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Who explored Western Australia?

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14y ago
Updated: 8/18/2019

The best known explorer of Western Australia was John Forrest, who explored parts of the state on numerous expeditions between 1869 and 1874. His brother Alexander Forrest also explored Western Australia around the same years.

Colonel Peter Warburton undertook some exploration of Western Australia between 1872 and 1874.

Ernest Giles explored large tracts of the state during the 1870s.

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