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Cockburn Ice Arena
Cockburn Ice Arena is an ice sports and ice skating centre, located in the Bibra Lake suburb of the City of Cockburn, Perth. It hosts a number of ice hockey and curling games, including Perth Inferno and IHWA Premiere League games. The venue offers a wide variety of activities including ice skating lessons, birthday parties, and public skating sessions. See also *List of ice rinks in Australia *Australian Women's Ice Hockey League The Australian Women’s Ice Hockey League (AWIHL) is Australia’s top-tier women’s ice hockey league. Established in 2005 as Australia’s first women’s national league, the AWIHL has amateur status and is sanctioned by Ice Hockey Austra ... References External links * Figure skating venues in Australia Ice hockey venues in Australia Speed skating venues in Australia Indoor arenas in Australia City of Cockburn {{Australia-sports-venue-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bibra Lake, Western Australia
Bibra Lake is a suburb of Perth, Western Australia; it takes its name from the extensive freshwater lake within its boundaries, Bibra Lake. It is located within the City of Cockburn and its postcode is 6163. History The existence of the lake was first reported by Augustus Gregory during a survey of George Robb's land in May 1842. Gregory recorded the Aboriginal name of the lake as ''Walubup''. During the following year, Benedict von Bibra, surveying his own selection on the southern shores of the lake, recorded the name as ''Walliabup'' and the latter version was used exclusively on maps for more than half a century. In the summer of 1843, Benedict von Bibra (son of Franz Ludwig von Bibra) bought land at the edge of a wide depression to use as a camping place to shorten the trip between his two carpentry businesses in Perth and Fremantle. He apparently assessed from the stringybark trees that the basin would become a lake in winter of a depth of seven to eight feet. He proved ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
