Kings Park Road

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Kings Park Road

Edith Dircksey Cowan Memorial1.jpg
Edith Dircksey Cowan Memorial on Kings Park Road at the entrance to Kings Park
Kings Park Road
General information
TypeRoad
Length1.1 km (0.7 mi) [1]
Major junctions
East end
West end
Location(s)
Major suburbs West Perth

Kings Park Road is situated in West Perth in Western Australia. It was once known as Brooking Street. It runs as a boundary between the suburbs of West Perth and Kings Park, from the west end of Malcolm Street to the corner of Bagot Road, Subiaco, and Thomas Street, West Perth.

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It was bitumenised in the 1930s. [2] In 1939, a 25 feet (7.6 m) setback rule was suggested by the Perth City Council. [3] The junction with Thomas Street and Bagot Road has been modified several times. [4]

The junction at the eastern end was regularly called the King's Park Circus. [5]

The central median strip had been lined with trees. [6] However, they were removed and replaced with rose bushes sometime after May 1949. [7]

Edith Dircksey Cowan Memorial

The Edith Dircksey Cowan Memorial stands on the roundabout at the junction of Kings Park Road, Malcolm Street and Fraser Avenue in West Perth. Before the 1950s, this place used to be the intersection of Kings Park Rd, Fraser Avenue, and Mount Street. However, with the construction of the Mitchell Freeway, Mount Street was cut, and the barracks were demolished. Only the Barracks Arch remained, and Malcolm Street was created instead. Edith Cowan was the first female member of any Australian Parliament. [8]

Following the death of Edith Cowan in June 1932, a committee was formed to create a memorial to her. The committee initially wanted the memorial to be within Kings Park but the Kings Park Board refused to allow the memorial, saying that she was not a person of national significance. [9]

The committee became aware of the Perth City Council's plans for a memorial on the Kings Park Road Circus, and when approached they agreed with the memorial being designed by Harold Boas and Henry Attwell, featuring a bronze relief designed by Margaret Johnson of Mount Hawthorn, with a wreath of gum leaves and nuts. [10] This alternative location of the memorial was also of concern at the time. [11]

Intersections

LGALocation [1] kmmiDestinationsNotes
Perth West Perth 00.0Australian Tourist Drive 200.svg Malcolm Street / Fraser Avenue (Tourist Drive 200)Modified traffic circle (Malcolm Street and Kings Park Road free-flowing, Fraser Avenue has give way); Kings Park Road continues west as Malcolm Street
0.20.12Havelock StreetStop sign controlled, giving Kings Park Road priority
0.40.25Colin StreetStop sign controlled, giving Kings Park Road priority; intersection co-located with Jorang Grove intersection
0.40.25Jorang GroveJorang Grove is left-in/left-out; intersection co-located with Colin Street intersection
0.550.34Altona StreetStop sign controlled, giving Kings Park Road priority
0.650.40 Outram Street / Kulunga GroveStop sign controlled on Outram Street side, giving Kings Park Road priority; uncontrolled on Kulunga Grove side
0.750.47Ventnor AvenueStop sign controlled, giving Kings Park Road priority
0.850.53Walker AvenueStop sign controlled, giving Kings Park Road priority
Perth - Subiaco boundary West Perth - Subiaco boundary1.10.68Australian state route 61.svg Bagot Road / Thomas Street (State Route 61)Traffic light controlled; no right turn from Thomas Street southbound to Bagot Road or Bagot Road to Thomas Street southbound
1.000 mi = 1.609 km; 1.000 km = 0.621 mi

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