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Floreat, Western Australia
Floreat is a residential suburb west-northwest of the Perth central business district, central business district of Perth, the capital of Western Australia. It is bordered on Underwood Avenue, Selby Street, Cromarty Road and Durston Road. It is the head of the Town of Cambridge, which has its municipal offices and library in the suburb. The name of the suburb stems from the Latin word for "flourish" or "prosper", which is also the motto of the City of Perth, of which Floreat was a part when it was first built. Demographics Floreat had a population of 7,230 at the 2011 census, an increase of 205 from the 2006 census, and 277 from the 2001 census. Amenities and facilities The Floreat Forum shopping centre is located in the suburb. It sits adjacent to the Town of Cambridge municipal offices and library. The centre also boasts a new Medical Centre, dining precinct and tavern. The suburb also sits adjacent to the popular Cambridge Street dining and commercial strip in neighbouring W ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rainbow Lorikeet
The rainbow lorikeet (''Trichoglossus moluccanus'') is a species of parrot found in Australia. It is common along the eastern seaboard, from northern Queensland to South Australia. Its habitat is rainforest, coastal bush and woodland areas. Six taxa traditionally listed as subspecies of the rainbow lorikeet are now treated as separate species (see ''Taxonomy''). Rainbow lorikeets have been introduced to Perth, Western Australia;ScienceWA Rainbow lorikeet joins Perth pest list ; , |
Floreat Forum
Floreat Forum is a shopping centre in Floreat, a suburb west of Perth. It is located on Howtree Place, between Oceanic Drive to the south, and The Boulevard to the north. It was opened in 1965, being Perth's first "American-style" shopping centre. The forum uses a shopping mall layout, with the anchor stores Coles and Woolworths supermarkets located along the central indoor walkway, along with other stores. The centre contains the Town of Cambridge library and municipal offices as well as an outdoor dining precinct. History With the expansion of the Floreat Park subdivision and sale of resident allotments including in the surrounding suburbs during the 1950s and 1960s, compounded by the 1962 British Empire and Commonwealth Games at nearby Perry Lakes Stadium, the City of Perth saw the need for a shopping centre as a priority and preliminary plans were prepared for a shopping centre and movie theatre. The forum was design by the Cameron Chisholm Nicol architecture fir ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Marist College, Perth
Marist is a noun or adjective derived from the name Mary – in particular Mary the Mother of Jesus Christ. It may refer to: Catholic religious orders or congregations * Marist Brothers also known as the Little Brothers of Mary and the Marist Brothers of the Schools * Society of Mary (Marists) also known as the Marist Fathers * Marist Sisters, a Catholic religious congregation of women * Missionary Sisters of the Society of Mary also known as The Marist Missionary Sisters Sporting clubs * Marist F.C., a football club in the Solomon Islands * Marist St. Joseph, a club in Samoa * Marista Rugby Club, a rugby union club in Argentina * Wellington Marist, a club in Wellington, New Zealand * Palmerston North Marist, a club in Palmerston North, New Zealand * Marist Saints, a rugby league club in Auckland, New Zealand * Marist Brothers Old Boys RFC in Auckland, New Zealand * Marist Rugby Club in Fiji * Marist Rugby Club in Tonga Schools * Marist College, Athlone, a Catholic b ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Subiaco, Western Australia
Subiaco (known colloquially as Subi) is an inner-Western suburbs (Perth), western suburb of Perth, the capital of Western Australia. It is approximately west of Perth's central business district, in the City of Subiaco local government area. Historically a working-class suburb containing a mixture of industrial and commercial land uses, since the 1990s the area has been one of Australia's most celebrated urban redevelopment projects. It remains a predominantly low-rise, urban village neighbourhood centred around Subiaco train station and Rokeby Road. The suburb has three schools: Subiaco Primary School, Perth Modern School, which is the state's only fully academically selective public school, and Bob Hawke College. Landmarks in Subiaco include Subiaco Oval, which formerly was the largest stadium in Western Australia, King Edward Memorial Hospital for Women, and Subiaco railway station. Geography Subiaco is located approximately west of the central business district (CBD) of P ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Newman College, Perth
Newman College is a pre-Kâ12 co-educational Catholic Church, Catholic school which operates in the Marist Brothers, Marist tradition in Churchlands, Western Australia. It is currently a joint governed college with the governors being the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Perth, Archbishop of Perth, Timothy Costelloe, and the Provincial of the Marist Brothers of the Southern Province of Australia, Brother Paul Gilchrist. The college is a foundation member of the Association of Marist Schools of Australia (AMSA). Name The college name is derived from that of the English scholar and philosopher, Saint John Henry Newman (1801â1890), a man who spent half of his life an Anglicanism, Anglican and the latter half a Catholicism, Catholic. Location As of 19 October 2019, the current college enrollment numbers are 1,900 and students are split across three campuses. The Kindergarten to year 2 students are located on the Marian Campus in Floreat, the year 3â6 students are located on th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Shenton College
