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Galup
Galup, formerly Lake Monger (Noongar: Galup, Keiermulu) is a large urban wetland on the Swan Coastal Plain in suburban Wembley, Western Australia, nestled between the suburbs of Leederville, Wembley and Glendalough. Located less than from the city of Perth and situated alongside the Mitchell Freeway, it runs approximately north-west to south-east towards the Swan River and consists of of mainly open shallow water, with an island of in the south-west corner. The park within which the lake is situated is called ''Galup Reserve''. The lake is used extensively for recreation and is a major tourist attraction, with up to 12,000 visitors per week. Activities include bird watching and exercise. A paved walking/cycling track encircles the lake. Car parking, playground equipment, and barbecue facilities are also provided. Etymology The indigenous Noongar people of the south-western region call the area (), ''Lake Galup,'' or ''Lake Kalup''. After European settlement, it ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Midgegooroo
Midgegooroo (died 22 May 1833) was an Australian Aboriginal elder of the Nyungar nation, who played a key role in Aboriginal resistance to white settlement in the area of Perth, Western Australia. Everything documented about Midgegooroo (variously spelled in records as "Midgeegaroo", "Midgegarew", "Midgegoorong", Midgegoroo", Midjegoorong", "Midjigoroo", "Midgigeroo", Midjigeroo", "Migegaroo", "Migegaroom", "Migegooroo", "Midgecarro", "Widgegooroo") is mediated through the eyes of colonisers, some of whom, notably George Fletcher Moore, Robert Menli Lyon and Francis Armstrong, derived their information from discussions with contemporary Noongar people, in particular the son of Midgegooroo, Yagan. Largely due to his exploits in opposing colonisation and his relationship with Lyon and Moore, Yagan has a much sharper historical profile than his father. Midgegooroo was executed by firing squad without trial under the authority of Lieutenant Governor Frederick Irwin in 1833. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Perth Wetlands
The Perth Wetlands, also known as the Perth Great Lakes or the Great Lakes District, was a collection of fresh-water wetlands, swamps and lakes located on the Swan Coastal Plain north of the city of Perth in Western Australia. Over a period of 80 years from the first British settlement in Western Australia in 1829 most of the wetlands were reclaimed for use as housing, parks and market gardens. Location The wetlands were spread from Claisebrook Cove, north of the present city on the Swan River, through to Herdsman Lake to the north-west of the city, approximately east of the coast. The lakes were located in the present-day suburbs of Perth, Highgate, West Perth, East Perth, Northbridge, North Perth, Leederville, West Leederville, Wembley, Glendalough, Mt. Hawthorn and Herdsman, and the local government areas of the City of Perth, the City of Vincent, the Town of Cambridge and the City of Stirling. Jualbup Lake, formerly known as Dyson's Swamp and Shenton ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Wembley, Western Australia
Wembley is a western suburb of Perth, Western Australia, located within the Town of Cambridge. Its postcode is 6014. The main streets in Wembley are Cambridge Street, Harborne Street, Grantham Street and Selby Street. It is an upper middle class, medium-density suburb. Wembley is home to Bold Park Community School, Lake Monger Primary, Wembley Primary School and the Speech and Hearing Centre. Lake Monger is a large lake located on the outer edges of the suburb. The 2016 Census recorded a population of just over 11,000. Wembley was originally inhabited by the Mooro people of the Noongar Aboriginal clan for at least 40,000 years before European settlement. After the arrival of Europeans, Wembley was settled through land grants and purchasing of land by the Catholic Church.Bizzaca, Kristy. (2014). ''City of Subiaco Thematic History and Framework.'' City of Subiaco. Intense subdivision of land and introduction of public transportationTown of Cambridge. (2018). ''Local Heritage I ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Wagyl
The Wagyl (also written Waugal, Waagal, and variants) is the Noongar manifestation of the Rainbow Serpent in Australian Aboriginal religion and mythology, from the culture based around the south-west of Western Australia. The Noongar describe the Wagyl as a snakelike Dreaming creature responsible for the creation of the Swan and Canning rivers and other waterways and landforms around present day Perth and the south-west of Western Australia. The Wagyl stories may represent the survival in oral tradition of extinct Australian megafauna, as there was a python-like snake, '' Wonambi naracoortensis'', with a length of . Name Due to the Noongar language having several dialects, the Wagyl is referred to by different groups by different names. Varieties include , , , , , , , , and . In the Wiilman Noongar dialect, the Wagyl is called the (meaning 'hairy-faced snake'). Mythology In Noongar mythology, stories about the Wagyl vary among the 14 different Noongar groups. Some gro ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Wembley
