Hester Western Australia | |
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Coordinates | 33°54′32″S 116°9′40″E / 33.90889°S 116.16111°E |
Population | 101 (SAL 2021)[1] |
Established | 1898 |
Postcode(s) | 6254 |
Area | 22.9 km2 (8.8 sq mi) |
Location |
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LGA(s) | Shire of Bridgetown-Greenbushes |
State electorate(s) | Warren-Blackwood |
Federal division(s) | O'Connor |
Hester is a small town in the South West region of Western Australia, 7 km north of Bridgetown on the railway.
It was gazetted a townsite in 1899, and was originally a siding on the Donnybrook to Bridgetown railway, opened in 1898. The town derives its name from the nearby Hester Brook, a name first recorded by surveyor John Forrest in 1866. Hester Brook is named after Edward Godfrey Hester, an early settler (late 1850s) of the Bridgetown district.[2]