Melville is a suburb of

Perth, Western Australia 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 ...

located within the likewise named

City of Melville The City of Melville is a Local government areas of Western Australia, local government area in the southern List of Perth suburbs, suburbs of the Western Australian capital city of Perth, east of the port city of Fremantle and about south of ...

History

Melville is named after the nearby

Melville Water Melville Water is a significant section of the Swan River in Perth, Western Australia. It is located west and downstream of Perth Water, from which it is separated by the Narrows Bridge. Name Melville Water was named in 1827 by Captain Jam ...

, a section of the Swan River. Melville Water was named after

Robert Dundas, 2nd Viscount Melville Robert Dundas, 2nd Viscount Melville, (14 March 1771 – 10 June 1851) was a British statesman, the son of Henry Dundas, the 1st Viscount. Dundas was the Member of Parliament for Hastings in 1794, Rye in 1796 and Midlothian in 1801. He was ...

, by Governor James Stirling. The name was first used in the area for the Melville Park Estate in 1896.

Transport

Bus

* 111 Fremantle Station to

WACA Ground The WACA Ground () is a sports stadium in Perth, Western Australia. The stadium's name derives from the initials of its owners and operators, the Western Australian Cricket Association (WACA). The WACA has been referred to as Western Australia' ...

– serves

Canning Highway Canning Highway is an arterial road in Perth, Western Australia, linking the inner Perth suburb of Victoria Park, Western Australia, Victoria Park in the north-east, to the port city of Fremantle in the south-west. The road is mostly a four-l ...

* 114 Lake Coogee to

Elizabeth Quay Bus Station Elizabeth Quay bus station, formerly the Esplanade Busport, is a Transperth bus station, located at the southern edge of the Perth (suburb), Perth CBD in Western Australia, next to the Perth Convention Exhibition Centre and Elizabeth Quay rail ...

– serves Marmion Street * 502 Fremantle Station to Bull Creek Station – serves

Leach Highway Leach Highway is a east-west arterial highway in the southern suburbs of Perth, Western Australia, primarily linking Kewdale, Western Australia, Kewdale and Perth Airport with the city of Fremantle. It is allocated State Route 7 and is a dual ...

* 910 Fremantle Station to

Perth Busport Perth Busport is an underground central bus station in Perth, Western Australia, located underneath Wellington Street. It was officially opened by then Premier of Western Australia Colin Barnett and then Minister for Transport Dean Nalder o ...

(high frequency) – serves

* 915 Fremantle Station to Bull Creek Station (high frequency) – serves Marmion Street

References

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Suburbs of Perth, Western Australia Suburbs in the City of Melville {{PerthAU-geo-stub