Applecross, Western Australia
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Applecross is an affluent riverside suburb of Perth, Western Australia
, bounded by Canning Highway
and the Swan River
. It is located within the City of Melville.
Like the name Perth, the suburb of Applecross borrows its name from the region
in Scotland
. Many of the streets in the suburb have Scottish names.
The suburb of Applecross was originally assigned to Lionel Lukin on 28 May 1830. The land was finally acquired by Sir Alexander Percival Matheson in February 1896. Matheson, a Scot, formed the Western Australian Investment Company Limited and instigated the subdivision of the area, giving it the name of Applecross after a small fishing village
on the north-western coast of Scotland.
A distinguishing feature of the suburb are the jacaranda
trees which line its streets and which flower in the late spring. In keeping with this theme, Applecross is home to an annual Jacaranda festival in late November.
Perth, Western Australia
Perth is the capital and largest city of the Australian state of Western Australia and the fourth most populous city in Australia. The Perth metropolitan area has an estimated population of almost 1,700,000....
, bounded by Canning Highway
Canning Highway
Canning Highway is a mostly 4 lane single carriageway major arterial road in Perth, Western Australia. The speed limit is 60 km/h. It is located south of the Swan River and links Perth with Fremantle, running between The Causeway in Victoria Park and Queen Victoria Street in...
and the Swan River
Swan River (Western Australia)
The Swan River estuary flows through the city of Perth, in the south west of Western Australia. Its lower reaches are relatively wide and deep, with few constrictions, while the upper reaches are usually quite narrow and shallow....
. It is located within the City of Melville.
Like the name Perth, the suburb of Applecross borrows its name from the region
Applecross
The Applecross peninsula is a peninsula in Wester Ross, Highland, on the west coast of Scotland. The name Applecross is at least 1300 years old and is not used locally to refer to the 19th century village with the pub and post office, lying on the small Applecross Bay, facing the Inner Sound, on...
in Scotland
Scotland
Scotland is a country that is part of the United Kingdom. Occupying the northern third of the island of Great Britain, it shares a border with England to the south and is bounded by the North Sea to the east, the Atlantic Ocean to the north and west, and the North Channel and Irish Sea to the...
. Many of the streets in the suburb have Scottish names.
The suburb of Applecross was originally assigned to Lionel Lukin on 28 May 1830. The land was finally acquired by Sir Alexander Percival Matheson in February 1896. Matheson, a Scot, formed the Western Australian Investment Company Limited and instigated the subdivision of the area, giving it the name of Applecross after a small fishing village
Traditional fishing village
A fishing village is a village, usually located near a fishing ground, with an economy based on catching fish and harvesting seafood. The continents and islands around the world have coastlines totalling around 356,000 kilometres...
on the north-western coast of Scotland.
A distinguishing feature of the suburb are the jacaranda
Jacaranda
Jacaranda is a genus of 49 species of flowering plants in the family Bignoniaceae, native to tropical and subtropical regions of South America , Central America, Mexico, and the Caribbean. It is also found in Asia, especially in Nepal...
trees which line its streets and which flower in the late spring. In keeping with this theme, Applecross is home to an annual Jacaranda festival in late November.
Landmarks
A number of well known landmarks and facilities are in Applecross. These include- Raffles Hotel and apartments at Coffee Point
- South of Perth Yacht Club
- former Heathcote Hospital - used for mental health services from 1929 to 1994. Now used as a community recreation facility. The site also features a memorial to the actor Heath Ledger. Point HeathcotePoint HeathcotePoint Heathcote is a geographic feature located on the south east part of Melville Water on Swan River.It is located in Applecross a suburb of Perth, Western Australia-History:...
was named after Midshipman G.C. Heathcote. Captain James StirlingJames Stirling (Australian governor)Admiral Sir James Stirling RN was a British naval officer and colonial administrator. His enthusiasm and persistence persuaded the British Government to establish the Swan River Colony and he became the first Governor and Commander-in-Chief of Western Australia...
landed at the location in his 1827 expedition up the Swan River, and the site was seriously considered by Stirling as an alternative to the Perth site when establishing the Swan River ColonySwan River ColonyThe Swan River Colony was a British settlement established in 1829 on the Swan River, in Western Australia. The name was a pars pro toto for Western Australia. In 1832, the colony was officially renamed Western Australia, when the colony's founding Lieutenant-Governor, Captain James Stirling,...
in 1829. - former Majestic Hotel site - colonial style hotel on Point Dundas, near ArdrossArdross, Western AustraliaArdross is a suburb of Perth, Western Australia located within the City of Melville. It was once an area of land acquired by the Scotsman, Sir Alexander Percival Matheson in 1896...
, built ?. Originally called Hotel Melville and renamed to Majestic Hotel in 1925. Demolished and site used for residential subdivision in about 1990. - Waylen Bay
- Canning BridgeCanning BridgeCanning Bridge is a traffic bridge which is the most downstream crossing of the Canning River in the city of Perth, Western Australia. The bridge is a part of Canning Highway, and it connects the suburbs of Como and Applecross. The Canning River is approximately 100 metres wide at the crossing,...
- Canning Bridge railway station and Canning Bridge bus station
Notable residents
- Glen JakovichGlen JakovichGlen Jakovich is a former Australian rules footballer for the West Coast Eagles.Glen was recruited from South Fremantle in Western Australia and debuted in 1991 and played most of his career at the Centre Half Back position, in the number 27 gernsey...
, former West Coast EaglesWest Coast EaglesThe West Coast Eagles are an Australian rules football club which plays in the Australian Football League. The club is based in Perth, Western Australia. The club was founded in 1986 and played its first games in the 1987 season. Its current home ground is Subiaco Oval...
footballer - Heath LedgerHeath LedgerHeath Andrew Ledger was an Australian television and film actor. After performing roles in Australian television and film during the 1990s, Ledger moved to the United States in 1998 to develop his film career...
, actor.