Queens Park is a

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, Western Australia, located within the

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. Its postcode is 6107. There are 6,853 persons living in Queens Park. The top five ancestries represented in the suburb were English, Chinese, Australian, Indian, Nepali and Filipino. The majority of persons living in Queens Park were between the ages of 18 and 49 (school leavers, university students, young workforce and parents and home builders).

Pre colonial history

Queens Park, prior to colonial interactions, was originally cared for by the

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people, the

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for the areas along the

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. Prior to the colonial settlement of the area, the Canning River and its associated wetlands provided an important source of food and shelter to the Beeliar and Beeloo Noongar people. The Beeloo considered north of the Canning River to the hills as part of their ground while the Beeliar mainly traversed the southern section of the river to the sea. At the time of colonial settlement,

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and Munday were leaders of these people. The Cannington-Wilson area was called "Beeloo" for many years by local residents.

Post-colonial history

The suburb derives its name from the former Queens Park Road Board that was incorporated into the Canning and Belmont Road Boards. Queens Park was originally known as Woodlupine. The name change was brought about following a murder in 1911. Local residents and authorities feared the incident could jeopardise the development of the area. It was agreed that the name would be changed to Queens Park to honour

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, wife of

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Sister Kate's children's home

The largest single land-holder in Queens Park was Sister Kate's children's home, which was founded by Katherine Mary Clutterbuck in 1934 and expanded in 1936. At the time,

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, the government

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was the architect of an official scheme that oversaw the care, custody and education of Aboriginal and

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children under 16 years in the state. The scheme's purpose was to integrate young and part-Aboriginal children into white society by separating them from their families. These children later became known as the

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Whadjuk Noongar heritage sites

* DAA have site 3633 located on Sevenoaks Street in Queens Park.

Colonial heritage

* The Chapel of the Guardian Angel * Sister Kate's Children's Home * St Josephs Roman Catholic School & Convent *

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& St Joseph's Priory * Cannington Fire Station * Coronation Hotel

Modern developments

Queens Park now incorporates the former suburb of Maniana, once of State Housing development post-WW2, which is being pulled down and redeveloped into "Quatro".. New developments such as "Skytown" have seen property prices boom as developers buy old houses for unit development, especially around the older parts of Queens Park on Welshpool Road. Queens Park is now the centre of another major re-development, with plans announced in 2020 to build a State Football Centre in Queens Park.

Transport

Queens Park is home to Queens Park railway station. It is located around from Perth CBD and serves the Armadale and Thornlie–Cockburn lines. The station is due to be rebuilt in 2023 as part of Metronet. The station is served by 1 bus route, the 201 to

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from

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Bus

* 36 Cannington Station to Airport Central Station – serves Wharf Street and Welshpool Road * 51 Cannington Station to

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– serves Wharf Street and Welshpool Road * 202

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– Clockwise Circular Route, serves Renou Street, Wharf Street, Whitlock Road, Reginald Street and Gibbs Street * 203

– Anti-Clockwise Circular Route, serves Gibbs Street, Reginald Street, Whitlock Road, Wharf Street and Renou Street * 282 and 283

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– serve Welshpool Road

Rail

* Armadale/ Thornlie–Cockburn lines ** Queens Park railway station

Environment

Queens Park has several open spaces and reserves, including an oval and eleven parks, and one regional park. Flora includes: * Flooded gum * Grass tree *

Bulrush Bulrush is a vernacular name for several large wetland graminoid, grass-like plants *Sedge family (Cyperaceae): **''Cyperus'' **''Scirpus'' **''Blysmus'' **''Bolboschoenus'' **''Scirpoides'' **''Isolepis'' **''Schoenoplectus'' **''Trichophorum'' ...

es * Swamp paperbark

Community groups

The Friends of Queens Park Bushland is a community group of volunteers whose aim is to help the community connect with nature through protecting, regenerating and revegetating the bushland in Queens Park, East Cannington and Welshpool. The

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has a branch in Queens Park.

Sports clubs

The Queens Park Football Club was established in the early 1960s. Currently it has

Auskick Auskick is a program designed to teach the basic skills of Australian football to children aged between 5 and 12. Auskick is a non-contact variant of the sport. It began in Australia and is now a nationwide non-selective program. It has incre ...

teams. The Queens Park Soccer Club was founded in 1914. Queens Park is home to several men's, women's and junior teams.

Wildlife

There are 759 wildlife species currently identified. Easily identified and frequently spotted species are: Birds *

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Australian pelican The Australian pelican (''Pelecanus conspicillatus'') is a large waterbird in the family Pelecanidae, widespread on the inland and coastal waters of Australia and New Guinea, also in Fiji, parts of Indonesia and as a vagrant in New Zealand. It ...

Little egret The little egret (''Egretta garzetta'') is a species of small heron in the family Ardeidae. It is a white bird with a slender black beak, long black legs and, in the western race, yellow feet. As an aquatic bird, it feeds in shallow water and on ...

Australian white ibis The Australian white ibis (''Threskiornis molucca'') is a wading bird of the family (biology), family Threskiornithidae. It is widespread across much of Australia. It has a predominantly white plumage with a bare, black head, long downcurved b ...

Mammals * Lesser long-eared bat *

Fox Foxes are small-to-medium-sized omnivorous mammals belonging to several genera of the family Canidae. They have a flattened skull; upright, triangular ears; a pointed, slightly upturned snout; and a long, bushy tail ("brush"). Twelve species ...

House mouse The house mouse (''Mus musculus'') is a small mammal of the rodent family Muridae, characteristically having a pointed snout, large rounded ears, and a long and almost hairless tail. It is one of the most abundant species of the genus '' Mus''. A ...

Reptiles *

Southwestern snake-necked turtle The oblong turtle (''Chelodina oblonga''), also known commonly as the narrow-breasted snake-necked turtle, southwestern snake-necked turtle, (western) long-neck(ed) turtle, and as yaagan in Noongar language, is a species of turtle in the family ...

* Southern blind snake * Dugite Amphibians *

Limnodynastes dorsalis ''The western banjo frog (Limnodynastes dorsalis)'' is a species of frog from the family Limnodynastidae. The informal names for this species are pobblebonk, sand frog and bullfrog. It is one of the endemic amphibians of Western Australia. A lar ...

* Moaning frog * Motorbike frog

Schools

* Queens Park Primary School *

* St. Josephs School

References

{{City of Canning suburbs Suburbs in the City of Canning Suburbs of Perth, Western Australia