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Roleystone, Western Australia
Roleystone is a suburb of Perth, Western Australia in the south eastern corridor. History In 1830, several grants of land were given to British colonists along the upper Canning River, with Stephen Henty acquiring 5,000 acres and Captain Charles Blisset Churchman obtaining 107 acres. These land grants encompassed what is now Araluen and Roleystone, the name of the latter being derived from "Rolleston", the title Churchman gave his property. The land remained untended with Churchman dying in 1833 and Henty surrendering his land grant in 1841. It was purchased by Thomas Buckingham in 1858, who referred to it as "Rollingstone". The area was also referred to as "The Rolling Stone" and "Rowley Stone" in early police reports. In 1865, Buckingham built a sawmill, which was located at Sparrow's Place, later known as Butcher's, on the Roleystone Road, about 6.5 kilometres from Kelmscott. The area was subdivided into f ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Perth
Perth () is the list of Australian capital cities, capital city of Western Australia. It is the list of cities in Australia by population, fourth-most-populous city in Australia, with a population of over 2.3 million within Greater Perth . The Extremes on Earth#Other places considered the most remote, world's most isolated major city by certain criteria, Perth is part of the South West Land Division of Western Australia, with most of Perth metropolitan region, Perth's metropolitan area on the Swan Coastal Plain between the Indian Ocean and the Darling Scarp. The city has expanded outward from the original British settlements on the Swan River (Western Australia), Swan River, upon which its #Central business district, central business district and port of Fremantle are situated. Perth was founded by James Stirling (Royal Navy officer), Captain James Stirling in 1829 as the administrative centre of the Swan River Colony. The city is situated on the traditional lands of the Whadju ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Zoning
In urban planning, zoning is a method in which a municipality or other tier of government divides land into land-use "zones", each of which has a set of regulations for new development that differs from other zones. Zones may be defined for a single use (e.g. residential, industrial), they may combine several compatible activities by use, or in the case of form-based zoning, the differing regulations may govern the density, size and shape of allowed buildings whatever their use. The planning rules for each zone determine whether planning permission for a given development may be granted. Zoning may specify a variety of outright and conditional uses of land. It may indicate the size and dimensions of lots that land may be subdivided into, or the form and scale of buildings. These guidelines are set in order to guide urban growth and development. Zoning is the most common regulatory urban planning method used by local governments in developed countries. Exceptions include th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mazenod College, Perth
Mazenod College is an independent Roman Catholic single-sex secondary day and boarding school for boys, located in the eastern suburb of Lesmurdie, Western Australia. It is one of three schools run by the Oblates of Mary Immaculate (OMI) and the only OMI school in Western Australia. History Establishment In 1965 two priests, Father Ian Mackintosh and Father Dennis Mcarthy of the Missionary Oblates of Mary Immaculate, with aid from Member of Parliament Kenneth Dunn had approval from the Western Australian Government to begin land clearing to build the college. Land clearing began in may 1965, with the first buildings finished in a year. The school opened to 6 and 7th grade students in February 14th 1966. The school officially opened on the 8th May 1966, with a Boarding school facility opening the next year. The school was founded by the Missionary Oblates of Mary Immaculate, and is a Fee-paying Private Education Secondary school. Subsequent history The school has had si ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lesmurdie Senior High School
Lesmurdie Senior High School is a public co-educational high school in the suburb of Lesmurdie, Western Australia. History The school was established in 1981 and caters for students from Year 7 to Year 12. Enrolments at the school have been relatively stable over the last five years with 869 students in 2007, 930 in 2008, 887 in 2009, 833 in 2010 and 866 in 2011. There are currently 1068 students as of 2020. Catchment area Lesmurdie's catchment area has been specified by the WA Department of Education to include the suburbs of Lesmurdie, Walliston, Carmel, Pickering Brook, Wattle Grove and Bickley. Lesmurdie's feeder primary schools are Falls Road, Lesmurdie, Pickering Brook, Walliston and Wattle Grove. Some students from Falls Road and Walliston catchment are able to attend Kelmscott Senior High School and some students from the Wattle Grove catchment can attend Darling Range Sports College. Accessed 14 October 2011. Its neighbour high schools are Kalamunda Senior High ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kelmscott Senior High School
Kelmscott Senior High School is a public co-educational high day school, located on Camillo Road in Kelmscott, a suburb of Perth, Western Australia. Overview The school was established in 1973 and caters for students in Year 7 to Year 12. The school enrolled 1,560 students in 2007, then 1,562 in 2008, to 1,573 in 2009, then fell to 1,379 in 2010 and to 1,439 in 2011. The fall in student numbers from 2010 is a result of the enrolment age changing for students entering high school in Western Australia. The school won the Kim Hughes shield for the secondary school champion cricket team in Western Australia in 1987. The girls cricket team also won the Super 8 competition in 2002, 2003 and from 2005 to 2008. Notable alumni * Brendon Ah CheeAustralian rules footballer *Trent Sainsburyassociation footballer * Riley Woodcockassociation footballer *Courtney BruceAustralian Diamond netballer * Rita Saffiotipolitician *Callum Ah CheeAustralian rules footballer *Kiara Bowers – AFLW f ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Building The Education Revolution
