Talk:Point Walter (Western Australia)

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[edit] Photo, and Nyoongar name, and whitefeller history

Is the photo really from Mosman Park?? The spit and jetty look too close - more like the view from the path along Blackwall Reach.

Point Walter had major Aboriginal significance - does anyone have the information to put in at least the name, maybe some of the story?

There's also really interesting European history - using the spit to land cargo (I think Walter Padbury was here??), and the picnics from Fremantle.

Callophylla 11:01, 12 October 2006 (UTC)

Re the photo, taken from the Car Park on Bayview Tce near Owston street that has the memorials to local residents. Gnangarra 13:28, 12 October 2006 (UTC)
I thought the spit of sand didnt become a dominant feature until after dredging of the Harbour, Gnangarra
I am quite intrigued by the number of entries in the LISWA catalogue for Point Walter, just about to dig through them (my 2 bobs worth) SatuSuro 13:36, 12 October 2006 (UTC)
Most promising - in that Izzy Orloff and other photographers obviously used to go to picnics there from freo by the old river steamers -

the best Battye title so far is

Author Turner, Ric. Title Point Walter : a history from 1827 to 1986 / by Ric Turner for Ministry of Sport and Recreation. Published Perth, W.A. : Ministry of Sport and Recreation, 1990. ISBN 0730939510 Note First published as: Point Walter : a history from corroboree to cup. 1986. Subject Parks -- Western Australia -- Bicton -- History. Point Walter Reserve (Bicton, W.A.) -- History.

oh well that one anyway SatuSuro 13:42, 12 October 2006 (UTC)