Osborne Park, Western Australia

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Coordinates: 31°54′06″S 115°49′14″E / -31.90167, 115.82056

Osborne Park
Western Australia
Population: 3,109[1]
Postcode: 6017
Property Value: AUD $450,500 (Q4, 2007)[2]
Location: 8 km (5 mi) from Perth
LGA: City of Stirling
Federal Division: Division of Stirling and Division of Curtin
Suburbs around Osborne Park:
Innaloo Stirling Balcatta
Woodlands Osborne Park Tuart Hill and Joondanna
Herdsman Glendalough Mount Hawthorn

Osborne Park is a suburb of Perth, Western Australia. Its Local Government Area is the City of Stirling.

Osborne Park was named after William Osborne, a butcher who owned an abattoir on Wanneroo Road and was elected to the Perth Road Board (the City of Stirling's predecessor), in 1875.[3]

The suburb was originally full of market gardens, due to rich peaty soil from the swamps between Lake Monger and Herdsman's Lake.[4] The area was popular among Chinese and Italian settlers.[5] The suburb was founded by a private trading concern and had a tram service in the early 1900s through an extension of the tram system from the end of the Leederville line.[4] The suburb is now served by Glendalough train station on the Joondalup line.[2]

Osborne Park became a residential suburb after World War II, but by the 1980s, it was predominantly an industrial area, with only the north-eastern area still residential.[5] Many warehouses and small businesses are located in Osborne Park, as well as larger retailers such as Harvey Norman and Officeworks.

[edit] References

  1. ^ Australian Bureau of Statistics (25 October 2007). Osborne Park (State Suburb). 2006 Census QuickStats. Retrieved on 2008-03-02.
  2. ^ a b REIWA Suburb Profile. Retrieved on 2008-03-02.
  3. ^ Western Australian Land Information Authority. History of metropolitan suburb names - O. Retrieved on 2008-03-02.
  4. ^ a b Battye (Ed.), J.S. (1912). The Cyclopedia of Western Australia 1912-1913. Perth, Western Australia: The Cyclopedia Company. ISBN 978-1-921081-38-5. 
  5. ^ a b Suburbs: Osborne Park. City of Stirling. Retrieved on 2008-03-02.
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