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Mount Barker

Western Australia, Australia
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Mount Barker, town, southwestern Western Australia, lying at the base of 1,890-foot (576-metre) Mount Barker. It is located in the stateā€™s southern region, about 35 miles (56 km) north of Albany. The mountain was sighted in 1829 and named after Captain Collett Barker, the last military commandant at Albany. The town, proclaimed in 1899, is the administrative headquarters of Plantagenet shire. Situated on the Great Southern Railway and Albany Highway to Perth (210 miles [340...

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