Less than 100km from the Perth metropolitan area, Brookton is a comfortable one hour drive from Karragullen. Residents enjoy many lifestyle benefits of country living whilst retaining all the creature comforts and the close proximity to Perth. The Shire includes the localities of Kweda and Aldersyde and the township has well appointed facilities, including 20 hectares of parks and gardens.

 

The first settler and founder of the Brookton district, John Seabrook, moved to the area in 1846 and named his property "Brookton House". He remained the only European in the area, aside from itinerant sandalwood cutters, until A.W. Robinson, took up adjacent land in 1864. During the 1860s and 1870s, more settlers moved into the area, and took on sandalwood c...