Charles Samuel Brockman

Charles Samuel Brockman (1845 – 28 November 1923) was a prominent explorer and pastoralist in the Gascoyne region of Western Australia.

Born in 1845 at Guildford, Western Australia, Charles' parents, Robert James Brockman and Elizabeth Elliot Walcott, were among the earliest pioneers in the Swan River Colony, later the Colony of Western Australia, arriving in 1830. He received some education through a private tutor, then went to manage his father's station in the Geraldton district at age fourteen, where he remained for the next five years. His younger brother was a fellow explorer and pastoralist, George Julius Brockman.

He started his own farm on the Greenough flats, which failed through the red rust that plagued most farmers in the area. He then entered the sandalwood industry in Dongara. Eventually his total landholding was approximately , and by 1882 he had a flock of about 20,000 sheep along with cattle and horses. Following troubles with the local Aboriginal people he eventually split the holding into three stations, two of which he sold. called Padbury's Brook. Over time he reduced the size of the property and sold the last of the estate in 1911.