Wembley () is a large suburbIn British English, "suburb" often refers to the secondary urban centres of a city. Wembley is not a suburb in the American sense, i.e. a single-family residential area outside of the city itself. in the London Borough of Brent, north-west London, northwest of Charing Cross. It includes the neighbourhoods of Alperton, Kenton, North Wembley, Preston, Sudbury, Tokyngton and Wembley Park. The population was 102,856 in 2011. Wembley was for over 800 years part of the parish of Harrow on the Hill in Middlesex. Its heart, Wembley Green, was surrounded by agricultural manors and their hamlets. The small, narrow, Wembley High Street is a conservation area. The railways of the London & Birmingham Railway reached Wembley in the mid-19th century, when the place gained its first church. Slightly south-west of the old core, the main station was originally called Sudbury, but today is known as Wembley Central. By the 1920s, the nearby long High Road hos ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Municipality Of Leederville
The Municipality of Leederville was a local government area in inner suburban Perth, Western Australia, based around the suburb of Leederville. It was established as the Leederville Road District on 3 May 1895. It was renamed the Municipality of Leederville on 3 April 1896. The municipal boundaries were extended on 17 November 1905. The municipality built the Leederville Town Hall in 1914, incorporating the existing Masonic Hall, which it adapted for council offices. However, in December 1914, two months after the hall's opening, the ''City of Perth Act 1914'', which would abolish the municipality, received royal assent. The building remains open for community use today and is state heritage-listed. It ceased to exist on 22 July 1915 as a result of the Greater Perth Movement, when it was merged into the City of Perth The City of Perth is a local government areas of Western Australia, local government area and body, within the Perth metropolitan area, which is the capita ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Robert Menli Lyon
Robert Menli Lyon (born Robert Milne; 1789–1874) was a pioneering Western Australian settler who became one of the earliest outspoken advocates for Indigenous Australian rights and welfare in the colony. He published the first information on the Aboriginal language of the Perth area. Early life Lyon was born in Inverness, Scotland. He is thought to have had a career in the army in his youth and probably attained the military rank of captain. In 1829, at the age of about forty, Milne immigrated to what was then the British colony of Western Australia. During his time in Western Australia, Milne made no claim to military rank, initially preferring to be known simply as Robert Milne. Shortly after his arrival, he adopted the name Robert Menli Lyon, ''Menli'' being an anagram of ''Milne''. Aboriginal contact Lyon travelled widely in the colony and had friendly contact with the local Aboriginals. He saw the mistrust, hostility and sometimes violence with which the frontier se ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Herdsman Lake, Western Australia
Herdsman Lake () is a freshwater lake located on the Swan Coastal Plain in the Perth suburb of Herdsman in Western Australia. It is situated north-west of the Perth central business district. The main shared-use path around the lake is approximately in length, whilst the wetland perimeter of the lake is approximately . Description The lake is encompassed by Herdsman Lake Regional Park. It measures in length and in width, covering an area of . The perimeter of the lake is dredged to provide permanent open water, 15% of the area, during the dry summer months. The lake is a wildlife sanctuary, with birdwatching a popular activity. Almost 80% of the lake is covered with Typha rush ('' Typha orientalis''), an introduced weed. In summer, most of the lake is dry. 15% of the lake is permanent deep water. The Herdsman Main Drain is a underground pipe drain with a diameter of carrying excess water from the lake to its outflow at City Beach. History Pre-colonial use The Noonga ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Newcastle Street, Perth
Newcastle Street is a road in Perth, Western Australia. It connects Leederville with East Perth, starting from Oxford Street and ending at Lord Street, crossing a number of roads leading north out of Perth including Loftus Street, Charles Street, Fitzgerald Street, William Street, and Beaufort Street. History Newcastle Street is named after Henry Pelham-Clinton, 5th Duke of Newcastle Henry Pelham Fiennes Pelham-Clinton, 5th Duke of Newcastle-under-Lyne, (22 May 181118 October 1864), styled Earl of Lincoln before 1851, was a British politician and aristocrat. He sat in Parliament for South Nottinghamshire (1832–46) and fo ..., who was Secretary of State for the Colonies from 1852 to 1854. It has been in the past parts of major bus routes leaving Perth. The tramline (closed in the 1950s) along William Street also crossed Newcastle Street. The street has also been identified in name, by schools and businesses. The Newcastle Street State School was at 478–482 N ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Swan River Colony
The Swan River Colony, also known as the Swan River Settlement, or just ''Swan River'', was a British colony established in 1829 on the Swan River, in Western Australia. This initial settlement place on the Swan River was soon named Perth, and it became the capital city of Western Australia. The name was a ''pars pro toto'' for Western Australia. On 6 February 1832, the colony was renamed the Colony of Western Australia, when the colony's founding lieutenant-governor, Captain James Stirling, belatedly received his commission. However, the name ''Swan River Colony'' remained in informal use for many years. European exploration The first recorded Europeans to sight land where the city of Perth is now located were Dutch sailors. Most likely the first visitor to the Swan River area was Frederick de Houtman on 19 July 1619, travelling on the ships and . His records indicate he first reached the Western Australian coast at latitude 32°20', which is approximately at Warn ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
