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West Perth, Western Australia
West Perth is an inner suburb of Perth, the capital city of Western Australia. Geography Formerly an exclusive enclave for wealthy merchants and politicians, the West Perth suburb is now part of the inner mixed zone, and has predominantly office blocks which have displaced residential buildings. The suburb has a relatively high proportion of miners, consultants, and especially medical specialists as compared with the Perth CBD. Streets such as Colin Street, Ord Street, and Outram Street have a significant percentage of office and high density residential buildings. Most retail outlets are located on Hay Street, which is the main commercial zone for the suburb, and these are focused on serving the office population. Closer to the CBD, the eastern edge of the suburb features both the Watertown brand outlet complex and the City West complex. This location was home to the Perth Metropolitan Markets from 1929 to 1989, when they moved to Canning Vale. Livability In 2018, West ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Electoral District Of Perth
The electoral district of Perth is a Western Australian Legislative Assembly, Legislative Assembly Electoral districts of Western Australia, electorate in the states and territories of Australia, state of Western Australia. Perth is named for the capital city of Western Australia whose central business district falls within its borders. It is one of the oldest electorates in Western Australia, with its first member having been elected in the inaugural 1890 Western Australian colonial election, 1890 elections of the Legislative Assembly. Perth has traditionally been a safe seat, safe Western Australian Labor Party, Labor seat, but was briefly held by Western Australian Liberal Party, Liberal Eleni Evangel between 2013 Western Australian state election, 2013 and 2017 Western Australian state election, 2017. Perth is currently held by Labor MLA John Carey (Australian politician), John Carey. Geography Perth is bounded by the Swan River (Western Australia), Swan River to the sou ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Canning Vale
Canning is a method of food preservation in which food is processed and sealed in an airtight container ( jars like Mason jars, and steel and tin cans). Canning provides a shelf life that typically ranges from one to five years, although under specific circumstances, it can be much longer. A freeze-dried canned product, such as canned dried lentils, could last as long as 30 years in an edible state. In 1974, samples of canned food from the wreck of the '' Bertrand'', a steamboat that sank in the Missouri River in 1865, were tested by the National Food Processors Association. Although appearance, smell, and vitamin content had deteriorated, there was no trace of microbial growth and the 109-year-old food was determined to be still safe to eat. History and development French origins Shortly before the Napoleonic Wars, the French government offered a hefty cash award of 12,000 francs to any inventor who could devise a cheap and effective method of preserving large amounts o ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Suburbs In The City Of Perth
A suburb (more broadly suburban area) is an area within a metropolitan area. They are oftentimes where most of a metropolitan areas jobs are located with some being predominantly residential. They can either be denser or less densely populated than the city and can have a higher or lower rate of detached single family homes than the city as well. Suburbs can have their own political or legal jurisdictions, especially in the United States, but this is not always the case, especially in the United Kingdom, where most suburbs are located within the administrative boundaries of cities. In most English-speaking world, English-speaking countries, suburban areas are defined in contrast to core city, central city or inner city areas, but in Australian English and South African English, ''suburb'' has become largely synonymous with what is called a "neighborhood" in the U.S. Due in part to historical trends such as white flight, some suburbs in the United States have a higher population ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
West Perth, Western Australia
West Perth is an inner suburb of Perth, the capital city of Western Australia. Geography Formerly an exclusive enclave for wealthy merchants and politicians, the West Perth suburb is now part of the inner mixed zone, and has predominantly office blocks which have displaced residential buildings. The suburb has a relatively high proportion of miners, consultants, and especially medical specialists as compared with the Perth CBD. Streets such as Colin Street, Ord Street, and Outram Street have a significant percentage of office and high density residential buildings. Most retail outlets are located on Hay Street, which is the main commercial zone for the suburb, and these are focused on serving the office population. Closer to the CBD, the eastern edge of the suburb features both the Watertown brand outlet complex and the City West complex. This location was home to the Perth Metropolitan Markets from 1929 to 1989, when they moved to Canning Vale. Livability In 2018, West ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Perth Metropolitan Region
The Perth metropolitan region or the Perth metropolitan area is the administrative area and geographical extent of the Western Australian capital city of Perth and its conurbation. It generally includes the coastal strip from Two Rocks in the north to Singleton in the south, and inland to The Lakes in the east, but its extent can be defined in a number of ways: *The metropolitan region is defined by the ''Planning and Development Act 2005'' to include 30 local government areas with the outer extent being the City of Wanneroo and the City of Swan to the north, the Shire of Mundaring, City of Kalamunda, and the City of Armadale to the east, the Shire of Serpentine-Jarrahdale to the southeast and the City of Rockingham to the southwest, and including the islands of Rottnest Island and Garden Island off the west coast. This extent correlates with the Metropolitan Region Scheme. *The Australian Bureau of Statistics' Perth (Major Statistical Division) accords with the Metr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
List Of Perth Suburbs