Shenton College is a public co-educational senior high school, located in Shenton Park, an inner western suburb of Perth, Western Australia. Like many WA high schools, it is a partially selective school with out-of-area students accepted on a number of criteria. It is one of the largest schools in Western Australia, with enrolled students as of . History Shenton College was established in January 2001 through the amalgamation of Swanbourne Senior High School and Hollywood Senior High School at a cost of $23.5 million. It was a project headed by the then Education Minister Colin Barnett as part of the Local Area Education Planning (LAEP) process. The inaugural principal of the college was Pauline Coghlan, who was succeeded by Michael Morgan in September 2008. Assisting the Principal are six associate principals: Christopher Hill, Kristy Watson, Adam Pengelly, Jane Hamburg (Years 11 and 12), Gary Green (Years 9 and 10) and Chantal Simpson (Years 7 and 8). In February 2009, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Churchlands Senior High School
Churchlands Senior High School is an Independent Public Schools, independent public Education in Australia#Secondary schools, secondary school located in Churchlands, Western Australia, Churchlands, a suburb of Perth, Western Australia, approximately northwest from the Perth central business district. It is one of the largest schools in Western Australia, with enrolled students as of . Background and history Churchlands Senior High School (Churchlands SHS) is a co-educational high school for Year 7 to Year 12. The school is located in Western suburbs (Perth), Perth's western suburbs, from the Indian Ocean and from the city centre. On 6 November 1991, a female student was murdered in class when she was stabbed 18 times by her ex-boyfriend. On 26 May 1997 the majority of the school was burnt down in a failed attempt to destroy evidence of a Burglary, break-in. The school was largely rebuilt after spending a few years using demountable classrooms. On 14 August 2008 the admi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
City Beach High School
City Beach Senior High School was a public co-educational senior high day school, that was located in City Beach, a beachside suburb approximately west of Perth, Western Australia. The school was operated by the WA Department of Education. The school's service area included City Beach, Floreat, Wembley Downs, and a corridor leading to Glendalough and Wembley. The campus was located west of the city centre of Perth,All about our school " () City Beach Senior High School. 10 April 1997. Retrieved on 4 January 2014. and adjacent to the Bold Park Nature Reserve. The Bold Park Kindergarten was located on the campus property. History The school opened in 1966. In 1997 the school had 350 students. The school closed on 9 December ...[...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Perry Lakes Reserve
The Perry Lakes Reserve is a nature reserve located approximately west of , the capital city of Western Australia, in the suburb of . Within the reserve are two lakes, East Lake and West Lake, comprising approximately . In its current form, the reserve dates from 1962 when the area was landscaped in association with the construction of Perry Lakes Stadium and associated sporting tracks and facilities for the 1962 British Empire and Commonwealth Games. The Australian Scout Jamboree has been held in the parkland twice, during the summers of 1979/80 and 1994/95. The sporting complex was demolished in 2011 to make way for housing development. The reserve has required re-evaluation as the lakes have changed over time, and subsequent studies have investigated the management of the lake areas. Control of the area has also alternated between Local and State government authority. See also * List of lakes of Western Australia The following lists of lakes of Western Australia a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
RugbyWA
The Western Australia Rugby Union (RugbyWA) is the Sports governing body, governing body of rugby union in Western Australia. The organisation develops and fosters rugby in Western Australia, from junior level to professional level. As of 2019, more than 35,000 people played rugby union in Western Australia across 36 clubs and 377 teams. As of 2019, the state government provided around $160,000 a year towards RugbyWA's operating costs. The highest competition run by the organisation is the RugbyWA Premier Grade. History RugbyWA was founded in 1893. The organisation's inaugural competition commenced in 1895 with four teams: the I Zingari, Fremantle, Swans and Midland Junction Club. The WARU Senior Grade competition was contested from 1895 to 1913. The Rugby Football code went into recess in the west from the 1914 season until 1928 when 4 Clubs; Wanderers, Rangers, Wallabies and Fremantle revived the First Grade Club Competition. In 2004, RugbyWA successfully secured the fourt ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Perry Lakes Basketball Stadium
Perry Lakes Basketball Stadium was a purpose-built basketball stadium located in Perth, Western Australia. The stadium was built for the Australian Basketball Senior Men's Championships held in October 1962, and was Western Australia's home of basketball until 2010. At the time of construction, the stadium featured three courts and had no second stand facing Court 1. Courts 2 and 3 had bitumen surfaces and ran parallel to the other courts. Later Courts 4 and 5 were added, followed by the corridor along with Courts 6, 7 and 8. Court 1 at Perry Lakes was considered by many to be second only to Apollo Stadium in Adelaide as the finest in Australia. The stadium housed the headquarters of Basketball Western Australia and Perry Lakes Basketball Association. The Perth Wildcats played their home games at Perry Lakes between 1982 and 1986, while the Perth Lynx The Perth Lynx are an Australian professional basketball team based in Perth, Western Australia. The Lynx compete in the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
