Forrest () is a tiny settlement and railway station on the Trans-Australian Railway in Western Australia. |}A train station, railway station, railroad station, or station yard is a facility at which Passengers may board and alight from Trains The Trans-Australian Railway is a railway line that crosses the Nullarbor Plain of Australia from Port Augusta in South Australia to Western Australia is a state occupying the entire western third of the Australian continent.
Forrest is on the longest stretch of straight railway in the world, at 479 km from Rawlinna in Western Australia to Ooldea in South Australia. Rawlinna is a remote locality and railway siding on the Trans-Australian Railway in Western Australia. Ooldea is a tiny settlement in South Australia. It is on the eastern edge of the Nullarbor Plain, 863 km west of Port Augusta on the Trans-Australian South Australia is a state of Australia in the southern central part of the country
The airstrip at Forrest was the overnight stop on the first scheduled passenger air service between Perth and Adelaide from 1929 to 1934, operated by West Australian Airways. Perth is the capital and largest city of the Australian state of Western Australia. Adelaide is the capital and most populous city of the Australian state of South Australia, and is the fifth largest city in Australia with a West Australian Airways was an Australian airline based out of Geraldton Western Australia. The 18-room hostel provided a restaurant meal "worthy of any city hotel". [1]
Forrest was named after Sir John Forrest, the explorer who became the first Premier of Western Australia. Sir John Forrest GCMG (22 August 1847 – 2 September 1918 was an Australian explorer the first Premier of Western Australia and a cabinet minister in Australia The Premier of Western Australia is the head of the executive government in the Australian State of Western Australia. [2]
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- ^ WAA’s Magic Carpet (pdf). Forrest Airport is an airport located in the tiny hamlet of Forrest, Western Australia. Flight Safety Australia. Civil Aviation Safety Authority (September-October 1999). The Civil Aviation Safety Authority ( CASA) is the Australian federal agency responsible for the regulation of private and commercial flight Retrieved on 2007-06-21. Year 2007 ( MMVII) was a Common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar in the 21st century. Events 524 - Godomar, King of the Burgundians defeats the Franks at the Battle of Vézeronce.
- ^ Reed, A. W. (1973) Place Names of Australia, Sydney: A. H. & A. W. Reed, ISBN 0 589 07115 7
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