Parkerville is a suburb in the

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Western Australia. Jane Brook flows through Parkerville on its way down to the Swan River through

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History

The

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people were the original custodians of the land. The arrival of British colonisers in 1829 on the

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eventually led to Nyoongar dispossession in the Hills behind Perth. The Parkerville Suburban Area was made open for

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in June 1895. Parkerville was one of the first stations to be constructed on the

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that once ran between

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and Mount Helena, opening for traffic in 1896. The Railway Hotel, now the Parkerville Tavern, opened in 1902. The town was named in honour of

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whose country home, now the Old Mahogany Inn, was situated nearby. Parker was a prominent member of Perth's legal fraternity. In 1903 Sister Kate of the Community of the Sisters of the Church, purchased of land at Parkerville for the "League of Charity Home" for children, which became the Parkerville Children's Home. The historic Parkerville Children's Home bush cemetery is located approximately three kilometres east of the Home. Clutterbuck Creek is named after Sister Kate's parents. In 1909 the construction of the chapel was completed. Sally Morgan, in her landmark novel My Place, writes how three-year-old Gladys is taken to this orphanage. In 1966 the railway line was closed as part of a change of route to the Avon Valley. The railway route has become the Railway Reserve Heritage Trail as a bridle and walking path. The Parkerville Amphitheatre was owned and operated by John Joseph Jones. This and other nearby locations have been used for filming children's television series, ''

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''. A documentary about John Joseph Jones and the Parkerville Amphitheatre was released at the Revelation Film Festival in Perth in 2015, directed by Susie Conte and Jenny Crabb, "Parkerville Amphitheatre: Sets, Bugs and Rock 'n Roll". It can be found on vimeo - https://vimeo.com/122621542 By the early 2000s, Perth's suburban growth was placing development pressures on Parkerville. In January 2014 houses in Parkerville and neighbouring suburbs were destroyed in a

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Education

There are three schools in Parkerville today: Parkerville Primary School, the Silver Tree Steiner School and Mundaring Christian College.

Transport

Bus

* 320 Midland Station to Mundaring – serves

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* 328 Midland Station to Chidlow – serves

, Seaborne Street, Byfield Road and Richardson Road

References

External links

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Mundaring and Hills Historical Society website entry for Parkerville
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