Salter Point, Western Australia

Salter Point
Perth, Western Australia
Salter Point; Perth, Western Australia
	Mount Henry, with Salter Point to the right.
Coordinates	32°01′25″S115°51′57″E / 32.0236746°S 115.8658082°E
Population	2,913 (SAL 2021)
Postcode(s)	6152
Area	1.6 km2 (0.6 sq mi)
LGA(s)	City of South Perth
State electorate(s)	South Perth
Federal division(s)	Swan
	Suburbs around Salter Point:

Last updated September 01, 2024

Salter Point is a suburb of Perth, Western Australia, located in the City of South Perth local government area.

Salter established a landing stage on the point known as "Salter's Landing", to which timber logs could be floated from where they were cut in Kelmscott and Jarrahdale for transportation to a mill by barge. Salter operated his business from this location for several years, leading to the area being renamed "Salter Point".

Samuel August Salter (1849–1930) son of British migrants Samuel and Sarah Salter, and brother to Hannah.^{[ clarification needed ]} Hannah Buckingham (Salter) married Thomas Buckingham in 1871 and lived in Kelmscott.

In 1929 a road to the location was made.^[2] During the Great Depression, from around 1930 to 1933, up to 110 homeless people camped at Salter Point near what is now the Gentilli Way boatramp. The South Perth Road Board installed toilets and running water following an outbreak of typhoid at the camp. The residents lived in tents and shacks built out of old metal drums, relying on charity as there was little sustenance work available.^[3]

In 1955, the area comprising Manning, Mt Henry, Salter Point and Waterford was annexed to the South Perth Road Board from the Canning Road Board.

In 1990, the suburb's name Salter Point was gazetted.

The foreshore along the Canning River has been studied for management plans.^[4]^[5]^[6]

Educational facilities

Aquinas College, private boys' college, years 4–12

Transport

Bus

30 Curtin University Bus Station to Perth Busport – serves Hope Avenue, Mount Henry Road and Gentilli Way^[7]
31 Salter Point to Perth Busport – serves Redmond Street, Unwin Crescent, Sulman Avenue and Klem Avenue^[8]

Notes

↑ Australian Bureau of Statistics (28 June 2022). "Salter Point (suburb and locality)". Australian Census 2021 QuickStats. Retrieved 28 June 2022.
↑ "ONE OF PERTH'S BEAUTY SPOTS Made Road Completed Right to SALTER'S POINT". The Daily News (Perth, WA : 1882 - 1950) . Perth, WA: National Library of Australia. 25 June 1929. p. 11 Edition: HOME FINAL EDITION. Retrieved 17 January 2014.
↑ "Depression Era Campsite, Canning Bridge (Former)" (PDF). Local Heritage Inventory. City of South Perth. 2003. Retrieved 19 February 2024.
↑ South Perth (W.A. : Municipality); Orr, Kate (1986), Salter Point foreshore management plan, Reserve 23967, City of South Perth, retrieved 17 January 2014
↑ Brooker, Jenna; Crisp, Nora; Prentice, Graeme; South Perth (W.A. : Municipality). Council (1994), Salter Point Foreshore management plan February 1994, City of South Perth, ISBN 978-0-646-17865-3
↑ Siemon, N. (Nicole); South Perth (W.A. : Municipality). Council; Ecosystem Management Services (1997), Salter Point and Waterford : foreshore management plan : an integral part of the Canning River wetlands (Draft ed.), South Perth, W.A. ;bCity of South Perth, retrieved 17 January 2014
↑ "Route 30". Bus Timetable 12 (PDF). Transperth. 11 July 2024 [effective from 11 August 2024].
↑ "Route 31". Bus Timetable 12 (PDF). Transperth. 11 July 2024 [effective from 11 August 2024].

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References

Cecil C. Florey, Peninsula city: a social history of the City of South Perth, City of South Perth, 1995, p. 125-6.
Heritage Council of Western Australia, Page 4 "Documentary Evidence"
City of South Perth Municipal Heritage Inventory "Origin and Meaning of Street and Place Names" Updated September 2005 Page 87 - 88

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[1] Australian Bureau of Statistics (28 June 2022). "Salter Point (suburb and locality)". Australian Census 2021 QuickStats. Retrieved 28 June 2022.

[2] "ONE OF PERTH'S BEAUTY SPOTS Made Road Completed Right to SALTER'S POINT". The Daily News (Perth, WA : 1882 - 1950) . Perth, WA: National Library of Australia. 25 June 1929. p. 11 Edition: HOME FINAL EDITION. Retrieved 17 January 2014.

[3] "Depression Era Campsite, Canning Bridge (Former)" (PDF). Local Heritage Inventory. City of South Perth. 2003. Retrieved 19 February 2024.

[4] South Perth (W.A. : Municipality); Orr, Kate (1986), Salter Point foreshore management plan, Reserve 23967, City of South Perth, retrieved 17 January 2014

[5] Brooker, Jenna; Crisp, Nora; Prentice, Graeme; South Perth (W.A. : Municipality). Council (1994), Salter Point Foreshore management plan February 1994, City of South Perth, ISBN 978-0-646-17865-3

[6] Siemon, N. (Nicole); South Perth (W.A. : Municipality). Council; Ecosystem Management Services (1997), Salter Point and Waterford : foreshore management plan : an integral part of the Canning River wetlands (Draft ed.), South Perth, W.A. ;bCity of South Perth, retrieved 17 January 2014

[7] "Route 30". Bus Timetable 12 (PDF). Transperth. 11 July 2024 [effective from 11 August 2024].

[8] "Route 31". Bus Timetable 12 (PDF). Transperth. 11 July 2024 [effective from 11 August 2024].

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