Bassendean, Western Australia
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| Bassendean Perth, Western Australia |
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| LGA: | Town of Bassendean | ||||||||||||
| Area: | 7.3 km2 | ||||||||||||
| Postcode: | 6054 | ||||||||||||
| Population: | 8,480 (2001 census)[1] | ||||||||||||
| Distance to Perth: | 12 km | ||||||||||||
| Median value: | $330,000 (Q2 2006)[2] | ||||||||||||
| Federal Division: | Perth | ||||||||||||
| State District: | Bassendean | ||||||||||||
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- This article is about a suburb of Perth, Western Australia. For the local government area, see Town of Bassendean.
Bassendean (; post code: 6054) is a northeastern suburb of Perth, Western Australia. Its Local Government Area is the Town of Bassendean.
Rolf Harris was born in Bassendean, he attended both the Bassendean Primary School and the then Cyril Jackson Senior High School. Cryil Jackson was converted into Cyril Jackson Senior Campus in 1990 to provide specialised study for post high school students gaining entrance into university study.
Bassendean is home to the Western Australian Rail Transport Museum. The display has a collection of Steam and Diesel Locomotives, most of these have been restored to operating conditions. Also as part of the collection are a number of carriages and other equipment associated including the Zanthus station and a signal box from the Perth city station. The West Australian Model Rail association is also housed within the complex, the centre piece of the model rail display is a working scale model, complete with all the characters from the children's series Thomas the Tank Engine.
[edit] See also
[edit] References
- ^ 2001 Census, Australian Bureau of Statistics
- ^ REIWA Suburb Profile
- Carter, Jennie.Bassendean : a social history 1829-1979 Perth, W.A : Town of Bassendean, 1986. ISBN 1862524785
[edit] External links
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- Street map from Street Directory, MSN Maps and Multimap.
- Satellite image from Google Maps, WikiMapia and Terraserver.
- Town of Bassendean Website
- Cyril Jackson Senior Campus Website
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Bayswater | Bedford | Dianella | Embleton | Maylands | Morley | Mount Lawley | Noranda |
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