in

SEARCH, or VISIT AND SEARCH

of D. Leichardt, penetrating through

bush

BUSH

and salt-marshes as far inland as
12? E. In r87o he again made an expedition from Perth to Adelaide, along the southern shores. In 1874i with his brother Alexander

Forrest

(born 1849), he explored eastwards from Champion Bay, following as far, as possible the 26th parallel, and striking the telegraph line between Adelaide and Port Darwin; a distance of about 2000 M. was covered in about five months with horses and without carriers, a particularly fine achievement (see AUSTRALIA: Exploration). John Forrest also surveyed in 1878 the north-western

district

DISTRICT

between the rivers

Ashburton

and Lady Grey, and in 1882 the Fitzroy

district

DISTRICT

. In 1876 he was made

deputy

DEPUTY (through the Fr. from a Late Lat. use of deputare, to cut off, allot; putare having the original sense of to trim, prune)

surveyor-general, receiving the thanks of the colony for his services and a grant of 5000 acres of land; for a few months at the end of 1878 he acted as

commissioner

COMMISSIONER

of crown lands and surveyor-general, being given the full appointment in 1883 and retaining it till 289o. When the colony obtained in 1890 its constitution of self-government, Sir John Forrest (who was made K. C.M. G. in 1891, and G, C. M. G. in 1901) became its first premier, and he held that, position till in root he joined the Commonwealth government, first as minister for defence, later as minister for

home

affairs and postmaster-general, resigning the office of federal treasurer in July 1907. His influence in West Australia was one of an almost autocratic character, owing to the robust vigour of his personality and his success in enforcing his views (see WESTERN AUSTRALIA: History). In 1897 he was made a member of the Privy Council. Sir John Forrest married in 1876

Margaret

Hamersley. He published Explorations in Australia (1876) and Notes on Western Australia (18841887).

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