William Shakespeare Hall (1825–1895) was a pioneer settler of the Swan River Colony and a well-known justice of the peace, explorer, pastoralist, and pearler.

They built a house, Halls Cottage, on the smaller parcel of land and as of 2014 this was believed to be the only extant settler's building in the Mandurah area.

[4] While in the Murray district, Hall became known for building relationships with the local indigenous people, including learning their language,[5] a characteristic that would later be instilled in his son Aubrey.

[6] In 1835[4] it became apparent that the land around Mandurah was not suitable for the type of farming that they wished to undertake, so the large-holding was sold and the family moved to Perth in 1836[4] where Hall attended John Burdett Wittenoom's nascent grammar school.

With this he was successful, but when he soon gave up the ships and stayed ashore as a pearl trader, he was less so, and before long was back buying ships—this time with indigenous crew members.