Roleystone, Western Australia
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Roleystone Perth, Western Australia |
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| Coordinates | 32°05′28″S 116°07′19″E / 32.091°S 116.122°ECoordinates: 32°05′28″S 116°07′19″E / 32.091°S 116.122°E | ||||||||||||
| Population | 6,320 (2011 census) | ||||||||||||
| • Density | 518.0/km2 (1,342/sq mi) | ||||||||||||
| Established | 1900s | ||||||||||||
| Postcode(s) | 6111 | ||||||||||||
| Area | 12.2 km2 (4.7 sq mi) | ||||||||||||
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| LGA(s) | City of Armadale | ||||||||||||
| State electorate(s) | Darling Range | ||||||||||||
| Federal Division(s) | Canning | ||||||||||||
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Roleystone is a suburb of Perth, Western Australia in the south eastern corridor.
Roleystone's name originates from a 5666 acre farm—named "Rolleston"—established by Charles Blisset Churchman in 1830. The property included much of what is now Roleystone and Bedfordale, and remained untended after Churchman's death in 1833 until it was purchased by Thomas Buckingham in 1858, who referred to it as "Rollingstone". The area was also referred to as "The Rolling Stone" and "Rowley Stone" in early police reports.
In 1865, Buckingham built a sawmill, which was located at Sparrow's Place, later known as Butcher's, on the Roleystone Road, about 6.5 kilometres from Kelmscott. The area was subdivided into farmlets in 1902, and was subsequently developed as orchards and market gardens. In 1905, Roleystone was opened up for closer settlement, with property brochures extolling the virtues of the beautiful scenery and fertile valley soils.
Roleystone is now an area of large residential "R5" zoned properties—with 2000m² minimum block sizes—surrounded by larger rural properties of native bushland and fruit orchards. The residential gardens, and surrounding council and regional reserves are home to a variety of native wildlife with bandicoots,brushtail possums, shingleback lizards and children's pythons in relative abundance. Large numbers of Western Grey Kangaroos are found in bush surrounding the suburb.
The main suburban residential area to the west of Roleystone is served by a neighbourhood shopping centre, with Stargate Kelmscott and Armadale Shopping City providing other commercial services. The suburb originally contained a primary school (K-5; 1905) and Roleystone District High School (6-10; 1983). The two schools were amalgamated into Roleystone Community College (K-10) after a community consultation process held in 2009, using new and existing buildings on the site of the existing Roleystone District High School, with State Government and Federal (Building the Education Revolution) funding. The majority of Year 11 and 12 students travel to schools in nearby suburbs, including Kelmscott Senior High School, Lesmurdie Senior High School, Mazenod College and Saint Bridget's College.
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