Caversham, Western Australia
| Caversham Perth, Western Australia | |||||||||||||||
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| File:Riverbank Estate Winery, Caversham, April 2021 02.jpg The Riverbank Estate Winery at Caversham in 2021 | |||||||||||||||
| Coordinates | 31°52′30″S 115°58′30″E / 31.875°S 115.975°E | ||||||||||||||
| Postcode(s) | 6055 | ||||||||||||||
| LGA(s) | City of Swan | ||||||||||||||
| State electorate(s) | |||||||||||||||
| Federal division(s) | Hasluck | ||||||||||||||
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Caversham is a suburb of Perth, Western Australia, located in the City of Swan. It contains many wineries as part of the Swan Valley wine region.[1] It is the location of brick and tile manufacturers, with Brisbane & Wunderlich establishing a tile manufacturing factory in 1953.[2][3] It has long been associated with agricultural pursuits and has regularly had a show.[4][5][6] It has also has been the location of child welfare properties such as Riverbank.[7][8][9] In the 2000s Caversham was the location of a detention centre known as the Disability Justice Centre.[10] The Hall - originally known as the Soldiers and Sailors Memorial Hall built in 1921, was replaced by the Caversham and District Memorial Hall.[11] It also was the location of the Caversham Wildlife Park, which has since moved into Whiteman Park. It was the location of a war-time airstrip, the Caversham Airfield, which was later utilised as a motor-raceway.[12]
Transport
Bus
- 353 Bassendean Station to Henley Brook Bus Station – serves Lord Street, Daviot Road, Bennett Street, Patricia Street and Suffolk Street[13]
References
- ↑ Devitt, A. C; Elliott, J. F. (John Fenwick), 1948-; Western Australia. Viticulture Section; Swan Valley Policy Local Advisory Group (W.A.) (1987), Marketing of Western Australian wines : proceedings of a seminar held at Mulberry Farm, Caversham, Western Australia, July 30, 1987, Western Australian Dept. of Agriculture, retrieved 19 April 2018
{{citation}}:|author4=has generic name (help)CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link) CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link) - ↑ Master Builders' Federation of Australia (24 August 1953), "New Tile Works In Western Australia H. L. BRISBANE & WUNDERLICH LTD. (24 August 1953)", Building, Lighting and Engineering ((August 24, 1953)), Building Pub: 42, retrieved 15 February 2021
- ↑ "CHAIRMAN'S CERTIFICATE OF EXTRAORDINARY RESOLUTION FOR ACCEPTANCE OF COMPOSITION OR SCHEME OF ARRANGEMENT OR FOR CONFIRMATION". Commonwealth of Australia Gazette. No. 35. 30 April 1931. p. 730. Retrieved 15 February 2021 – via National Library of Australia.
- ↑ "Caversham Show". The West Australian. Vol. XLV, no. 8, 512. Western Australia. 1 October 1929. p. 5. Retrieved 19 April 2018 – via National Library of Australia.
- ↑ "Caversham Show". Sunday Times (Perth). No. 1884. Western Australia. 4 March 1934. p. 4 (First Section). Retrieved 4 November 2021 – via National Library of Australia.
- ↑ "Caversham Show". The West Australian. Vol. 55, no. 16, 436. Western Australia. 6 March 1939. p. 15. Retrieved 4 November 2021 – via National Library of Australia.
- ↑ Western Australia. Child Welfare Dept (1960), Riverbank : Hamersley Road, Caversham, Western Australia, The Dept, retrieved 19 April 2018
- ↑ "Riverbank jail to close", Australasian Business Intelligence, COMTEX News Network, Inc: 1008240i8250, 28 August 2001, ISSN 1320-6680
- ↑ "Government under fire for closing Riverbank". ABC News. 21 August 2013.
- ↑ "Controversial justice centre gets the go-ahead". ABC News. 29 November 2013.
- ↑ Caversham and District Memorial Hall, 24 May 1958, retrieved 4 November 2021
- ↑ Goodall, Leith, 1903-1978; Southern Cross Films (1947), Airstrip Caversham : (Speedway) : 14 March 1947, Southern Cross Newsreels, retrieved 15 February 2021
{{citation}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link) CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link) - ↑ "Route 353". Bus Timetable 100 (PDF). Transperth. 3 May 2024 [effective from 14 April 2024].
External links
- Caversham Suburb Profile from Link House and Land.