Crawley is a western suburb of

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, the

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. The area is part of the

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of the

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and was previously shared between the

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and City of Perth. It is about from the

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via

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. The earlier name of the locality was Crawley Park. It was named by an early landowner, Henry Charles Sutherland, whose mother's maiden name was Crawley. It is home to the

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, the state's oldest

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Riverside features

The Crawley Edge Boatshed is a well-recognised and frequently photographed site in Crawley. It is thought to have been originally constructed in the early 1930s. It has changed hands several times, and after being refurbished in the early 2000s, it was relaunched by triple solo-circumnavigator of the world,

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, and single solo-circumnavigator David Dicks. A statue called ''

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'' is also in Matilda Bay in the Swan River, in Crawley. Created by Tony and Ben Jones, the statue was unveiled on 15 October 2007 to commemorate Crawley Baths,

's prime competition and recreational swimming venue from 1914 to 1964. ''Eliza'' is often dressed up in clothing to represent special occasions. The

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was reestablished on the shore of Pelican Point in Crawley after moving from Perth in 1953.

World War flying boat base

The Swan River at Crawley was utilised before the war as a

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landing location. During

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, the bay in the Swan River at Crawley was the location of a flying boat base, for

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10, which had to leave

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in Java. The base was also known as Pelican Point due to the feature in the river being the defining and identifiable location from the air, at the end of the bay. After the war the base was decommissioned, following opposition to a plan to redevelop and expand it. It was also the start point for The Double Sunrise squadron, which was formed in 1943 to keep the air route between Australia and the United Kingdom open.

Population

In the 2016

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, there were 4,095 people in Crawley. 35.6% of people were born in Australia. The next most common countries of birth were China 15.8%, Singapore 7.1%, Malaysia 5.1%, England 3.5% and Indonesia 3.1%. 47.9% of people spoke only English at home. Other languages spoken at home included Mandarin 19.3%, Cantonese 3.6% and Indonesian 2.9%. The most common responses for religion were No Religion 42.0% and Catholic 11.9%. The median age is 24, much younger than WA's median as well as national, which are 36 and 38 respectively. Material was copied from this source, which is available under
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These UWA residential colleges are in Crawley: St Catherine's College, St George's College, St Thomas More College, Trinity Residential College, and University Hall.

Riverside features

World War flying boat base

Population

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