Talk:Spearwood, Western Australia
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"suburb is 85% bushland"?
Spearwood is a completely urbanised suburb, with no bushland other than the usual suburban parks.
85% is an accurate estimate
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A look at "Spearwood, WA, Australia" in Google Earth clearly suggests it is no where near 85% bushland. The only significant remaining bushland (other than suburban parks) I believe are a few strips along the North-South running main road that you can see (Stock Road), and some near the wetlands further west towards the coast (however I think most of this is actually in Hamilton Hill, the suburb immediately north of Spearwood)
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Spearwood is not 85% bushland nor is it any more or less prone to bushfires than most of the inner and medium distant suburbs of Perth. 20-30 years ago those may have been true, but not today. Both then & now the bushland area & fire risk are NOT characteristics that set Spearwood apart from dozens of other Perth suburbs. Edeline Street is currently no more or less remarkable than most streets in Spearwood. Spearwood's relevance in Cockburn and the Perth Metro Area is that historically it is one of the several nodes of settlement within the Perth Metro Area from which settlement extended for in excess of 175 years until housing overlapped forming the greater area known as the Perth Metropolitan Area. More relevant would be information that Cockburn is the location of the administration offices of the Cockburn City Council, of Azelia Ley homestead, of the maket gardens that previously dominated the area, etc. Both Spearwood & Cockburn have a rich & overlapping history. I have long been bemused by the current Spearwood entry. When time permits I may contribute further to it. Lanyon 01:22, 22 September 2007 (UTC)
<comment. I agree with these comments. I was surprised and wondered what the motivation of the author was because it is clearly not right.
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- As someone who works in this area I have to also question the statement that 85% of the suburb is 'bushland' - almost all of the former market gardens have been subdivided and converted into residential housing estates. The only remaining undeveloped areas are located around Watson's meat processing plant on Hamilton Road, as they fall within the odour buffer area of the plant - and none of these could be called 'scrubland'.Dan arndt 06:23, 15 October 2007 (UTC)
