Whitby, Western Australia

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Whitby
Perth,  Western Australia
Whitby Falls Coach House, May 2021 02.jpg
The heritage listed Whitby Falls Coach House
Whitby, Western Australia
Coordinates 32°17′24″S116°00′47″E / 32.290°S 116.013°E / -32.290; 116.013
Population1,005 (SAL 2021) [1]
EstablishedNovember 1988
Postcode(s) 6123
Area16.8 km2 (6.5 sq mi) [2]
LGA(s) Shire of Serpentine-Jarrahdale
State electorate(s) Darling Range
Federal division(s) Canning
Suburbs around Whitby:
Cardup Cardup Karrakup
Mundijong Whitby Karrakup
Mundijong Jarrahdale Karrakup

Whitby is a suburb of Perth, Western Australia, located near the South Western Highway in the Shire of Serpentine-Jarrahdale.

It is named after the nearby Whitby Falls, with the name approved for the locality in November 1988. [3] Whitby Falls had previously been called in Noongar as Mundajill, but was renamed by settler Henry Mead in 1848, who bought property in the area for farming as the Whitby Falls estate. [4] The land was subsequently bought by the government of Western Australia in 1897 and turned into the Whitby Falls Hospital for the mentally-ill. [5] The hospital closed in 2006 as the longest operating facility in Western Australia for the care and treatment of mental illness. [6]

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References

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  2. Australian Bureau of Statistics (28 June 2022). "2021 Community Profiles: Whitby (Suburbs and Localities)". 2021 Census of Population and Housing. Retrieved 25 July 2022. OOjs UI icon edit-ltr-progressive.svg
  3. "History of metropolitan suburb names – W". Western Australian Land Information Authority. Archived from the original on 16 March 2022. Retrieved 25 July 2022.
  4. "Whitby Falls Farm | Murdoch University". MU - Explore. Retrieved 11 November 2023.
  5. "Mental Health Patients". Dead Reckoning. State Library of Western Australia. 15 September 2011. Retrieved 11 February 2013.
  6. "Register of Heritage Places – Permanent Entry" (PDF). Whitby Falls Hostel. Heritage Council of Western Australia. 16 May 2008. Retrieved 11 February 2013.