Waterford is a small riverside

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, the state capital of

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. Its

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is the City of South Perth. Waterford is situated on the

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History

Originally part of the suburb of Karawara, the area south of Manning Road was renamed Waterford in the 1980s. The area is named after the birthplace in

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of Edmund Rice, the founder of the Christian Brothers. From 1901, the Christian Brothers were allocated land for the Clontarf Orphanage, a

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and farm for

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and disadvantaged boys, situated on 2 square kilometres of land south of Manning Road and along the shores of the Canning River. The college is now known as the "Clontarf Aboriginal College" and is governed by a representative Board of Management which is responsible to the Catholic Archbishop of Perth through the Director of Catholic Education of Western Australia. The day-to-day running of Clontarf Aboriginal College, including the hiring of all staff and the enrolment of students, is the responsibility of the College Principal. From 1981, portions of the land were progressively sold by Trinity College, an independent boys school in Perth which owned the land, and subdivided for housing. Streets within Waterford reflect the Irish theme, and are named after places in Ireland. Trinity College holds a remaining portion of the land which has been developed into the school's playing fields for training and PSA sport fixtures. The 1984 five-bedroom, two-bathroom Perth Telethon Home was built by Statesman Homes in Waterford, on Cashel Way. It was auctioned live on TVW-7 and sold for , equivalent to in . This was a new record, as the previous Telethon Home in 1983 sold for .

Education

Waterford is near

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on Manning Road. Many foreign students rent or own homes in Waterford because of its vicinity to the university and to the Waterford Plaza Shopping Centre.

Transport

Bus

* 30 Curtin University Bus Station to Perth Busport – serves Manning Road and Elderfield Road * 100 Cannington Station to Canning Bridge Station – serves Manning Road * 101 Curtin Central Bus Station to Canning Bridge Station – serves Manning Road * 998 Fremantle Station to Fremantle Station (limited stops) –

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clockwise, serves Centenary Avenue * 999 Fremantle Station to Fremantle Station (limited stops) –

anti-clockwise, serves Centenary Avenue

References

{{City of South Perth suburbs Suburbs of Perth, Western Australia Suburbs in the City of South Perth Canning River (Western Australia)