Manners Hill Park

Manners Hill Park
View of Manners Hill Park showing the pavilion, peppermint trees and a tennis court
Type	Municipal
Location	Peppermint Grove, Western Australia, Australia
Coordinates	32°00′09″S115°46′14″E / 32.0025°S 115.7705°E / -32.0025; 115.7705

Manners Hill Park is a public park in Peppermint Grove, Western Australia. It is located in Peppermint Grove, an affluent suburb of Perth, and is surrounded by Johnston Street, Bay View Terrace, Keane Street and Lilla Street. ^{[1] [ full citation needed ] [2] [ full citation needed ]}

History

The land was originally owned by Edward Keane, the Mayor of Perth from 1891 to 1892, who used it as a cow paddock. ^[2] In 1903, architect Talbot Hobbs designed a pavilion which was built later that year. ^[2] It obtained its current name in April 1934 when the Peppermint Grove Road Board named it in honour of its chairman and his sixteen years service to it, J. Manners Hill. ^{[3] : 11} Prior to that, it was known as Kean's Point Reserve. ^{[4] : 16}

Pavilion designed by Talbot Hobbs

Later, several other amenities were added, such as a dog exercise area, public toilets, and the tennis courts of the Peppermint Grove Tennis Club. ^{[1] [5] [ full citation needed ]}

References

1. Peppermint Grove: Reserves: Manners Hill Park
2. National Library of Australia: Manners Hill Park and Pavilion
3. "Manners Hill Park". The West Australian. 18 April 1934. Retrieved 6 July 2019– via Trove.
4. "PEPPERMINT GROVE". The West Australian . Vol. 50, no. 15, 125. Western Australia. 12 December 1934. p. 16. Retrieved 6 July 2019– via National Library of Australia.
5. The National Public Toilet Map: A Project of the National Continence Program