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Inglewood, Western Australia
Inglewood is an inner-city Suburbs and localities (Australia), suburb of Perth, Western Australia, north-east of its central business district. It is located within the Local government areas of Western Australia, local government area of the City of Stirling. History With a name thought to have been derived from the Norwegian barque ''Inglewood'' (its late nineteenth century voyage was mentioned in ''The West Australian'' on 24 May 1904), the suburb of Inglewood began when land was first granted to John Gregory in 1831. It is also plausible to derive that the suburb was named after the Inglewood, California, Inglewood Gold rush region of California given the suburb was developed during the gold boom era of the 1890s by a company calling itself Gold Estates of Australia. E.W. Hammer named part of the estate "Inglewood Estate" in 1895. Regarded as part of Maylands in the early years, Inglewood was initially developed by a company called Gold Estates of Australia and a section n ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Electoral District Of Maylands
Maylands is a Legislative Assembly electorate in the state of Western Australia. Maylands is named for the inner northeastern Perth suburb of Maylands, which falls within its borders. Formerly a fairly safe Liberal seat, it has been held by the Labor Party for all but one term since 1956. Since a redistribution prior to the 1968 election, it has been a safe Labor seat. In addition to incorporating old Labor areas, demographic change in the former Liberal strongholds of Maylands and Inglewood as young, educated and largely single working people moved in to replace an older, more affluent population has ensured the Labor vote over several decades. History Maylands was created at the 1929 redistribution, at which five new metropolitan electorates were created to replace former Goldfields seats in Parliament. Its first member was elected at the 1930 election, giving an eighth and final term in Parliament to former Premier John Scaddan, sitting as a Nationalist member. He was ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |