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Osborne Park, Western Australia

Osborne Park
PerthWestern Australia
OIC osborne park shopping centre closeup.jpg
Osborne Park Shopping Centre
Osborne Park is located in Perth
Osborne Park
Osborne Park
Coordinates 31°53′53″S 115°48′43″E / 31.898°S 115.812°E / -31.898; 115.812Coordinates: 31°53′53″S 115°48′43″E / 31.898°S 115.812°E / -31.898; 115.812
Population 4,047 (2011 census)
 • Density 794/km2 (2,055/sq mi)
Postcode(s) 6017
Area 5.1 km2 (2.0 sq mi)
Location 8 km (5 mi) NW of Perth CBD
LGA(s) City of Stirling
State electorate(s) Balcatta, Scarborough
Federal Division(s) Stirling, Curtin
Suburbs around Osborne Park:
Innaloo Stirling Balcatta
Woodlands Osborne Park Tuart Hill and Joondanna
Herdsman Glendalough Mount Hawthorn

Osborne Park is a suburb of Perth, Western Australia in the local government area of the City of Stirling.

Osborne Park was named after William Osborne, a butcher who owned an abattoirs on Wanneroo Road and was elected to the Perth Road Board (the City of Stirling's predecessor), in 1875.

The suburb was originally market gardens, due to rich peaty soil from the swamps between Lake Monger and Herdsman Lake. The area was popular among Chinese, Italian and Yugoslav settlers. The suburb was founded by a private trading concern and had a tram service in the early 1900s through an extension of the Perth tram system from the end of the Leederville line. The suburb is now served by Glendalough train station on the Joondalup line.

Osborne Park became a residential suburb after World War II, but by the 1980s, it was predominantly an industrial area, with only the north-eastern area still residential.

Many warehouses and small businesses are located in Osborne Park, as well as larger retailers such as Harvey Norman, Officeworks, Kambo's, Rick Hart, IGA (formerly Supa Valu and Action Supermarkets) and Hungry Jack's. It has been noted by many commentators that it "is a culinary wasteland, where hopes and dreams go to die". The Acts 2 Bible College of Mission and Evangelisation is also located here.


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