Hester is a small town in the South West region of Western Australia, 7 km north of Bridgetown on the railway.

It was gazetted a townsite in 1899, and was originally a siding on the Donnybrook to Bridgetown railway, opened in 1898.

The town derives its name from the nearby Hester Brook, a name first recorded by surveyor John Forrest in 1866.

Hester Brook is named after Edward Godfrey Hester, an early settler (late 1850s) of the Bridgetown district.

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