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due to its elevation and position looking across the Perth Water area. Post-cards, calendar images, posters and photographs from most decades of the twentieth century exist, that show the view from the Park looking across Perth Water to the city.
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Swan River colony : life in
Western Australia since the early colonial settlement, illustrated by pictures from an exhibition mounted by West Australian Newspapers Ltd. as a contribution to celebrations for the state's 150th
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From some earlier photographs and images made from Kings Park it is possible to ascertain the earlier river-edges, or banks, from tree lines. The photo here is of the part of the river that was filled in to accommodate the
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For the construction of the
Narrows Bridge and its approaches, considerable amounts of the north west section of Perth Water were reclaimed. In the early days of the settlement of Perth the north west section between
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and the city had been named Mounts Bay, and the road along the shore became known as Mounts Bay Road. The subsequent reclamation effectively removed what has been known as Mounts Bay.
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Goonininup : a site complex on the southern side of Mount Eliza : an historical perspective of land use and associations in the old Swan
Brewery area
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This body of water is also known as
Derbarl Yerrigan, a name which has since been adopted for the whole of the Swan River. In the Noongar language,
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In 1989, the
Department of Aboriginal Sites published a book with a reproduction of a 1909 cancelled plan of Perth that shows place names:
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Considerable reclamation has taken place on both sides of the river. For example, in 1879, landfill of Perth Water was used to create
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The earlier shore line of Perth Water can be identified by the line made by Mounts Bay Road, and its extension to The
Esplanade.
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Australia. Town Planning Dept; Western Australia. Perth Water and Burswood Island Foreshore Advisory Committee (1972),
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Ferry companies at the terminal have improved re-fuelling techniques to reduce the amount of oil pollution in Perth Water.
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Claisebrook in the Swan
Estuary, Western Australia â A synthesis of environmental information and historical retrospective
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Swan River Perth water navigation channels : investigation of options for maintenance dredging and spoil disposal
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Since the establishment of Perth, there have been either jetties or landing and mooring facilities at the location of
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from as early as 1908 to keep the South Perth to Perth ferry channel clear; such maintenance is an ongoing issue.
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was the first held in
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to the west â a large wide but shallow section of river, and the northern edge of the suburb
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The main route for deep draught boats to navigate Perth Water is from the
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Reclamation for Narrows Bridge, Perth, W.A. : stability and settlement considerations
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Historically it was much larger in size. The shorelines have been regularly changed.
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Ferries between Elizabeth Quay and Mends Street about to pass each other in May 2018
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624:â front cover, pages 2â3, 6,7, 36,37,54,68,70,84,88 all have views of Perth Water.
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Perth water and Burswood Island foreshores outline plan of proposed foreshore uses
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in 1979 that included photographs showing the degradation of the space over time.
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634:Perth (W.A. : Municipality). Council (1800),
602:Lotterywest Skyworks. Retrieved 29 December 2006.
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574:Red Bull Air Race: Swan River access restricted
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675:Public Plan of Perth (Cancelled 1909) ID/40
442:Swan River Trust â Annual Report, 1998â1999
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369:Perth waterfront development proposals
299:Mounts Bay Road â Esplanade river edge
217:150th anniversary of Western Australia
118:Perth Convention and Exhibition Centre
79:Aerial view looking west across Perth
827:Landmarks in Perth, Western Australia
63:. It is considered a landmark of the
18:Water Corporation (Western Australia)
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732:. Perth. 16 January 1908. p. 9
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637:The Lord Mayor's report
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260:Sir James Mitchell Park
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471:26 December
424:31 December
189:South Perth
107:Mount Eliza
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61:South Perth
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491:, The Dept
390:References
264:Gabudjulup
255:Goorgoogoo
249:Buneenboro
223:Early maps
181:Transperth
152:Kings Park
45:Swan River
197:Fremantle
148:fireworks
596:Archived
577:Archived
512:Archived
445:Archived
358:See also
293:Yerrigan
282:Gareenup
193:Rottnest
761:15 June
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344:dredged
311:works.
289:Derbarl
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71:History
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159:Uses
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