Eglinton, Western Australia
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Eglinton is an unpopulated locality in the Western Australia
n capital city of Perth
, located approximately 44 kilometres (27 mi) north of Perth's central business district
on the Indian Ocean
. For the most part, the suburb is covered in native banksia
woodland, scrubland and heath typical of the Swan Coastal Plain
.
Part of the City of Wanneroo local government area
, it is bounded to the north by Yanchep
, to the east by Carabooda
and to the south by Alkimos
. The area is part of the Alkimos-Eglinton region being considered by the State Government for a future urban region.
Eglinton which was wrecked on rocks near Alkimos which now bear its name.
Prior to European settlement, Noongar
Aboriginal
of the Mooro
tribe had lived in what has become the northern Perth metropolitan region for more than 40,000 years, taking advantage of the abundant food and water around the chain of wetlands on the Swan Coastal Plain
. According to local legend, Pipidinny Swamp, located in eastern Eglinton, was created from the blood and meat of the crocodile's tail as he walked back towards the Swan River
after his fight with the shark.
In 1865, European settlers established the Aboriginal tracks along the west side of the lakes as a stock route from Dongara
(near Geraldton) to Fremantle
. The portion of the stock route between Joondalup and Yanchep was made part of the Bicentennial Heritage Trails Network in 1988, and is now known as the Yaberoo Budjara Heritage Trail.
The area is mostly scrub and bush today but also has some low-level agriculture based along Wanneroo and Pipidinny Roads. In March 1997, the name Eglinton acquired another association when the body of Claremont serial killing
victim Ciara Glennon was found near a track in the area.
The next major waste water treatment plant for the metropolitan region has been earmarked to be built in the Eglinton area. It is designed to provide catchment from Two Rocks
south to the existing Beenyup treatment plant catchment boundary.
to the east and the Indian Ocean
to the west.
Eglinton's population was not measured at the ABS
2006 census. A few agricultural holdings exist at the eastern end of the suburb near Pipidinny Swamp.
preissii (commonly known as "black boys"), banksia
, sheoak and Nuytsia floribunda. Some degradation has occurred due to uncontrolled vehicular access, clearing for stock grazing, fire and rabbits.
was extended through the suburb, which had previously been unserviced by the road network. On 14 December 2008, the 490 Transperth
service between Clarkson train station
and Two Rocks
was rerouted from Wanneroo Road to Marmion Avenue through the middle of Eglinton, operated by Path Transit
.
Western Australia
Western Australia is a state of Australia, occupying the entire western third of the Australian continent. It is bounded by the Indian Ocean to the north and west, the Great Australian Bight and Indian Ocean to the south, the Northern Territory to the north-east and South Australia to the south-east...
n capital city of Perth
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 approximately 44 kilometres (27 mi) north of Perth's central business district
Central business district
A central business district is the commercial and often geographic heart of a city. In North America this part of a city is commonly referred to as "downtown" or "city center"...
on the Indian Ocean
Indian Ocean
The Indian Ocean is the third largest of the world's oceanic divisions, covering approximately 20% of the water on the Earth's surface. It is bounded on the north by the Indian Subcontinent and Arabian Peninsula ; on the west by eastern Africa; on the east by Indochina, the Sunda Islands, and...
. For the most part, the suburb is covered in native banksia
Banksia
Banksia is a genus of around 170 species in the plant family Proteaceae. These Australian wildflowers and popular garden plants are easily recognised by their characteristic flower spikes and fruiting "cones" and heads. When it comes to size, banksias range from prostrate woody shrubs to trees up...
woodland, scrubland and heath typical of the Swan Coastal Plain
Swan Coastal Plain
The Swan Coastal Plain in Western Australia is the geographic feature which contains the Swan River as it travels west to the Indian Ocean. The coastal plain continues well beyond the boundaries of the Swan River and its tributaries, as a geological and biological zone, one of Western Australia's...
.
Part of the City of Wanneroo local government area
Local Government Areas of Western Australia
The Australian state of Western Australia is divided into 141 local government areas...
, it is bounded to the north by Yanchep
Yanchep, Western Australia
Yanchep is an outer coastal suburb of Perth, Western Australia, located 56 kilometres north of Perth's central business district. It is part of the City of Wanneroo local government area. It was built by entrepreneur Alan Bond in the 1970s for the 1977 America's Cup...
