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The Pioneer Way - Route 120
Mount Barker
Accommodation
| Mt Barker Visitor Centre | |
| In or close to town, the visitor can select from a grand Federation hotel with large rooms and lofty ceilings, a Caravan Park with onsite chalets to budget motel rooms and we are also RV friendly. | |
| Phone 9851 1163 | Website |
Food
| Mt Barker Visitor Centre | |
| Restaurants, cafes - in town and in some of our Wineries and vineyards, roadhouses offering sit down or takeaway meals, hotel dining rooms, tea rooms and plenty of food outlets where you may find everything you need here, 9am-4pm | |
| Phone 9851 1163 | Website |
History
| Shire of Plantagenet History | |
| The History of the Shire of Plantagenet by Rhoda Glover can be bought from the Shire office or borrowed through your local library. 411 pages with photographs and maps. | |
| Wikipedia - Mt Barker | |
| Prior to European settlement, small groups of Aboriginal people, called the Bibbulmun (a clan of the Noongar) People, inhabited the area. The Aboriginal name for Mount Barker Hill is 'Pwakkenbak' | |
| Website |
Museums/Art
| Old Police Station Museum | |
| The Mt Barker Museum has compiled a beautifully presented history of Mt Barker with old photographs of the town and a map, here | |
| Phone 9851 2505 Email | Website |
Places
| Great Southern Treasures | |
| Mt Barker Railway Station, old Police Station Museum, St Werburghs Chapel, Mount Barker Hill Lookout, The Claude Hotchking Art Gallery, Mount Barker Turf Club | |
| Website |
| Mt Barker Visitor Centre | |
| Unspoilt national park mountain ranges, a spectacular annual unique wildflower display and an area steeped in rich heritage and history and much more | |
| Phone 9851 1163 | Website |
Useful Links
| Mingor Photographs | |
| A comprehensive gallery of photographs with links to other town photographic collections | |
| Website |
| Great Southern Treasures | |
| Mount Barker was first explored in late 1829, nearly four years after the establishment of the penal colony at Albany, and was named after Captain Collet Barker. The first settler was Sir Richard Spencer, the Government Resident in Albany | |
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