Cannington, Western Australia – Wikipedia

history [edit ]

Cannington ‘s name derives from the Canning River, which forms part of the southwest limit of the suburb. It was beginning subdivided in 1882, and a railroad track station was constructed in the 1890s antonym Station Street in what is now East Cannington. [ 2 ] [ 3 ]

Waverley [edit ]

For many years the areas of Cannington, East Cannington and Beckenham were known locally as “ Waverley ” and many buildings and businesses used the name Waverley to designate their vicinity, such as the Waverley Hotel and the Waverley Drive In Cinema. The origin of the option use of Waverley is designated to the Cecil Gibbs who first used it in naming the Waverley Hotel that was a distinctive landmark over many generations. between 1860 and 1883, William Lacey Gibbs, gradually accumulated most of what is Cannington. His slaughter yards were located near the contemporary Myer Department Store, Westfield. His brother built the ‘Cecil/Waverley ‘ hotel on the corner of Cecil Road and Albany Highway. [ 3 ] The hotel was altered many times over the years and was recently demolished for turnout of the Albany Highway .

geography [edit ]

Cannington is bounded by Nicholson Road to the southeast, the Armadale railway lineage to the northeast, Mills and Burton Streets to the northwest, and Fleming Avenue and the Canning River to the southwest. Albany Highway runs through the western part of the suburb. [ 4 ]

Facilities [edit ]

Cannington contains one of the Perth metropolitan area ‘s largest shop complex, Westfield Carousel, first built in 1972 and extensively refurbished and expanded in the 1990s, which includes a Hoyts cinema complex. Albany Highway contains a range of shops and modest warehouses, angstrom well as the City of Canning council offices. Bentley Hospital is barely beyond the northwestern boundary on Mills Street. Along the Canning River is the Canning River Regional Park, which contains walking tracks and picnic facilities equally well as the Woodloes Museum, a restore 1874 house built by architect and pioneer Francis Bird. respective sports and leisure facilities, including soccer fields, ten-pin bowl and an indoor athletics center. The Canning showgrounds includes the Cannington Exhibition Centre and was home to the Cannington Raceway owned by the western Australian Greyhound Racing Association from 1974 to 2015. [ 5 ] The greyhound rush now takes seat across the road on the north english on a modern track which opened on 23 March 2016. [ 6 ] Cannington Community College, a public primary and junior high school ( K-10 ), and Sevenoaks Senior College, a aged junior-grade college ( Years 11 and 12 ) are located in Cannington.

transport [edit ]

Cannington is on Albany Highway, a primary route into the Perth cardinal business district, and lies to the southeast of Leach Highway and to the northwest of Roe Highway. Manning Road ( State Route 26 ) provides access to Curtin University of Technology and Kwinana Freeway. Cannington is served by the Cannington Interchange, linking the area to the CBD. The suburb is besides served by buses along Cecil Avenue, Albany Highway and other routes. All bus services are operated by Swan Transit and Path Transit .

Politics [edit ]

Cannington has a broadly lower-middle-class, mixed-ethnic population and supports the australian Labor Party at both Federal and country elections. [ citation needed ]

See besides [edit ]

References [edit ]

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