, to the east by Carabooda
Carabooda, Western Australia
Carabooda is a rural locality in outer northern Perth, Western Australia. Its Local Government Area is the City of Wanneroo.The region gives its name to a distinctive form of building limestone called Carabooda limestone...
and to the south by Alkimos
Alkimos, Western Australia
Alkimos is an unpopulated coastal suburb of Perth, Western Australia, located north-northwest of Perth's central business district. It is part of the City of Wanneroo local government area....
. The area is part of the Alkimos-Eglinton region being considered by the State Government for a future urban region.
History
Eglinton was approved in 1974 as a suburb name and is named after the barqueBarque
A barque, barc, or bark is a type of sailing vessel with three or more masts.- History of the term :The word barque appears to have come from the Greek word baris, a term for an Egyptian boat. This entered Latin as barca, which gave rise to the Italian barca, Spanish barco, and the French barge and...
Eglinton which was wrecked on rocks near Alkimos which now bear its name.
Prior to European settlement, Noongar
Noongar
The Noongar are an indigenous Australian people who live in the south-west corner of Western Australia from Geraldton on the west coast to Esperance on the south coast...
Aboriginal
Indigenous Australians
Indigenous Australians are the original inhabitants of the Australian continent and nearby islands. The Aboriginal Indigenous Australians migrated from the Indian continent around 75,000 to 100,000 years ago....
of the Mooro
Mooro
The Mooro were a Nyungar Indigenous clan who lived in and to the north of Perth, Western Australia, until shortly after European settlement at the Swan River Colony in 1829. Their territory stretched from the Swan River north to the Moore River beyond the northern limits of metropolitan Perth and...
tribe had lived in what has become the northern Perth metropolitan region for more than 40,000 years, taking advantage of the abundant food and water around the chain of wetlands on the Swan Coastal Plain
Swan Coastal Plain
The Swan Coastal Plain in Western Australia is the geographic feature which contains the Swan River as it travels west to the Indian Ocean. The coastal plain continues well beyond the boundaries of the Swan River and its tributaries, as a geological and biological zone, one of Western Australia's...
. According to local legend, Pipidinny Swamp, located in eastern Eglinton, was created from the blood and meat of the crocodile's tail as he walked back towards 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....
after his fight with the shark.
In 1865, European settlers established the Aboriginal tracks along the west side of the lakes as a stock route from Dongara
Dongara, Western Australia
Dongara is a town located 351 km north-northwest of Perth on the Brand Highway. The town is located at the mouth of the Irwin River. In recent years the area has been marketed as the 'Rock lobster capital of Australia'....
(near Geraldton) to Fremantle
Fremantle
Freemantle is a suburb of Southampton in England.Fremantle or Freemantle may also refer to:- Places :* Fremantle, the port city to the capital Perth, Western Australia...
. The portion of the stock route between Joondalup and Yanchep was made part of the Bicentennial Heritage Trails Network in 1988, and is now known as the Yaberoo Budjara Heritage Trail.
The area is mostly scrub and bush today but also has some low-level agriculture based along Wanneroo and Pipidinny Roads. In March 1997, the name Eglinton acquired another association when the body of Claremont serial killing
Claremont serial killer
The Claremont serial murders is the case of the unsolved murders of two young Australian women and the unresolved disappearance of a third in 1996 and 1997 in Claremont, a wealthy western suburb of Perth, Western Australia...
victim Ciara Glennon was found near a track in the area.
Plans
There are plans for an Alkimos-Eglinton Satellite City, covered by Amendment 1029/33 to the Metropolitan Region Scheme (May 2006). LandCorp, the State's land development agency, estimates that 55,000 people will live in the area once it is complete, that the centre will include "hospitals, tertiary educational institutions, major retail, commercial and recreational facilities" and that stage 1 blocks would be offered for sale in 2008. The Environmental Protection Authority, however, raised concerns in November 2005 about the amendment, saying that it "would, in part, be inconsistent with the conservation and protection of significant environmental and geoheritage values in the area", and recommended that the amount of reserves be greatly increased.The next major waste water treatment plant for the metropolitan region has been earmarked to be built in the Eglinton area. It is designed to provide catchment from Two Rocks
Two Rocks, Western Australia
Two Rocks is an outer suburb of Perth, Western Australia, located 61 kilometres north of Perth's central business district. It is part of the City of Wanneroo local authority and straddles the northernmost boundaries of the Perth metropolitan area....
south to the existing Beenyup treatment plant catchment boundary.
