Extract date: 17/12/2025
| Name | Forrest |
|---|---|
| Type Designation | Parade |
| Place Id | 6152 |
| Place Type | Road |
| Status | Registered |
| Date Registered | 17 April 1996 |
| Locality / Suburb | |
| Bakewell | |
| Bellamack | |
| Rosebery | |
| Local Government Area | |
| Palmerston City Council | |
| History/Origin | Forrest Parade is named after Alexander Forrest (1849-1901), explorer, surveyor and politician. Forrest trained as a surveyor while working at his father's mill near Bunbury, Western Australia. He served as second-in-command on his brother John Forrest's transcontinental expeditions in 1870 and 1874. In 1879, Forrest led an expedition from the De Grey River in Western Australia towards the Overland Telegraph Line in the north of the Northern Territory. Along the route he mapped and named key features such as the Ord and Fitzroy Rivers and reported on large tracts of grass and water country suitable for grazing. His successful push into this remote region, which he named the Kimberley, opened up pastoral opportunities across northern Australia and is commemorated by a memorial near Katherine in the NT. In the early 1880s Forrest became a land agent, specialising in Kimberley and Northern Territory properties. He entered politics in 1887 as the first member for Kimberley and later, on the advent of responsible government in Western Australia, represented West Kimberley. He served as Government Whip and was Mayor of Perth for six years between 1892 and 1900. In 1890 he pioneered the shipment of live cattle from the Kimberley (primarily Derby) to Fremantle and sought to develop overseas markets for the trade. Source: G. C. Bolton, ?Forrest, Alexander (1849?1901)?, Australian Dictionary of Biography, Volume 8 (1981). Accessed 24 October 2025, https://adb.anu.edu.au/biography/forrest-alexander-6208/text10671 |
| Date | Gazettal | Comment |
|---|---|---|
| 14/05/1986 | NTG19 | |
| 17/04/1996 | NTG16 | Revoked & Re-gazetted |
| 12/05/2004 | NTG19 | Extension |
| 13/12/2006 | NTG50 | Southerly Extension |
| 09/12/2009 | NTG49 | Extension through Bellamack |
| 25/08/2010 | NTG34 | Extension |
| 29/09/2010 | NTG39 | Extension |