White Gum Valley 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 Fremantle
The City of Fremantle is a local government area in the south of Perth, Western Australia. The City covers an area of , and lies about southwest of the Perth central business district.
History
The City of Fremantle is named after Charles Frem ...
. It is situated behind the main ridge that lies east of Fremantle.
Name
There are no records of the origins of the name, but it is thought to be named for the tuart tree ''
Eucalyptus gomphocephala
''Eucalyptus gomphocephala'', known as tuart, is a species of tree, one of the six forest giants of Southwest Australia. Tuart forest was common on the Swan coastal plain, until the valuable trees were felled for export and displaced by the urb ...
'', which is less frequently known as white gum which has box-like bleached white to light grey coloured bark and is native to the area
Geography
White Gum Valley is bordered by South Street to the south, Carrington Street to the east, Stevens Street to the north and Edmund Street to the west.
Street names
Several of the streets in the White Gum Valley are named for pioneering families in the area, such as Samson Street named after
Sir Frederick Samson. Most of the streets running north-to-south are named after towns and localities in the
Murchison and
Mid West
The Midwestern United States, also referred to as the Midwest or the American Midwest, is one of four Census Bureau Region, census regions of the United States Census Bureau (also known as "Region 2"). It occupies the northern central part of ...
regions of Western Australia:
Yilgarn Street,
Wiluna Street,
Nannine Avenue,
Yalgoo Avenue,
Wongan Avenue, and
Minilya Avenue.
Parks and reserves
Two parks and reserves are located in the suburb of White Gum Valley: Davies Reserve in the west of the suburb, and Valley Park in the centre of the suburb. The
Royal Fremantle Golf Club (Inc.) and Fremantle Golf Course are located to the north of the suburb, in
Fremantle
Fremantle () () is a port city in Western Australia, located at the mouth of the Swan River in the metropolitan area of Perth, the state capital. Fremantle Harbour serves as the port of Perth. The Western Australian vernacular diminutive for ...
.
Schools
White Gum Valley Primary School is located in the west of the suburb. Kim Beazley School, formerly used by
special education
Special education (known as special-needs education, aided education, exceptional education, alternative provision, exceptional student education, special ed., SDC, or SPED) is the practice of educating students in a way that accommodates th ...
students, was shut in 2008. The former school was demolished in 2011 to make way for residential development.
Kim Beazley School site demolished
– City of Fremantle. Written by Brad Pettit. Published 4 March 2011. Retrieved 15 August 2011.
References
External links
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Suburbs of Perth, Western Australia
Suburbs in the City of Fremantle
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