Lynwood is a small southeastern suburb of Perth, the capital city of Western Australia. Its local government area is the City of Canning.
| Lynwood Perth, Western Australia | |||||||||||||||
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| Coordinates | 32°02′24″S 115°55′44″E / 32.040138°S 115.928837°E | ||||||||||||||
| Population | 3,541 (SAL 2021)[1] | ||||||||||||||
| Established | 1965 | ||||||||||||||
| Postcode(s) | 6147 | ||||||||||||||
| Area | 1.8 km2 (0.7 sq mi) | ||||||||||||||
| Location | 13.3 km (8 mi) from the Perth CBD | ||||||||||||||
| LGA(s) | City of Canning | ||||||||||||||
| State electorate(s) | Cannington | ||||||||||||||
| Federal division(s) | Tangney | ||||||||||||||
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History
editLynwood was first settled by Henry Willett of Willett & Co, who was granted Canning Location 21 on the Canning River (which included nearby Parkwood) and settled in the area in June 1832. In November 1964, the Shire of Canning proposed the names "Burtsdale" and "Willetton" for Willetton and Lynwood/Parkwood respectively, the name Burtsdale honouring Septimus Burt, who purchased the land in 1882. In August 1965, developers at Lynwood requested the name "Clovercrest Estate", but finally agreed to "Lynwood". The name Willetton was shifted westwards and Lynwood was gazetted in December 1965.[2] Parkwood was part of Lynwood until 1993.
In the 1960s and 1970s, Lynwood and neighbouring Parkwood were largely settled by new migrants from the United Kingdom who arrived in Perth seeking economic prosperity. Large parcels of land were developed by the British firm Realty Development Corporation (RDC) and heavily marketed to the new English migrants upon their arrival as "home & land packages".
Geography
editLynwood is approximately 13.3 kilometres (8.3 mi) from the central business district of Perth, and is bound by High Road to the south and south-west, Nicholson Road to the east and Metcalfe Road to the north and north-west. The Canning River is about 300 m (1,000 ft) north-east of the suburb's boundary.[3]
The Bannister Creek Park runs through the southern part of Lynwood.
Facilities
editLynwood is a residential suburb with a series of parks connecting along Bannister Creek and parallel to Nicholson Road. It contains a neighbourhood shopping centre with supermarket, post office, estate agency, and a number of food outlets, as well as a community hall and a primary school completed in 2010, which also services the adjoining suburb of Ferndale. Lynwood Senior High School, built in 1975, is in nearby Parkwood.
The Riverton Forum and Westfield Carousel shopping centres are less than 2 km (1 mi) away, as is the Riverton Leisureplex, a large facility with sporting, fitness and recreation facilities that opened on 9 November 2001,[4] operated by the City of Canning and including the council's largest library. Parkwood Shopping Centre was built in 1979, but has recently[when?] been demolished due to low patronage and now only consists of a few convenience stores and a small medical clinic. The Lynwood Arms Hotel, a local pub on Metcalfe Road, built in the early 1970s, was demolished in 2014 to make way for an upmarket medium-density housing development.
As at the late 2010s, it was one of the few suburbs, as with Heathridge, Beldon and Craigie up north, where you could see uninterrupted stretches of 1970s housing with the long narrow windows, dark brown colourings, and numerous arches. In other areas, redevelopment has taken place at rapid rates, and streetscapes have become unrecognizable.
Transport
editLynwood is served by Transperth bus services from Cannington, which link it to the central business district. All services are operated by Swan Transit.
Bus
edit- 206 Cannington Station to Murdoch University – serves Nicholson Road[5]
- 208 Cannington Station to Murdoch Station – serves Nicholson Road[6]
- 506 Parkwood to Bull Creek Station – serves High Road[7]
- 507 Cannington Station to Bull Creek Station – serves Metcalfe Road, Lynwood Avenue, Woodford Road and Iveston Road[8]
- 508 Cannington Station to Bull Creek Station – serves Metcalfe Road[9]
Politics
editLynwood has a changing mixed-ethnic population. It generally supports the Australian Labor Party at both federal and state elections.
References
edit- ^ Australian Bureau of Statistics (28 June 2022). "Lynwood (WA) (suburb and locality)". Australian Census 2021 QuickStats. Retrieved 28 June 2022.
- ^ "History of metropolitan suburb names – L". Western Australian Land Information Authority. Archived from the original on 16 March 2022. Retrieved 17 January 2007.
- ^ 2007 StreetSmart directory, Department of Lands and Surveys, Perth.
- ^ "Riverton Leisureplex - City Of Canning". Archived from the original on 1 March 2008. Retrieved 7 November 2006.
- ^ "Route 206". Bus Timetable 18 (PDF). Transperth. 4 June 2024 [effective from 15 July 2024].
- ^ "Route 208". Bus Timetable 18 (PDF). Transperth. 4 June 2024 [effective from 15 July 2024].
- ^ "Route 506". Bus Timetable 2 (PDF). Transperth. 17 June 2024 [effective from 15 July 2024].
- ^ "Route 507". Bus Timetable 2 (PDF). Transperth. 17 June 2024 [effective from 15 July 2024].
- ^ "Route 508". Bus Timetable 13 (PDF). Transperth. 11 June 2024 [effective from 15 July 2024].
External links
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