Mount Richon, Western Australia
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Mount Richon Perth, Western Australia |
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Remnant vines from the Richon Vineyards growing on a fence along the South Western Highway (1991).
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 Mount Richon
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| Coordinates | 32°09′40″S 116°01′12″E / 32.161°S 116.02°ECoordinates: 32°09′40″S 116°01′12″E / 32.161°S 116.02°E | ||||||||||||
| Population | 2,105 (2011 census) | ||||||||||||
| • Density | 1,320/km2 (3,410/sq mi) | ||||||||||||
| Postcode(s) | 6112 | ||||||||||||
| Area | 1.6 km2 (0.6 sq mi) | ||||||||||||
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| LGA(s) | City of Armadale | ||||||||||||
| State electorate(s) | Armadale | ||||||||||||
| Federal Division(s) | Canning | ||||||||||||
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Mount Richon is a suburb of Perth, Western Australia in the City of Armadale. Formerly part of Armadale and Wungong, Mount Richon was approved as a suburb in 2003. It occupies the western slope of the darling range from the intersection of the Albany and South Western Highways south to Leys Rise, is bounded on the west by the South-Western Highway and is bounded on the east by the Albany Highway and Bungendore Park. Mount Richon is named after a vineyard that formerly existed in the area.
The major themes in the documented history of this suburb are as follows (in chronological order):
Four identifiable water courses pass through the suburb, and a fifth flanks the southern boundary.
The Neerigen Brook flows northwards alongside the Albany Highway from Bedfordale Hill Road to near the intersection of Carradine Road. It joins the Wungong Brook at the northern end of Twelfth Road in Westfield, the two brooks forming what is from that point named the Southern River - a major tributary of the Canning River. The Neerigen brook is seasonal by nature, but has at times been known to flow all year around.
An unnamed, seasonal stream originating from springs in the escarpment runs on the south side of the Schoenstatt Shrine and under the highway into the Armadale Brickworks site. This stream discharges into the Wungong Brook half a kilometer west of the intersection of Rowley and Eleventh Roads.
An unnamed, seasonal stream originating from springs on the escarpment forms a steep-sided ravine which passes under the South Western Highway between the caravan park and former vineyards. The ravine is known as 'Dead Man's Gully'. The lower course of the stream is indistinct, but passes under the South Western Railway just south of the crossing to Wungong Road, and from this point the stream joined its northern counterpart near Ninth Road and one kilometer south-east of this discharges into the Wungong Brook.
An unnamed winter brook originates from springs on the hillside in the lower northern corner of the area formerly known as McCarthy's bald patch, flowing down a shallow gully in the public open space alongside and above Chateau Court. Originally the gully took a broader profile in the present-day vicinity of Chateau Court and was filled in where the Richon Vineyard cellars were constructed (flows having been diverted around the southern side of the cellar building). The stream is not discernible west of the South Western Highway.
A seasonal stream originates at springs in Bungendore Park near the south-eastern corner of the suburb, and takes the name Cooliabbera Creek from the property on which the southern watershed is located. This creek flows out of a steep sided valley in the escarpment. It runs parallel to Leys Rise, just outside the southern boundary of the suburb, and joins the stream from Dead Man's Gully just north of the intersection of Eleventh and Rowley Roads, after which it discharges into the Wungong Brook.
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