Click here to play a video about Brunswick. Map - Brunswick On Stirling's first expedition to the Bunbury - Harvey area in 1830 he named it the Wellington District. He also gave names to physical features and sites in the district. These names came from prominent people of Britain. 
At that time in 1830 the Prime Minister of Great Britain was Arthur Wellesley (the son of the Earl of Mornington). Wellesley had been given the title of Duke of Wellington in 1814 after leading his country in battle against the French and then defeated Napoleon at the Battle of Waterloo in 1815. Thomas Picton was a General under Wellington. King George IV reigning in 1830 was a descendant of the Duke of Brunswick-Luneburg. Brunswick River first appeared on a map in London in 1839. The first farm in the Brunswick area was "Alverstoke". Development had commenced on this property by 1842 and Clifton's employees were growing wheat, barley and potatoes within the first few years. By 1844 John Ferguson was living at "Wedderburn". A year later in 1845 a bridge was built over the Brunswick River near the Australind Townsite to give the settlers in the Brunswick area easier access to Australind. 
Soon afterwards more people settled near Clifton Road on the south side of Brunswick River and Melville Road on the north side. At the time the railway opened in 1893, there were no people living in the present day townsite of Brunswick but many people by then had settled in the district. The Brunswick Farmer's Association was formed in 1893 with David Eedle as the first Chairman. The Post Office operated north of the river crossing and the Old School House ("Frogmore") which served as a Church and a School was west of Brunswick on Clifton Road. With the coming of the Railway Station more activity was bought into the area. BRUNSWICK JUNCTION STATION The Railway Bridge and Brunswick Siding were completed in 1893 with the first train coming through that same year. The siding was north of the river near a group of railway worker's cottages, not far from the Crampton home where the Post Office operated. When the line to Collie opened in 1898, Brunswick became a Junction south of the river. A railway station then was built south of the river, east of the present day Peter's Creameries. (Shire of Harvey 1895-1995: Proud to be 100 p.52)
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