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Sir John Forrest GCMG (22 August 1847 – 2 September 1918) was an Australian explorer and politician. He was the first premier of Western Australia (1890–1901) and a long-serving cabinet minister in federal politics.
Sir John Forrest was an explorer and statesman who led pioneer expeditions into Australia’s western interior. As Western Australia’s first premier (1890–1901), he sponsored public works construction and negotiated the state’s entry into the Australian Commonwealth in 1901.
Sir John Forrest, 1st Baron Forrest of Bunbury (1847-1918), surveyor, explorer and politician, was born on 22 August 1847 at Preston Point, near Bunbury, Western Australia, fourth child and third son of the ten children of William Forrest and his wife Margaret Guthrie, née Hill.
John Forrest (1847-1918) was a pioneer of Western Australia, who led several expeditions across the continent and served as its premier and treasurer. He also participated in the federal government of Australia and was the first native-born Australian to be made a peer.
JOHN FORREST was born in 1847 near the small coastal settlement of Bunbury into what one chronicler of Western Australia in the 19th century called 'generous southern sunshine amid primeval solitudes'.'His parents were Scottish emigrants.
John Forrest (1847–1918) Federalist and premier of Western Australia. More than any other Australian politician, John Forrest was the leader of his colony. He was born in it, had explored it and became its first premier in 1890.
(1847–1918). Australian statesman John Forrest, also called Baron Forrest of Bunbury, was an explorer and statesman who led pioneer expeditions into Australia’s western interior. As Western Australia’s first premier (1890–1901), he sponsored public works construction and negotiated the state’s entry into the Australian Commonwealth in ...
