Victoria Park, Western Australia
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Victoria Park Perth, Western Australia |
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Albany Highway in central Victoria Park
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 Victoria Park
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| Coordinates | 31°58′08″S 115°53′46″E / 31.969°S 115.896°ECoordinates: 31°58′08″S 115°53′46″E / 31.969°S 115.896°E | ||||||||||||
| Population | 7,174 (2006 census) | ||||||||||||
| • Density | 2,760/km2 (7,150/sq mi) | ||||||||||||
| Established | 1870s | ||||||||||||
| Postcode(s) | 6100 | ||||||||||||
| Area | 2.6 km2 (1.0 sq mi) | ||||||||||||
| Location | 3 km (2 mi) from Perth | ||||||||||||
| LGA(s) | Town of Victoria Park | ||||||||||||
| State electorate(s) | Victoria Park | ||||||||||||
| Federal Division(s) | Swan | ||||||||||||
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Victoria Park is an inner south eastern suburb of Perth, Western Australia. Its local government area is the Town of Victoria Park.
Victoria Park is the eastern gateway to Perth's central business district, being the intersection of the three original eastern arterial roads: Albany Highway, Canning Highway, Great Eastern Highway, and the Causeway Bridge. The Causeway connects Victoria Park to the city, located 3 km to the northwest.
The suburb of Victoria Park derives its name from "Victoria Park Estate", a development that took place there in the 1890s. It is believed the name was given to the estate because Queen Victoria was still on the throne, although it may be connected with Victoria Park in Melbourne.
The area was originally the largest portion of a grant of 972 acres (393 ha) to John Butler in 1831. Progress and development was initially very slow, but a few houses were built around coach stops on the Albany Road, initially constructed from hand-sawn wooden logs. The road was rebuilt in the early 1860s by convicts. At this time the entire area from Canning Bridge to Belmont was simply known as "Canning".
In 1886, a settlement started at "2 Mile Spring", opposite the present location of the Broken Hill Hotel, and a year later, subdivision commenced. The building of the railway to Pinjarra in 1893 had a huge effect on the area - within a few years, a state school was built on Cargill Street and by 1898, the population had reached 1,197.
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