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See also:FORREST, See also:SIR See also:JOHN (1847- ) , See also:West Australian statesman and explorer, son of See also:- WILLIAM
- WILLIAM (1143-1214)
- WILLIAM (1227-1256)
- WILLIAM (1J33-1584)
- WILLIAM (A.S. Wilhelm, O. Norse Vilhidlmr; O. H. Ger. Willahelm, Willahalm, M. H. Ger. Willehelm, Willehalm, Mod.Ger. Wilhelm; Du. Willem; O. Fr. Villalme, Mod. Fr. Guillaume; from " will," Goth. vilja, and " helm," Goth. hilms, Old Norse hidlmr, meaning
- WILLIAM (c. 1130-C. 1190)
- WILLIAM, 13TH
William Forrest, of See also:Bunbury, West See also:Australia, was See also:born hear Bunbury, on the 22nd of See also:August 1847, and educated at See also:Perth, W.A. In 1865 he became connected with the See also:Government Survey See also:Department at Perth, and in 1869 led an exploring expedition into the interior in See also:search of D. Leichardt, penetrating through See also:bush and See also:salt-marshes as far inland as
12? E. In r87o he again made an expedition from Perth to See also:Adelaide, along the See also:southern shores. In 1874i with his See also:brother See also:Alexander Forrest (born 1849), he explored eastwards from See also:Champion See also:Bay, following as far, as possible the 26th parallel, and striking the See also:telegraph See also:line between Adelaide and See also:Port See also:Darwin; a distance of about 2000 M. was covered in about five months with horses and without See also:carriers, a particularly See also:fine achievement (see AUSTRALIA: Exploration). John Forrest also surveyed in 1878 the See also:north-western See also:district between the See also:rivers See also:Ashburton and See also:Lady See also:Grey, and in 1882 the See also:Fitzroy district. In 1876 he was made See also:deputy surveyor-See also:general, receiving the thanks of the See also:colony for his services and a See also:- GRANT (from A.-Fr. graunter, O. Fr. greanter for creanter, popular Lat. creantare, for credentare, to entrust, Lat. credere, to believe, trust)
- GRANT, ANNE (1755-1838)
- GRANT, CHARLES (1746-1823)
- GRANT, GEORGE MONRO (1835–1902)
- GRANT, JAMES (1822–1887)
- GRANT, JAMES AUGUSTUS (1827–1892)
- GRANT, ROBERT (1814-1892)
- GRANT, SIR ALEXANDER
- GRANT, SIR FRANCIS (1803-1878)
- GRANT, SIR JAMES HOPE (1808–1895)
- GRANT, SIR PATRICK (1804-1895)
- GRANT, U
- GRANT, ULYSSES SIMPSON (1822-1885)
grant of 5000 acres of See also:land; for a few months at the end of 1878 he acted as See also:commissioner of See also:crown lands and surveyor-general, being given the full See also: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 See also:root he joined the See also:Commonwealth government, first as See also:minister for See also:defence, later as minister for See also:home affairs and postmaster-general, resigning the See also:- OFFICE (from Lat. officium, " duty," " service," a shortened form of opifacium, from facere, " to do," and either the stem of opes, " wealth," " aid," or opus, " work ")
office of federal treasurer in See also:July 1907. His See also:influence in West Australia was one of an almost autocratic See also:character, owing to the robust vigour of his See also:personality and his success in enforcing his views (see WESTERN AUSTRALIA: See also:History). In 1897 he was made a member of the Privy See also:Council. Sir John Forrest married in 1876 See also:Margaret Hamersley. He published Explorations in Australia (1876) and Notes on Western Australia (1884—1887).
End of Article: FORREST, SIR JOHN (1847- )
Additional information and Comments
I have been told by me father that my grandfather Mr. (later Captain and M.E.) Joseph Samuel BADGE b.16.6.1867 St. Hilary's Cornwall, Blacksmith and mining engineer accompanied John Forrest on one of his expedition. My grandfather had a part to play in the discovery of gold at the Murchison River.
He was married to Jane Henrietta CATCHLOVE (? CATCHPOLE) daur. of Henry CATCHLOVE and Emma nee FILMER.
I WILL APPRECIATE ANY INFORMATION OF EVIDENCE OR OTHERWISE OF THIS ASSOCIATION with the mane who later became the Governor of Western Australia
Walter BADGE of Port Macquarie and previously of Perth W.A.
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