There are more than 350 suburbs and localities (Australia), suburbs in the Perth metropolitan region (colloquially known as Perth, the capital city of Western Australia) The name and boundary of a locality (commonly referred to as a suburb in the metropolitan region) is determined under the authority of the Minister for Lands (Western Australia), Minister of Lands in Western Australia, and form an official component of addresses. Some of the suburbs are contained within two or three local government areas of Western Australia, local government areas – these have been marked and cross-referenced. See also * Plan for the Metropolitan Region, Perth and Fremantle, 1955 Plan for the Metropolitan Region, Perth and Fremantle * Greater Perth * List of islands of Perth, Western Australia * Metropolitan Region Scheme * Perth metropolitan region * Western Australian Planning Commission References External links * * Perth suburb names Landgate {{Suburb lists in Austra ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Greater Perth
Greater Perth is Perth's Greater Capital City Statistical Area (GCCSA), a geographical area designed to represent the functional extent of Western Australia's (WA) capital city. The Greater Perth GCCSA does not define the built up edge of the city, but reflects the capital city labour market, using the 2006 Census travel to work data. The labour market is sometimes used as a de facto measure of the functional extent of a city since it contains the majority of the commuting population. GCCSAs were designed to provide a stable and consistent boundary that reflects the functional extent of each of Australia's capital cities. This definition was designed to include those within the urban area of the city as well as people who regularly socialise, shop or work within the city, but live in small towns and rural areas surrounding the city. Greater Perth consists of an area equivalent to the Perth metropolitan region, as defined by the Metropolitan Region Scheme, plus the City of Man ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Edith Dircksey Cowan Memorial
The Edith Dircksey Cowan Memorial, formerly known as the Edith Cowan Memorial Clock, is a clock tower at the entrance to Kings Park in Perth, Western Australia. It was built in 1934 as a memorial to Edith Cowan, the first female member of any Australian parliament. It was unveiled on 9 June 1934 and is the first civic monument erected in Australia to honour an Australian woman. Monument The Edith Dircksey Cowan Memorial stands at the top of a hill on a traffic island at the junction of Kings Park Road, Malcolm Street and Fraser Avenue, immediately opposite the main entrance to Kings Park. It is about high, and is built from Donnybrook freestone in the interwar Art Deco style. In addition to a working clock, it features a bronze plate with a full face portrait of Cowan, and a plaque with the inscription: History Edith Cowan was a campaigner for women's rights, the welfare and protection of disadvantaged women and children, and other social issues. She was instrumental in t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Solidarity Park
Solidarity Park is located opposite Parliament House in Perth, Western Australia. In 1997 a 'workers embassy' was set up on vacant land opposite Parliament House during union protests of the Court Government's 'third wave' legislation for industrial relations. What began with a caravan and portable barbecue soon transformed into a landscaped shelter with a monument to the trade union workers who have died during their work. The monument was particularly dedicated to Mark Allen, a young CFMEU The Construction, Forestry and Maritime Employees Union (CFMEU) is Australia's largest Trade union, union in the construction, forestry, wikt:maritime, maritime, Textile manufacturing, textile, Clothing industry, clothing and Shoemaking, footw ... organiser who was killed on a building site while attempting to get workers down from an unsafe roof. History The workers embassy, in the form of a caravan, was first established on the grounds of Parliament House on 29 April 1997 as part of ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hale School
Hale School is an independent, Anglican day and boarding school for boys, located in Wembley Downs, a western suburb of Perth, Western Australia. Named after the school founded by Bishop Mathew Blagden Hale in 1858, Hale School claims to be the oldest private boys' school in Western Australia, a claim subsequently contested by historian and former Hale School Headmaster Dr. Ken Tregonning. The school was originally situated at the Cloisters on St Georges Terrace in Perth, relocated to the Pensioner Guard Barracks at the top of St. George's Terrace around 1880, and then again relocated to its new Havelock Street premises in 1914 in West Perth. In 1961, the school moved to its current premises in Wembley Downs. The campus now consists of a junior school for Years Pre-Primary to Year 6, a middle school for Year 7, and a senior school for Year 8 to Year 12. The school also consists of sporting grounds and boarding facilities for regional and international students. The school ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Perth Observatory
The Perth Observatory is the name of two astronomical observatory, observatories located in Western Australia (WA). In 1896, the original observatory was founded in West Perth, Western Australia, West Perth on Mount Eliza (Western Australia), Mount Eliza overlooking the city of Perth (obs. code IAU code#319, 319). Due to the city's expansion, the observatory moved to Bickley, Western Australia, Bickley in 1965. The new Perth Observatory is sometimes referred to as Bickley Observatory (obs. code IAU code#322, 322, IAU code#323, 323). History First Perth Observatory The original Perth Observatory was constructed in 1896 and was officially opened in 1900 by John Forrest, the first premier of Western Australia. The observatory was located at Mount Eliza, Western Australia, Mount Eliza overlooking the city of Perth, Western Australia, Perth. Its chief roles were keeping Standard Time for Western Australia and meteorological data collection. The observatory dome was demolished in ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dumas House
Dumas House is a fourteen-storey office building constructed in Perth, Western Australia, during the 1960s. The building is located close to St Georges Terrace, Kings Park, and Parliament House. Background Dumas House was part of the 1955 plan to centralise all WA Government departments near the Parliament House, based on the Stephenson-Hepburn Report. Several such plans had been proposed since the late 1920s, but post-World War II state finances and resources were unable to support the proposals. Public Works Department architects G. Finn, E. Van Mens and P. Maidment won a national competition to design the five office buildings that would house the departments. Dumas House was completed in 1965, and was the only building constructed on the site out of the five planned. Originally called "Government Building", Dumas House was opened by Premier David Brand on 4 March 1966. Brand's speech at the opening focused on the building's importance to the state: It is a big building, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
