Hovea is a suburb in the

Shire of Mundaring The Shire of Mundaring is a Local government areas of Western Australia, local government area in Eastern Metropolitan Regional Council, eastern metropolitan Perth, the capital of Western Australia. The Shire covers an area of and had a popul ...

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, Western Australia. It is centred on Jane Brook and encompasses the Railway Reserve Heritage Trail (formerly the Eastern Railway) and

John Forrest National Park John Forrest National Park is a national park in the Darling Scarp, east of Perth, Western Australia. Proclaimed as a national park in November 1900, it was the first national park in Western Australia. Name As early as 1898, the land was res ...

. Hovea extends as far north as Toodyay Road, and south to

Glen Forrest A glen is a valley, typically one that is long and bounded by gently sloped concave sides, unlike a ravine, which is deep and bounded by steep slopes. The word is Goidelic in origin: ''gleann'' in Irish and Scottish Gaelic, ''glion'' in Manx. ...

and

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. Its western boundary is also the western boundary of the park. Hovea (named for a native Australian flowering plant) was originally named Park View, but the name was changed in 1912 to avoid confusion between Park View,

Swan View Swans are birds of the genus ''Cygnus'' within the family Anatidae. The swans' closest relatives include the goose, geese and ducks. Swans are grouped with the closely related geese in the subfamily Anserinae where they form the tribe (biology) ...

, National Park and

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, all nearby railway stations.

Transport

Bus

Bus routes serving

: * 320 Midland Station to Mundaring * 321 and 322 Midland Station to

* 328 Midland Station to Chidlow

References

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External links

Hovea
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Mundaring and Hills Historical Society website entry for Hovea
Suburbs and localities in the Shire of Mundaring Suburbs of Perth, Western Australia Darling Range {{PerthAU-geo-stub