Forest Grove Western Australia | |
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Coordinates | 34°4′21″S115°6′24″E / 34.07250°S 115.10667°E |
Population | 253 (SAL 2021) [1] |
Postcode(s) | 6286 |
Area | 127.9 km2 (49.4 sq mi) |
LGA(s) | Shire of Augusta-Margaret River |
State electorate(s) | Warren-Blackwood |
Federal division(s) | Forrest |
Forest Grove is a locality in the South West region of Western Australia in the Shire of Augusta-Margaret River. [2] [3]
Forest Grove had a school named "Nuralingup", which opened as part of the Group Settlement Scheme in 1923, with future premier John Tonkin as the first head teacher. [lower-alpha 1] During the 1930s there was an organisation known as the Forest Grove and Districts Agricultural Society. [5] The school was renamed to "Forest Grove" 1928 and it closed in 1962. [6]
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