Morley is a

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, within the

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local government area, situated approximately northeast of the

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. It contains the Galleria Shopping Centre, one of Perth's larger shopping centres.

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is located in the car park of the shopping centre. From the late 1950s, Morley (originally known as Morley Park) began to develop as a major shopping and commercial centre. The name Morley began appearing on maps around the beginning of the twentieth century and was adopted when the Morley Park Estate was subdivided for urban development after the First World War. The most likely explanation for its use is that it commemorates Charles William Morley, who is known to have farmed in the area during the 1860s and 1870s.

History

The Morley area was in the early days of the

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developed with agriculture. The area was originally known as Morley Park. In 1929 a landowner progress association petitioned the

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for improved roads and lighting for improved transport of produce to markets. Commercial icons appeared in the late 1950s and early 1960s, including the Wirrina Drive In, the Morley Park Hotel and the

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department store. Parallel with the commercial growth, a settlement program resulted in the residential development of Morley. This was achieved through a series of town planning schemes undertaken by

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, the consultant town planner to the Shire of Bayswater. These schemes especially catered to the needs of the home building companies whose style of large scale development was a new phenomenon of the 1960s.

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was constructed through Morley in 1984, bisecting the suburb. After Boans burnt down in 1986, the Galleria Shopping Centre was built, opening in 1994. In 2015 the

adopted an activity centre plan for the improvement of the Morley commercial precinct. It aims to build upon the strengths already present in the City Centre and promote an improved street interface with the Galleria Shopping Centre; Progress Street as the Centre's Main Street; and an enhanced

. In 2019, the last overseas

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store in Morley closed down, leaving only one remaining location in

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Facilities

Morley Recreation Centre facilitates various sporting activities, such as indoor soccer, basketball, badminton, netball,

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and

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Education

Primary schools in Morley: *Hampton Park Primary School (independent public school) *Infant Jesus Primary School (private catholic school) *Morley Primary School (independent public school) *Weld Square Primary School (public school) High schools in Morley: * Hampton Senior High School (independent public school) * John Forrest Secondary College (independent public school)

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is located in the nearby suburb of

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Notable people

Australian test cricketer

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, singer

Samantha Jade Samantha Jade Gibbs (born 18 April 1987) is an Australian singer and songwriter. She has written tracks for artists including JoJo and Ashley Tisdale. In 2012, Jade won the fourth season of ''The X Factor Australia'', the first woman to win ...

and Victorian Bushranger cricketer

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were all raised in Morley.

References

External links

City of Bayswater website
{{City of Bayswater suburbs Suburbs of Perth, Western Australia Suburbs in the City of Bayswater