Bickley is a suburb located within the
City of Kalamunda
The City of Kalamunda is a local government area in the eastern metropolitan region of the Western Australian capital city of Perth about east of Perth's central business district. The area covers , much of which is state forest rising into ...
, in
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 ...
, Western Australia.
It is situated on the
Darling Scarp and is known for the brook of the same name.
Before 1949 it was a stopping place on the
Upper Darling Range railway. It was originally known as "Heidelburg" or "Heidelberg",
but during
World War I
World War I or the First World War (28 July 1914 – 11 November 1918), also known as the Great War, was a World war, global conflict between two coalitions: the Allies of World War I, Allies (or Entente) and the Central Powers. Fighting to ...
,
Western Australian Government Railways and Tramways renamed it "Bickley" after a local pioneer
Wallace Bickley.
It has been the site of holiday and other sorts of camps.
The
Seven Network
Seven Network (stylised 7Network, and commonly known as Channel Seven or simply Seven) is an Australian commercial free-to-air Television broadcasting in Australia, television network. It is owned by Seven West Media, Seven West Media Limited, ...
and
Australian Broadcasting Corporation
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's Perth television transmission towers have been located there since the founding of television in Perth in 1959.
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), ...
, originally situated in
West Perth is also currently located in Bickley.
It is also one of the major meteorological stations within the Perth Metropolitan Area due to its length of time of operation and location on the Darling Scarp.
It is also the location of water reservoirs.
Climate
Bickley has a
Mediterranean climate
A Mediterranean climate ( ), also called a dry summer climate, described by Köppen and Trewartha as ''Cs'', is a temperate climate type that occurs in the lower mid-latitudes (normally 30 to 44 north and south latitude). Such climates typic ...
(
Köppen climate classification
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''Csa''), like the rest of Perth. Bickley has one of the highest average annual rainfalls for the Perth metropolitan region, and it experiences cooler nights than the rest of Perth, meaning that Bickley has a
microclimate
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.
See also
*
Australian place names changed from German names
During World War I, many German or German-sounding place names in Australia Geographical renaming, were changed due to anti-German sentiment. The presence of German-derived place names was seen as an affront to the war effort at the time.
The n ...
References
External links
{{City of Kalamunda suburbs
Suburbs in the City of Kalamunda