Building the Education Revolution (BER) was an Government of Australia, Australian government program administered by the Department of Education, Employment and Workplace Relations (DEEWR) designed to provide new and refurbished infrastructure to all eligible Australian schools. The program was part of the First Rudd Government, Rudd government's economic stimulus package designed as a response to the 2008 financial crisis. The program, totaling A$16.2 billion has three elements: *Primary Schools for the 21st Century ($14.2b): providing new and refurbished halls, libraries and classrooms *Science and Language Centres for 21st Century Secondary Schools ($821.8m): providing new and refurbished science laboratories and language learning centres *National School Pride program ($1.28b): providing new and refurbished covered outdoor learning areas, shade structures, sporting facilities and other environmental programs. Controversy The program has attracted attention from crit ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Roleystone District High School
Roleystone Community College is an Independent Public high school, located in Roleystone, south east of Perth, Western Australia. Planning for the school began in 1978 when the local community commenced discussions to prepared a detailed plan for a high school to be established in the area. The Department of Education and Training attended meetings in 1980 and by 1982 a decision was reached that a high school catering for students from Years 6 to 10 would be established. The school opened in 1983 in temporary accommodation as Roleystone District High School, and the students moved to permanent buildings in term 2. The school was built amongst jarrah woodland to an award-winning design. By 1985 the school had over 600 enrolments. Further classrooms were added in 1986. The school had a total enrolment of 283 in 2007, 225 in 2008, 224 in 2009, 239 in 2010 and 207 in 2011. See also * List of schools in the Perth metropolitan area This is a list of schools in the city of ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Armadale Shopping City
Armadale is a suburb of Perth within the City of Armadale, located on the south-eastern edge of the Perth metropolitan region. The major junction of the South Western and Albany Highways, which connect Perth with the South West and Great Southern regions of Western Australia respectively, is located within the suburb. It is also the terminus of the Armadale railway line, one of five major railway lines to service Perth. History Plentiful in natural resources, the area now known as Armadale was long occupied by Aboriginal people prior to the founding of the Swan River Colony. Records of encounters with the original Aboriginal inhabitants of this district are sparse in detail, but early on there was conflict between these inhabitants and the settlers, which led to the establishment of a small garrison at Kelmscott. The township of Kelmscott was gazetted in 1830, and for the next sixty years was the administrative and social hub for those colonists who took up land between present ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2016 Waroona-Yarloop Bushfire
The 2016 Waroona-Yarloop bushfire started in the east in the forests of the Darling Scarp before reaching the Swan Coastal Plain and continued westwards until it reached the Indian Ocean. It started as a lightning strike that caused two fires in the Lane Poole Reserve state forest near Dwellingup, Western Australia on 5 January 2016 and then burnt close to Waroona and then through the historical town of Yarloop, destroying it, before continuing southwards towards the outskirts of the town of Harvey and westwards to Preston Beach. Around of land was burnt, two people died and at least 166 buildings were destroyed in Yarloop alone with only ninety buildings surviving. In total 181 buildings and structures were lost with the total cost of fighting the fire and the cost of the damage and the loss resulting estimated at $155 million. Introduction It was reported by the Bureau of Meteorology that during 2015, the rainfall was well below average in the region. Rainfall was 10% lowe ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Western Grey Kangaroo
The western grey kangaroo (''Macropus fuliginosus''), also referred to as a western grey giant kangaroo, black-faced kangaroo, mallee kangaroo, sooty kangaroo and (when referring to the Kangaroo Island subspecies) Kangaroo Island grey kangaroo, is a large and very common kangaroo found across almost the entire southern part of Australia, from just south of Shark Bay through coastal Western Australia and South Australia, into western Victoria (Australia), Victoria, and in the entire Murray–Darling basin in New South Wales and Queensland. Taxonomy Long known to the Aboriginal Australians, for Europeans, the western grey kangaroo was the centre of a great deal of sometimes comical taxonomic confusion for almost 200 years. It was first noted by European maritime exploration of Australia, European explorers when Matthew Flinders landed on Kangaroo Island in 1802. Flinders shot several for food, but assumed that they were eastern grey kangaroos. In 1803, Baudin expedition to Australia ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Children's Python
Children's python (''Antaresia childreni'') is a species of nonvenomous snake in the Family (biology), family Pythonidae. The species is named after John George Children. It is a nocturnal species occurring in the northern half of Australia and generally found on the ground, although it often climbs trees. Usually growing to about in length or more depending on the polymorphic variant, it is typically a reddish-brown colour, darker on the upper surface, and with many darker blotches, especially on younger specimens. The Stimson's python variant has much stronger and more variable colours; often being adorned with reddish-brown to chocolate blotches against lighter tan. It feeds mostly on small mammals and birds, and as with other pythons, it constricts its prey before swallowing it whole. It is a popular pet among reptile enthusiasts. Taxonomy and naming ''Antaresia childreni'' is one of four species in the genus ''Antaresia'', a genus in the family Pythonidae. The genus is name ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Shingleback Lizard
''Tiliqua rugosa'', most commonly known as the shingleback skink, stumptail skink or bobtail lizard, is a short-tailed, slow-moving species of blue-tongued skink (genus ''Tiliqua'') endemic to Australia. It is commonly known as the shingleback (lizard), potato lizard or sleepy lizard. Three of its four recognised subspecies are found in Western Australia, where the ''bobtail'' name is most frequently used. The fourth subspecies, ''T. rugosa asper,'' is the only one native to eastern Australia, where it goes by the common name of the eastern shingleback. Apart from bobtail and shingleback, a variety of other common names are used in different states, including two-headed skink, stumpy lizard, stumpy-tailed skink, or , pinecone lizard. The Noongar Aboriginal people refer to ''rugosa'' as ''yoorn'' in their language. ''T. rugosa'' has a short, wide, stumpy tail that resembles its head and may serve the purpose of confusing predators. The tail also contains fat reserves, which ar ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
