Caversham, Western Australia
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Caversham is a suburb of
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, located in 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 ...
. It contains many
wineries A winery is a building or property that produces wine, or a business involved in the cultivation and production of wine, such as a wine company. Some wine companies own many wineries. Besides wine making equipment, larger wineries may also feat ...
as part of the Swan Valley wine region. It is the location of brick and tile manufacturers, with Brisbane & Wunderlich establishing a tile manufacturing factory in 1953. It has long been associated with agricultural pursuits and has regularly had a show. It has also has been the location of child welfare properties such as Riverbank. In the 2000s Caversham was the location of a detention centre known as the Disability Justice Centre. The Hall - originally known as the Soldiers and Sailors Memorial Hall built in 1921, was replaced by the Caversham and District Memorial Hall. It also was the location of the Caversham Wildlife Park, which has since moved into
Whiteman Park Whiteman Park is a bushland area located north of Perth, Western Australia. The park is in the suburb of Whiteman, Western Australia, Whiteman, in the Swan Valley (Western Australia), Swan Valley in the upper reaches of the Swan River (Weste ...
. It was the location of a war-time airstrip, the
Caversham Airfield Caversham Airfield, also known as Middle Swan Airfield was an airfield constructed at Caversham, Western Australia during World War II as a parent aerodrome for use by the Royal Navy's Fleet Air Arm and the United States Navy. The airfield had ...
, which was later utilised as a motor-raceway.


Transport


Bus

* 350 Caversham to
Mirrabooka Bus Station Mirrabooka bus station is a Transperth bus station in Mirrabooka, Western Australia, Mirrabooka approximately 12 kilometres north of Perth, Western Australia. It has 12 stands and is served by 14 Transperth routes operated by Path Transit and S ...
– serves Benara Road * 357 Whiteman Park Station to Bassendean Station – serves Suffolk Street, Patricia Street, Bennett Street, Daviot Road, Benara Road and Lord Street * 358 Whiteman Park Station to Midland Station – serves Suffolk Street


References

{{City of Swan suburbs


External links


Caversham Suburb Profile
from Link House and Land. Suburbs of Perth, Western Australia Suburbs and localities in the City of Swan