Pemberton is
located 343km south of Perth, Western Australia, along the South West Hwy - half way
between the Tree Top Walk and Augusta and Margaret River.Welcome to PembertonWA.com, a website dedicated to providing a visitor to Pemberton with all the details - before you get here!
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Pemberton is
located 343km south of Perth, Western Australia, along the South West Hwy - half way
between the Tree Top Walk and Augusta and Margaret River.
Pemberton region was occupied by the travelling Bibbulmun Aboriginal tribe for 40,000 years before white explorers discovered Australia.
Early accounts from white explorers from the coast were not favourable hence the land was not explored until the mid 1800's.
The name "Pemberton" was determined from a relation of one of the first settlers who arrived soon after this time his name was Pemberton Walcott. He tried to establish a property near Big-Brook Dam - however his venture failed and he moved on. However his name stuck!
In the late 1800's and again in 1912 the timber industry started to grow, three timber mills were established and the town of Pemberton grew around these mills.
In the 1920's a new population boom occurred when free land was offered to group settlers or "Groupies" in order to establish a dairy industry. Many of the Groupies were British ex-servicemen however the land was the only thing that was free - and that was covered by huge tree's!
The Pemberton Mill was recently taken over by Auswest and for the first time in its history, the Mill has seen timber other than Karri pass through its blades. It is now milling pine as well as Karri - this has value added to the industry and added new life to Pemberton.
Pemberton has always attracted visitors to view the Karri forest however it wasn't until the 1980's that the tourism industry started to grow. New businesses have started in the past 20 years including Chalets, Cottages, Resorts, Wineries, Galleries, Arts, Craft, Trout and Marron farms, Tramway & Steam train rides, Hiking, Canoeing, Abseiling, Fishing and 4WD tours.
Weather
The Postcode for Pemberton is 6260
Pemberton can have more than 2 seasons in one day so come
prepared with raincoat and hat!
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