Alfred Cove is a southern suburb of
Perth
Perth is the capital and largest city of the Australian state of Western Australia. It is the fourth most populous city in Australia and Oceania, with a population of 2.1 million (80% of the state) living in Greater Perth in 2020. Perth is ...
, Western Australia. Its
local government area
A local government area (LGA) is an administrative division of a country that a local government is responsible for. The size of an LGA varies by country but it is generally a subdivision of a State (administrative division), state, province, divi ...
is the
City of Melville
The City of Melville is a local government area in the southern suburbs of the Western Australian capital city of Perth, east of the port city of Fremantle and about south of Perth's central business district. The City covers an area of an ...
.
History
It is named after the adjacent sheltered cove in the
Swan River, which is in turn named after
Alfred Waylen
Alfred Robert Waylen (1833 – 10 January 1901) was a colonial surgeon in Western Australia and a winemaker.
Waylen was born at Point Walter, Western Australia, son of Alfred Waylen and his wife, ''née'' Bailey. A. R. Waylen qualified as M.R.C ...
who was born at
Point Walter
Point Walter (Noongar: ''Dyoondalup'') is a point on the Swan River, Western Australia, notable for its large sandbar that extends into the river. It is located on the southern shore of Melville Water, and forms its western end. Point Walter ...
in 1833 and who was granted
Swan Location 74, covering most of present-day Alfred Cove and
Myaree.
The suburb contains Tompkins Park, Bill Sweet Park and Sid Eaton Reserve.
As of 2016, Alfred Cove had a population of 2,550.
Wildlife
The suburb is home to a variety of migrant and native species of birds and animals as the hinterland offers a comfortable habitat including the mudflats, seagrass beds and intertidal vegetation. Some of the migratory wading birds come from as far as Siberia, Mongolia and Asia and many of these species are protected under international agreements.
See also
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Electoral district of Alfred Cove
Alfred Cove was an electoral district of the Legislative Assembly of Western Australia. It was located in Perth's southern suburbs, and named after the riverside suburb of Alfred Cove.
History
Alfred Cove was created at the 1994 redistributi ...
References
External links
Suburbs of Perth, Western Australia
Swan River (Western Australia)
Suburbs in the City of Melville
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