Bushmead is a suburb of Perth in the City of Swan, and is located 16 kilometres (9.9 mi) from Perth's central business district.[3] Situated on the site of the former Bushmead Rifle Range,[4] a significant proportion of the suburb comprises parks and recreational reserve. Advertising by the developer, who bought the land for A$6.59 per square metre in 2010 from the Department of Defence on behalf of the Commonwealth of Australia,[5] states that "185 hectares [460 acres] of conservation bushland will be handed to the State Government as a permanent regional reserve."[6]
| Bushmead Perth, Western Australia | |||||||||||||||
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| Coordinates | 31°55′33″S 116°01′41″E / 31.925712°S 116.028036°E | ||||||||||||||
| Population | 677 (SAL 2021)[1] | ||||||||||||||
| Established | 2017 | ||||||||||||||
| Postcode(s) | 6055[2] | ||||||||||||||
| LGA(s) | City of Swan | ||||||||||||||
| State electorate(s) | Midland | ||||||||||||||
| Federal division(s) | Hasluck | ||||||||||||||
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History
editThe suburb is situated in the part of Noongar traditional Aboriginal country where the Whadjuk people are the local custodians.[7] Its name Bushmead is from mapping of the area in 1893, with title deeds showing Bushmead as part of the Woodbridge estate. The land had previously been owned by the Department of Defence after it was acquired in 1915.[8][9] It was an important location on the Upper Darling Range railway, being south of the end of the Midland Railway yards complex and associated sidings and infrastructure, and the beginning of the climb on the Kalamunda Zig Zag.
A plaque was unveiled at an opening ceremony for the suburb of Bushmead in June 2017, by the Member for Midland Michelle Roberts and Cedar Woods developer Chairman Bill Hames.[3]
Transport
editBus
edit- 277 Midland Station to High Wycombe Station – serves Midland Road[10]
References
edit- ^ Australian Bureau of Statistics (28 June 2022). "Bushmead (suburb and locality)". Australian Census 2021 QuickStats. Retrieved 28 June 2022.
- ^ "Find a postcode". Australia Post. 2024. Bushmead. Retrieved 17 December 2024.
- ^ a b Allan-Petale, David (21 June 2017). "Perth's newest suburb turns an old rifle range into a 'treechange' community". WA Today. Retrieved 11 October 2021.
- ^ "Bushmead Perth Suburb Profile". Cedar Woods. 2024. Retrieved 17 December 2024.
- ^ "Cedar Woods Acquires Key Development Site" (PDF). Australian Stock Exchange. 14 May 2010. Archived (PDF) from the original on 17 December 2024. Retrieved 17 December 2024.
- ^ "Bushmead Shaped by Nature" (PDF). Cedar Woods. 2024. Retrieved 17 December 2024.
- ^ "W9: Wajuk". Australian Institute of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Studies. Federal government. 26 July 2019. Archived from the original on 31 October 2018. Retrieved 3 August 2021.
- ^ "Perth and surrounds suburb names". 23 February 2023.
- ^ "Infrastructure projects". Australian Government Defence.
- ^ "Route 277". Bus Timetable 110 (PDF). Transperth. 6 November 2024 [effective from 9 December 2024].
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