FORREST OBE Percival Dicey
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Percival Forrest was especially notable for pioneering the production of subterranean clover in the south west of Western Australia and developing improved harvesting machines. During the Depression he worked on the reform of the Group Settlement Scheme. He was responsible for developing many of the amenities of Boyup Brook, and for the establishment there during WWII of Western Australia's first commercial flax industry.
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More info at https://www.raswa.org.au/ [www.raswa.org.au]
More info at the Australian Dictionary of Biography [adb.anu.edu.au]
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Royal Agricultural Society of Western Australia
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