Padbury Buildings is the name for a range of existing and former structures found in various localities in Western Australia. The Padbury family, mainly Walter Padbury, had a range of buildings, some of which now are heritage listed.
Padbury Buildings is the name for a range of existing and former structures found in various localities in Western Australia. The Padbury family, mainly Walter Padbury, had a range of buildings, some of which now are heritage listed.
In the Perth central business district the Padbury building was on the eastern side of Forrest Place.
In the eastern suburbs of Perth were a number of businesses and buildings in Bassendean, Guildford and Midland; [lower-alpha 1] the company that ran the stores –Padbury Stores –Ltd went into liquidation due to the costs of the Forrest Place building. [2]
In Bassendean, Padbury Buildings, also Padbury Store, were on Perth Road (now on Guildford Road) immediately across Guildford Road from the Bassendean railway station. [3] [4]
In East Guildford, Padbury Buildings were on Terrace Road, just east of the Rose and Crown Hotel. [5] By 1949 the Guildford Padbury building was owned by C & C. [6]
The names of buildings and business did not necessarily have Padbury as the part of the name. The Guildford store is referred to in 1903 and 1908 as the Colonial Stores. [7] [8]
A number of buildings in Perth were named "Padbury House" at different times.
Part of the Saint Charles Seminary in Guildford has been known as Padbury House. [10]
Padbury House was a building in 1929 on the corner of King Street and St Georges Terrace, Perth. [11]
On the Midland railway line east of Guildford and located in East Guildford, a siding had been in place for William Padbury's Peerless Flour Mill. [12] [lower-alpha 2]
The Swan River is a river in the south west of Western Australia. The river runs through the metropolitan area of Perth, Western Australia's capital and largest city.
Bassendean is a north-eastern suburb of Perth, Western Australia. Its local government area is the Town of Bassendean.
Great Eastern Highway is a 590-kilometre-long (370 mi) road that links the Western Australian capital of Perth with the city of Kalgoorlie. A key route for road vehicles accessing the eastern Wheatbelt and the Goldfields, it is the western portion of the main road link between Perth and the eastern states of Australia. The highway forms the majority of National Highway 94, although the alignment through the Perth suburbs of Guildford and Midland, and the eastern section between Coolgardie and Kalgoorlie are not included. Various segments form parts of other road routes, including National Route 1, Alternative National Route 94, and State Route 51.
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The Town of Bassendean is a local government area in the northeastern suburbs of the Western Australian capital city of Perth, 6 kilometres (4 mi) west of the industrial centre of Midland and about 12 kilometres (7 mi) northeast of Perth's central business district. The Town covers an area of 10.4 square kilometres (4.0 sq mi), maintains 97 km of roads and had a population of approximately 15,000 as at the 2016 Census. The Town of Bassendean is a member of the Eastern Metropolitan Regional Council.
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The Belmont Railway Line was a branch railway in Western Australia that extended from the Eastern Railway at Bayswater to Belmont near the Ascot Racecourse. The line closed in 1956.
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