Ashfield, Western Australia
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Ashfield is a residential suburb of Perth, Western Australia
, located within the Town of Bassendean
. The suburb is located along the Swan River
. The Midland railway line passes through the area and is serviced by the Ashfield railway station
.
The housing was originally established as small collection of railway houses near the train line. In the late 1950s early 1960s the area experienced a small boom of housing (400 houses) mostly built by the then State Housing Commission partly funded by the sale of half the properties to individuals. In the late 1960s the State Housing started to reacquire some of those properties. During the late 1990s the suburb underwent a revamp driven by the State Housing Commission, now called the Department of Housing. This occurred in conjunction with the infill sewage project which was created to convert Perth homes from septic tank
s and leach drains to mains sewage. They bulldozed houses on land where they had adjoining properties. For every three houses removed five to seven were built in their place. The majority of these were sold off to low income and first home buyers.
The Department of Housing still owns about 22% of the houses (as opposed to their stated goal of 10%), and uses their housing stock as subsidised rental accommodation.
The deepest point of the Swan River upstream from Melville waters occurs in Ashfield. It was in this area the farthest upstream recording of sharks occurred with one being caught in the late 1970s.
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....
, located within the Town of Bassendean
Town of Bassendean
The Town of Bassendean is a Local Government Area in the northeastern suburbs of the Western Australian capital city of Perth, located west of the industrial centre of Midland and about northeast of Perth's central business district...
. The suburb is located along 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....
. The Midland railway line passes through the area and is serviced by the Ashfield railway station
Ashfield railway station, Perth
Ashfield is a Transperth railway station located north-east of Perth railway station, Western Australia, on the Midland Line.-History:The station opened as a signal box named Cresco in 1930, with passenger facilities provided in 1954. The signal box remain until 1964.-Platforms:-Bus...
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The housing was originally established as small collection of railway houses near the train line. In the late 1950s early 1960s the area experienced a small boom of housing (400 houses) mostly built by the then State Housing Commission partly funded by the sale of half the properties to individuals. In the late 1960s the State Housing started to reacquire some of those properties. During the late 1990s the suburb underwent a revamp driven by the State Housing Commission, now called the Department of Housing. This occurred in conjunction with the infill sewage project which was created to convert Perth homes from septic tank
Septic tank
A septic tank is a key component of the septic system, a small-scale sewage treatment system common in areas with no connection to main sewage pipes provided by local governments or private corporations...
s and leach drains to mains sewage. They bulldozed houses on land where they had adjoining properties. For every three houses removed five to seven were built in their place. The majority of these were sold off to low income and first home buyers.
The Department of Housing still owns about 22% of the houses (as opposed to their stated goal of 10%), and uses their housing stock as subsidised rental accommodation.
The deepest point of the Swan River upstream from Melville waters occurs in Ashfield. It was in this area the farthest upstream recording of sharks occurred with one being caught in the late 1970s.