Lesmurdie, Western Australia

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Lesmurdie
Perth,  Western Australia
Perth Panorama from Lesmurdie Falls SMC.jpg
Panorama of Perth with the CBD on the horizon, taken from Lesmurdie Falls
Lesmurdie, Western Australia
Coordinates 31°59′38″S116°03′00″E / 31.994°S 116.050°E / -31.994; 116.050
Population8,413 (SAL 2021) [1]
Established1897
Postcode(s) 6076
Location21 km (13 mi) from Perth, Western Australia
LGA(s) City of Kalamunda
State electorate(s) Kalamunda
Federal division(s) Hasluck
Suburbs around Lesmurdie:
Maida Vale Kalamunda Kalamunda
Forrestfield Lesmurdie Walliston
Wattle Grove Wattle Grove Bickley

Lesmurdie is a suburb of Perth, Western Australia, located within the City of Kalamunda. It was established in 1897 by Archibald Sanderson, a politician and journalist, who began buying properties in the area from the Canning Jarrah Timber Company to build up a rural retreat and fruit-growing property. He named it after Lesmurdie Cottage, a shooting box near Dufftown, Scotland that his father had rented. It was officially gazetted on 8 June 1959. [2] [3]

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The main access to the suburb from the Swan Coastal Plain is via Welshpool Road East, which snakes its way up the side of the Darling Scarp from the suburb of Wattle Grove. Lesmurdie can also be accessed from Kalamunda, Walliston, Carmel and Bickley, primarily through Canning Road.

The shopping centres in the area are the Lesmurdie Village on Sanderson Road and the Lesmurdie Road Shopping Centre on the corner of Rooth Road and Lesmurdie Road.

Lesmurdie has three high schools within its boundaries, the government operated Lesmurdie Senior High School as well as the privately operated Mazenod College for boys and St Brigid's College for girls. There are two government primary schools in Lesmurdie, Lesmurdie Primary School [4] and Falls Road Primary School [5] as well as a privately operated primary school at St Brigid's.

Transport

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References

  1. ↑ Australian Bureau of Statistics (28 June 2022). "Lesmurdie (suburb and locality)". Australian Census 2021 QuickStats. Retrieved 28 June 2022.  OOjs UI icon edit-ltr-progressive.svg
  2. ↑ "History of metropolitan suburb names – L". Western Australian Land Information Authority. Archived from the original on 16 March 2022. Retrieved 12 October 2019.
  3. ↑ Grant, Donald (1988). "Sanderson, Archibald (1870–1937)". Australian Dictionary of Biography . Canberra: National Centre of Biography, Australian National University. ISBN   978-0-522-84459-7. ISSN   1833-7538. OCLC   70677943 . Retrieved 20 September 2017.
  4. ↑ "Lesmurdie Primary School – Endeavour". Lesmurdie Primary School. Retrieved 9 December 2020.
  5. ↑ "Falls Road Primary School – Home". Falls Road Primary School. Retrieved 9 December 2020.
  6. ↑ "Route 275". Bus Timetable 109 (PDF). Transperth. 17 July 2024 [effective from 11 August 2024].
  7. ↑ "Route 279". Bus Timetable 94 (PDF). Transperth. 4 April 2024 [effective from 21 April 2024].
  8. ↑ "Route 281". Bus Timetable 94 (PDF). Transperth. 4 April 2024 [effective from 21 April 2024].
  9. ↑ "Route 282". Bus Timetable 94 (PDF). Transperth. 4 April 2024 [effective from 21 April 2024].
  10. ↑ "Route 283". Bus Timetable 94 (PDF). Transperth. 4 April 2024 [effective from 21 April 2024].
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