Geography
Eglinton lies roughly between the proposed Mitchell FreewayMitchell Freeway
Mitchell Freeway is a long freeway in Perth, Western Australia, linking Perth's central business district with its outer northern suburbs. It is allocated Route 2 for its entire length and is named after former state Premier and Governor Sir James Mitchell....
to the east and the Indian Ocean
Indian Ocean
The Indian Ocean is the third largest of the world's oceanic divisions, covering approximately 20% of the water on the Earth's surface. It is bounded on the north by the Indian Subcontinent and Arabian Peninsula ; on the west by eastern Africa; on the east by Indochina, the Sunda Islands, and...
to the west.
Eglinton's population was not measured at the ABS
Australian Bureau of Statistics
The Australian Bureau of Statistics is Australia's national statistical agency. It was created as the Commonwealth Bureau of Census and Statistics on 8 December 1905, when the Census and Statistics Act 1905 was given Royal assent. It had its beginnings in section 51 of the Constitution of Australia...
2006 census. A few agricultural holdings exist at the eastern end of the suburb near Pipidinny Swamp.
Facilities
Eglinton has no conventional facilities at the present stage and is accessible only by Pipidinny Road, which runs via Pipidinny Swamp to within 200 metres (656 ft) of the beach. The Alkimos wreck can be viewed from the nearby coastline, where almost untouched beaches are accessible by sandtrack. The suburb offers a wide array of native scrubland, woodland and heath, varying in condition from excellent to completely degraded, and including XanthorrhoeaXanthorrhoea
Xanthorrhoea is a genus of flowering plants native to Australia and a member of family Xanthorrhoeaceae, being the only member of subfamily Xanthorrhoeoideae. The Xanthorrhoeaceae are monocots, part of order Asparagales. There are 28 species and five subspecies of Xanthorrhoea.-Description:All are...
preissii (commonly known as "black boys"), banksia
Banksia
Banksia is a genus of around 170 species in the plant family Proteaceae. These Australian wildflowers and popular garden plants are easily recognised by their characteristic flower spikes and fruiting "cones" and heads. When it comes to size, banksias range from prostrate woody shrubs to trees up...
, sheoak and Nuytsia floribunda. Some degradation has occurred due to uncontrolled vehicular access, clearing for stock grazing, fire and rabbits.
Transport
In 2008, Marmion AvenueMarmion Avenue
Marmion Avenue is a major arterial road in Perth, Western Australia, designated State Route 71.It runs through the northern coastal suburbs of Perth from the end of West Coast Highway in Trigg and Karrinyup, to the outer northern suburb of Yanchep...
was extended through the suburb, which had previously been unserviced by the road network. On 14 December 2008, the 490 Transperth
Transperth
Transperth is the brand name of the public transport system in Perth, Western Australia. It is operated by the Public Transport Authority.-History:...
service between Clarkson train station
Clarkson railway station, Perth
Clarkson is a Transperth bus and train station located north of Perth, Western Australia, in the suburb of Clarkson. It presently serves as the terminus for the Joondalup Line. It is located east of Ocean Keys Shopping Centre....
and Two Rocks
Two Rocks, Western Australia
Two Rocks is an outer suburb of Perth, Western Australia, located 61 kilometres north of Perth's central business district. It is part of the City of Wanneroo local authority and straddles the northernmost boundaries of the Perth metropolitan area....
was rerouted from Wanneroo Road to Marmion Avenue through the middle of Eglinton, operated by Path Transit
Path Transit
Path Transit is a transport company operating 320 buses in Perth, Australia since 1996.It has depots in :* Bayswater* MalagaPath Transit also provides rental of vehicles for private functions.-Vehicles:...
.
External links
- Metropolitan Region Scheme Amendment 1029/33 Alkimos-Eglinton - Download (6MB)