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Caravan Park
08 9855 2310
Telecentre
Population 110
A small town located north west of Mt. Barker. It is
one of the many ‘one horse’ towns scattered around the
south west and although it does have a caravan
facility, it isn’t one that has much going for it.
The town takes its name from the nearby river that was
named by Dr.
Thomas Wilson in 1829 after the Surveyor
General of Tasmania, George Frankland. During his
exploration of the area Wilson climbed (and named)
Mt. Lindesay. From the
summit he noted three other large hills which he named after the Surveyors
General in each colony of Australia (Roe in W.A, Mitchell in N.S.W and Frankland
in Tasmania.)
Land was set aside for a town in 1909 but development was
slow in coming. The town
site was
not gazetted until 1947.
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