Serpentine is situated 55 kilometres south east of Perth, Western Australia and 7 kilometres south of Mundijong. It is located on the South Western Railway between Perth and Bunbury in a thriving agricultural and rural district.
In the early years, Serpentine was one of the first railway terminals when it was opened in 1893. In 1891, the government cleared the surrounding land and declared it Serpentine Agricultural Area, and the town was gazetted in December 1893. The town is named after the Serpentine River which flows through the area.
Serpentine is also a railway station on the Australind passenger line from Perth to Bunbury.
Historically, in 1840, Thomas Peel was the first European settler to establish the Serpentine Farm on the banks of the Serpentine River. Today, the farm is called Lowlands.
In the early days of European settlement, pioneer families made the tedious journey for provisions every six months, travelling by horse and cart along the sandy tracks to Fremantle.
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