Hepburn Heights bushland is the familiar name of a 53-hectare parcel of natural bushland and woodland in the northern suburbs of the city of
Perth, Western Australia
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 ...
, a large portion of which was preserved from residential redevelopment after a determined six-year campaign by environmental activists (November 1987 to June 1993).
Being an environmentally destructive project of the notorious
WA Inc
WA Inc was the name for a set of public-private partnerships in Western Australia in the 1980s associated with the Western Australian Development Corporation, which became a political scandal. The state government, which was led for much of t ...
state government, the land clearing and its spectacular resistance by protesters was given extensive media coverage, aiding the preparation of a closely detailed historical account which was published in 2009.
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Location
Hepburn Heights is the name used to describe Crown Land Reserve No. 33286, located in the City of Joondalup
The City of Joondalup is a Local government areas of Western Australia, local government area in Perth, Western Australia. Its central business district is located in the suburb Joondalup, and it includes the town centres of Hillarys, Western A ...
suburb of Padbury
Padbury is a village and civil parish in north Buckinghamshire, England. It is located on the A413 main road that links Buckingham with Winslow.
History
The village name is Old English in origin, and means 'Padda's fortress'. In the Domesday ...
, about 25 kilometres north-west of the Perth city centre. The eventually-resolved conservation area
Protected areas or conservation areas are locations which receive protection because of their recognized natural or cultural values. Protected areas are those areas in which human presence or the exploitation of natural resources (e.g. firewoo ...
is bounded by Pinnaroo Valley Memorial Park and a water authority reservoir, Reserve No. 32734. The conservation area consists of 20.88 ha of bushland and includes a 10-metre-wide pipeline corridor and a 25-metre-wide vegetated corridor which is subject to possible future use by the water authority.[ As the result of a ]Supreme Court
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ruling, 38 ha of land was conserved overall, an event which prompted the City of Joondalup to initiate an ongoing programme of biodiversity management.Biodiversity Report 2008
City of Joondalup, page 41 (PDF folio 43/80)
See also
*Environment of Australia
The Australian environment ranges from virtually pristine Antarctic territory and rainforests to degraded industrial areas of major cities. Forty distinct ecoregions have been identified across the Australian mainland and islands. Central Au ...
References
Perth, Western Australia
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