Woodbridge is a 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, located within the
City of Swan
The City of Swan is a local government area of Western Australia. It is in the eastern metropolitan region of Perth and includes the Swan Valley and 42 suburbs. It is centred approximately 20 km north-east of the Perth central business d ...
local government area
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. Formerly part of
Midland and previously informally named ''West Midland'', its name is from the original farm established in 1830.
On 4 October 2004,
Transperth
Transperth is the brand name of the public transport system serving the city and suburban areas of Perth, the state capital of Western Australia. It is managed by the Public Transport Authority (PTA), a state government organisation. Train op ...
renamed the West Midland railway station to
Woodbridge station. The station is part of the
Midland railway line which serves the eastern suburbs as a
rapid transit
Rapid transit or mass rapid transit (MRT), also known as heavy rail or metro, is a type of high-capacity public transport generally found in urban areas. A rapid transit system that primarily or traditionally runs below the surface may be c ...
railway.
Woodbridge House,
[Lukis, Mollie, 198-? ''Woodbridge, Guildford, Western Australia'' art work and design by R.H. Shardlow. The National Trust of Australia (W.A.) also Pidgeon, John (1995) ''Woodbridge West Midland WA : conservation plan'' with Oline Richards. Perth, W.A. National Trust of Australia (WA), 1995.
...prepared with assistance from Conservation Incentives Program 1994 Heritage Council of WA] a
National Trust
The National Trust, formally the National Trust for Places of Historic Interest or Natural Beauty, is a charity and membership organisation for heritage conservation in England, Wales and Northern Ireland. In Scotland, there is a separate and ...
property on the edge of the
Swan River, is now a museum that is open to the public.
Governor Stirling Senior High School
Governor Stirling Senior High School (abbreviated as GSSHS) is a public co-educational partially selective high day school, located in Woodbridge, a north-eastern suburb of Perth, Western Australia. The school provides both a vocational and ...
is within the locality.
References
Suburbs of Perth, Western Australia
Suburbs and localities in the City of Swan
1830 establishments in Australia
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