Place Names Register Extract

Forrest Parade School

Extract date: 02/08/2026

Name Forrest Parade School
Type Designation School
Place Id 24773
Place Type Infrastructure
Status Assigned
Date Registered 30 March 2016
Location (Datum GDA94)  
Latitude: -12° 30' S (Decimal degrees -12.51451)
Longitude: 130° 58' E (Decimal degrees 130.98064)
Locality / Suburb  
  Bellamack
Local Government Area  
  Palmerston City Council
Alternate Names  
  Palmerston Special School
History/Origin Forrest Parade School is a specialist government primary school (Preschool to Year 6) located on Forrest Parade in Bellamack. The school opened in 2017, having been renamed from Palmerston Special School in October 2016, after the original name was gazetted earlier that year.

The school's name is derived from Forrest Parade, which commemorates 19th-century Western Australian politician and explorer Alexander Forrest (1849-1901), who led an 1879 expedition across the Kimberley region into the Northern Territory.

Register & Gazettal information

Date Gazettal Comment
30/03/2016 NTG G13 Palmerston Special School established.
09/11/2016 NTG G45 Change of name from Palmerston Special School to Forrest Parade School.

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