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4 unusual facts about Alexander Forrest


Alexander Forrest

Forrest died on 20 June 1901, survived by four of his five children (his son Anthony Alexander Forrest having been killed the month before in the Second Boer War), and was buried at Karrakatta Cemetery.

Edward Hardman

Hardman immediately joined Alexander Forrest's survey expedition to the Kimberley, but the party was confined to the western part of the Kimberley, and no indications of gold were found.

Greenmount, Western Australia

The Greenmount Quarry was known as the 'Blue Stone Quarry' in the 1870s, and was later associated in the late nineteenth century with the brother of John Forrest - Alexander Forrest.

John Hislop

He ran the school for nine years, during which time he taught John and Alexander Forrest.



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