Frederick Ludlow (born 1796, date of death unknown) was an early colonial settler in

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. He is credited with the discovery of the

Capel River The Capel River is a river in the South West region of Western Australia that rises in the Darling Range east of Mullalyup, and flows into the Indian Ocean at Peppermint Grove Beach. The Capel River is the largest in the Geographe catchmen ...

. Frederick Ludlow was born in 1796. In 1828, he and his wife Mildred ("Kitty") emigrated to Western Australia as servants of Captain

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, arriving in

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on board the '' Parmelia'' in June 1829. In April 1830, Ludlow joined a group including the Molloys and the Bussells in forming a new settlement at Augusta. The following year, Ludlow walked from Augusta to Perth in company with John Kellam and John Welburn. Although much undiscovered land would have been traversed, no journal was kept so no discoveries were attributed to the men. In June 1834, Ludlow made the same journey, this time on his own. Ludlow kept a journal of his travels, and was consequently credited with the discovery of much new land. In particular, he is credited with the discovery of the Capel River, although he did not give it a name. Ludlow later took up land near

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, much of which is now known as the Ludlow Tuart Forest in the

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. Both the

Ludlow River The Ludlow River is a river in the South West region of Western Australia. It was named after Frank Ludlow, one of the first Western Australian colonists, an arrival on the barque '' Parmelia'' in 1829, who explored the locality in 1834. The ...

and the town of

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are named after him.

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* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Ludlow, Frederick 1796 births Explorers of Western Australia Settlers of Western Australia Year of death missing

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