Mount Barker, Western Australia
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Mount Barker is a town on Albany Highway and the administrative centre of the Shire of Plantagenet in the Great Southern region of Western Australia. At the 2021 census, Mount Barker had a population of 2,855.
This article is about the town in Western Australia. For the city in South Australia, see Mount Barker, South Australia.
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Mount Barker Western Australia | |||||||||
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Coordinates | 34°37′48″S 117°40′01″E | ||||||||
Population | 1,898 (UCL 2021)[1] | ||||||||
Established | 1892 | ||||||||
Postcode(s) | 6324 | ||||||||
Elevation | 300 m (984 ft) | ||||||||
Area | 489.2 km2 (188.9 sq mi) | ||||||||
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LGA(s) | Shire of Plantagenet | ||||||||
State electorate(s) | Warren-Blackwood | ||||||||
Federal division(s) | O'Connor | ||||||||
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The town was named after the nearby hill, which in turn was named in 1829 by Thomas Braidwood Wilson in honour of Captain Collet Barker, who was in command of Western Australia's original British settlement at King George's Sound from 1829 to 1831.[2]