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Midland, Western Australia
Midland is a suburb and historic town of Perth, Western Australia, located northeast of Perth's central business district. It is the administrative seat and commercial centre of the City of Swan The City of Swan is a Local government areas of Western Australia, local government area of Western Australia, in the Eastern Metropolitan Regional Council, eastern metropolitan region of Perth. It is named after the Swan River (Western Austral ... local government area. It is also a designated strategic metropolitan centre for the larger Perth metropolitan area. History Railway Midland was the site of the Midland Railway Workshops - the main workshops for the Western Australian Government Railways for over 80 years. It was also a terminus for the Midland Railway Company. At the end of the Second World War it was the junction of the Midland Railway, the Upper Darling Range railway, and the main Eastern Railway. The Transperth suburban railway system currently has a termi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Perth
Perth () is the list of Australian capital cities, capital city of Western Australia. It is the list of cities in Australia by population, fourth-most-populous city in Australia, with a population of over 2.3 million within Greater Perth . The Extremes on Earth#Other places considered the most remote, world's most isolated major city by certain criteria, Perth is part of the South West Land Division of Western Australia, with most of Perth metropolitan region, Perth's metropolitan area on the Swan Coastal Plain between the Indian Ocean and the Darling Scarp. The city has expanded outward from the original British settlements on the Swan River (Western Australia), Swan River, upon which its #Central business district, central business district and port of Fremantle are situated. Perth was founded by James Stirling (Royal Navy officer), Captain James Stirling in 1829 as the administrative centre of the Swan River Colony. The city is situated on the traditional lands of the Whadju ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Eastern Railway (Western Australia)
The Eastern Railway is the main railway route between Fremantle railway station, Fremantle and Northam railway station, Western Australia, Northam in Western Australia. It opened in stages between 1881 and 1893. The line continues east to Kalgoorlie as the Eastern Goldfields Railway. It is part of the Sydney–Perth rail corridor, interstate standard gauge railway between Perth and the rest of Australia. Initial section The first sod of the Fremantle-Guildford Railway was turned by Harry Ord, Governor Ord at Guildford, Western Australia, Guildford on 3 June 1879. The event coincided with the celebration of the Golden Jubilee, 50th anniversary of the settlement of Western Australia. The alignment of this first section of the railway has remained generally unchanged since it opened on 1 March 1881 and now forms part of Transperth's Fremantle railway line, Fremantle Line and Midland railway line, Perth, Midland Line. Notable changes to this section include: * Electrification ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Redcliffe Railway Station
Redcliffe railway station is a station for underground commuter rail services in Redcliffe, east of Perth, Western Australia. The station is one of three stations that were built as part of the Forrestfield–Airport Link project and is served by Transperth's Airport line services. The contract for the Forrestfield–Airport Link, which consists of of twin bored tunnels and three new stations, was awarded to Salini Impregilo and NRW Pty Ltd in April 2016. Forward works, which included the permanent closure of Brearley Avenue between Great Eastern Highway and Dunreath Drive, began in 2016. Construction began in mid-2017, and by June 2018, excavation was complete. The two tunnel boring machines (TBMs) reached the station in mid-2019, having tunnelled from High Wycombe, and left tunnelling towards Bayswater after several weeks of maintenance. Construction of the station infrastructure followed. Originally planned to open in 2020, the line officially opened on 9 October 202 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Midland Gate
Midland Gate is a shopping centre located in Midland, Western Australia. It is north of Great Eastern Highway, and east of the earlier Midland Junction shopping area that was focused on the Great Northern Highway. Midland Gate is one of three shopping centres in Western Australia with all three discount department storesKmart, Target and Big W, with the other two being Mandurah Forum and Lakeside Joondalup. It has over 200 specialty stores, three supermarkets ( Coles, Aldi and Woolworths), a fresh food mall, food court and an eight-screen Ace Cinema Complex. History Swan City Shopping Centre opened in March 1980, with Midland Gate as a separate centre and Sayer Street dividing them. Sayer Street closed in the early 1990s and a pedestrian mall was created, which unofficially merged the Midland Gate and Swan City shopping centres together. The first expansion of Midland Gate occurred in 1995, with the structure removed and Midland Gate officially absorbing Swan City. In the e ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Great Eastern Highway
Great Eastern Highway is a road that links the Western Australian capital of Perth with the city of Kalgoorlie. A key route for road vehicles accessing the eastern Wheatbelt (Western Australia), Wheatbelt and the Goldfields-Esperance, Goldfields, it is the western portion of the main road link between Perth and the eastern states of Australia. The highway forms the majority of List of road routes in Western Australia#94, National Highway 94, although the alignment through the Perth suburbs of Guildford and Midland, and the eastern section between Coolgardie, Western Australia, Coolgardie and Kalgoorlie are not included. Various segments form parts of other List of road routes in Western Australia, road routes, including Highway 1 (Western Australia), National Route 1, Alternative National Route 94, and State Route 51. There are numerous intersections in Perth with other highways and main roads, including Canning Highway, Canning, Albany Highway, Albany, Ton ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gooseberry Hill, Western Australia
