Maddington is a

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20 kilometres (12 mi) southeast of the

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, the capital of

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, within the

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local government area. Maddington is a mixed-use suburb containing major residential, retail and industrial sections as well as some semi-rural areas. Unusual amongst the surrounding suburbs Maddington still retains several vineyards and orchards from when the locality was used for agricultural purposes. Maddington has a

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and like numerous other centres, has been engaging in

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planning.

History

During the 19th century, Maddington was owned by John Randall Phillips, one of the wealthier colonists to arrive in Perth during the 1830s. Maddington Park, which Phillips named after a town in

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, England, was subdivided 70 years later as Perth dealt with the population explosion following the

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. Maddington Park became "Maddington" – an area of varied agricultural uses including market gardens, poultry and orchards. In the 1950s and 1960s, Maddington and surrounding suburbs were further subdivided and developed into residential suburbs. During the 1960s the Canning Park race course, located in Maddington, was abandoned. William Davison, an English property developer bought up the land and developed the area into an industrial estate, which is the light industrial area which can be seen along

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and the train line today. The suburb also was the site of one of 24 new Australian Technical Colleges proposed by the Howard government in 2005.

Maddington Central

Formerly known as Centro Maddington and Maddington Metro, the centre was built in two stages from the early 1980s to 1992. Main tenants include Coles, Woolworths,

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and

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. Other stores include

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, Red Dot stores, NAB,

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shop, numerous small shops in the food court and the Maddington

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. Maddington Central is located 20 kilometres from the

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between Olga Road, Burslem Drive and Attfield Street in Maddington. It is also accessible by public transport.

Gallery

Image:Centro Maddington 07 SMC.jpg, Maddington shopping centre

References

External links

Maddington / Kenwick Sustainable Development Prospectus

Maddington Town Centre
{{City of Gosnells suburbs Suburbs of Perth, Western Australia Suburbs in the City of Gosnells