Gooseberry Hill is a suburb of Perth, Western Australia, located within the City of Kalamunda. It is the site of Gooseberry Hill National Park. It is located at the highest point south of the departure of the Helena River from the Darling Scarp on to the Swan Coastal Plain. It is often associated with the railway formation of the Kalamunda Zig Zag and the northernmost high feature of Statham's Quarry, which lie on the north west of the locality within national park land. In 1861, Benjamin Robins purchased of land in the area. In 1878 surveyor Henry Samuel Ranford recorded the name of the eponymous hill as ''Gooseberry Hill''; that name, derived from the presence of cape gooseberries in the area, referred to the Kalamunda area generally in the late 19th century. The townsite was officially gazetted on 8 June 1959. Gooseberry Hill was the location of a war-time tragedy when a United States Navy C-47 Skytrain (DC-3) plane crashed in heavy fog on 19 April 1945 after taking o ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kalamunda Zig Zag
The Kalamunda Zig Zag was a Zig zag (railway), zig zag rail line that was part of the Upper Darling Range railway line in Western Australia, opening in July 1891 and closing in July 1949. Most of it was converted to a public road in 1952, part of which is now a tourist drive called Zig Zag Scenic Drive that offers views of Perth from Perth Hills, the hills. History The Kalamunda Zig Zag was completed in July 1891, as part of the Upper Darling Range railway line in Western Australia, which was built by the Canning Jarrah Timber Company from a junction with the Midland line, Perth, Midland line at Midland Junction railway station, Midland Junction to Canning Mills to transport railway sleepers to Perth's growing railway system. On 1 July 1903, the line was taken over by the Western Australian Government Railways. To overcome a steep gradient up the Darling Scarp, a Zig zag (railway), zig zag was built between Ridge Hill and Gooseberry Hill stations, being cheaper to build than a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kalamunda, Western Australia
Kalamunda () is a town and eastern suburb of Perth, Western Australia, located in the Darling Scarp at the eastern limits of the Perth metropolitan area. History Indigenous Noongar people were the first inhabitants of the area. The first permanent European settlers were the family of Frederick and Elizabeth Stirk, who arrived in 1881 and established a property called ''Headingly Hill'' at what is now ''Stirk Park''; their house, Stirk Cottage, is now a museum. More settlers moved in during the 1890s, aided by the advent of the Kalamunda Zig Zag railway. At this time the Kalamunda area was known as ''Gooseberry Hill''. The name ''Kalamunda'' was declared on 13 December 1901 after a request from thirty-two residents to form a townsite. They requested the name ''Calamunnda'', derived from two words in the indigenous Noongar language, as recorded in a book by Bishop Rosendo Salvado: meaning "fire", "home", "district", or "settlement" and meaning "forest" or "bush". Surveyor-Gene ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Darlington, Western Australia
Darlington is a suburb of Perth, Western Australia in the Shire of Mundaring on the Darling Scarp, bisected by Nyaania Creek and north of the Helena River. Location About one kilometre to the west of Darlington and lower on the Darling Scarp lies the locality of Boya. Between Darlington and Boya there are two abandoned quarries: C. Y. O'Connor's "Fremantle Harbour Works Quarry", now known as "Hudman Road Amphitheatre", and the Mountain Quarry which is also called Boya quarry. They are situated on the southern slope of Greenmount Hill which is defined by the Great Eastern Highway to the north, and the Helena River to the south. The boundary with Glen Forrest to the east has shifted a few times. Geology Darlington is located upon the escarpment of the Darling Fault which trends north-south across the south-west of Western Australia, defining what is known as the Perth Hills. History Darlington developed as a locality from the establishment of the Darlington Winery in ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Glen Forrest, Western Australia
__NOTOC__ Glen Forrest is a suburb within the Shire of Mundaring, south of John Forrest National Park, west of Mahogany Creek, east of Darlington, and north of the Helena River. Its northern boundary is determined by the Great Eastern Highway. The area was originally named Smith's Mill, after A. C. Smith & Son's jarrah saw mill, established in October 1877. In 1915 local residents petitioned to change the area's name to Glen Forrest, to honour Sir John Forrest, first Premier of Western Australia. The suburb is bisected by a disused railway track - the original route of the Eastern Railway - which is now known as the Railway Reserve Heritage Trail, and Nyaania Creek. It has a number of significant conservation reserves including the Glen Forrest Super Block, which is adjacent to Ryecroft Road (the main connecting road to Darlington). The major early industries were forestry, and the Stathams Brickworks, which had its own siding, just east of the railway yard. The brickwork ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mundaring, Western Australia
Mundaring is a suburb located 34 km east of Perth, Western Australia on the Great Eastern Highway. The suburb is located within the Shire of Mundaring. The Aboriginal name of the area "Mindah-lung", said to mean "a high place on a high place", was anglicised to become "Mundaring".History of Mundaring www.heritageaustralia.com.au (Retrieved 1 April 2006) The Mundaring area is considered to be part of the Perth Hills area. Newspapers The Mundaring region is currently well served by weekly and monthly newspapers: * ''Chidlow Chatter'' * ''Darlington Review'' – locality specific *''Echo Newspapers'' – weekly – Midland, Western Australia, Midland based Former newspapers in the area included: *''The Darling'' * ''Swan Express'' – although Midland bas ...[...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Chidlow, Western Australia
Chidlow is a small community in the Shire of Mundaring approximately 45 kilometres east of Perth, Western Australia. History The Chidlow townsite was originally known variously as Chidlow's Flat, Chidlow's Springs or Chidlow's Well after a well and stockyard on the old Mahogany Creek to Northam road. The well was sunk by William Chidlow, a pioneer of the Northam district, who originally established the Northam road. Chidlow arrived in the Swan River Colony in 1831. Settlement began in 1883 when it became known that Chidlow's Well was to be the terminus of the second section of the Eastern Railway, which was opened in March 1884. Chidlow's Well railway station and townsite were renamed Chidlow in 1920. The railway station and yard were of significance in the operation of the Eastern Railway from the 1880s to the 1960s. Lake Leschenaultia was originally constructed to provide water for the steam trains. Various proposals have been put forward to rebuild the railway to Midlan ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
