Glen Forrest is a suburb within the Shire of Mundaring, south of John Forrest National Park, west of Mahogany Creek, east of Darlington, and north of the Helena River. Its northern boundary is determined by the Great Eastern Highway.
| Glen Forrest Perth, Western Australia | |||||||||||||||
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 The Glen Forrest Volunteer Fire Brigade building in 2012 | |||||||||||||||
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| Coordinates | 31°54′36″S 116°06′11″E / 31.910°S 116.103°E | ||||||||||||||
| Population | 2,789 (SAL 2021)[1] | ||||||||||||||
| Established | 1877 | ||||||||||||||
| Postcode(s) | 6071 | ||||||||||||||
| LGA(s) | Shire of Mundaring | ||||||||||||||
| State electorate(s) | Swan Hills | ||||||||||||||
| Federal division(s) | Hasluck | ||||||||||||||
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The area was originally named Smith's Mill, after A. C. Smith & Son's jarrah saw mill, established in October 1877.[2][3][4] In 1915 local residents petitioned to change the area's name to Glen Forrest, to honour Sir John Forrest, first Premier of Western Australia.[5]
The suburb is bisected by a disused railway track - the original route of the Eastern Railway - which is now known as the Railway Reserve Heritage Trail, and Nyaania Creek.
It has a number of significant conservation reserves including the Glen Forrest Super Block, which is adjacent to Ryecroft Road (the main connecting road to Darlington).[6]
The major early industries were forestry, and the Stathams Brickworks,[7] which had its own siding, just east of the railway yard.[8] The brickworks was located on a patch of white clay that is now a park and recreation area.
It has two commercial areas - one adjacent to and just north of the former railway station site, and the other at the intersection of Hardey Road and Great Eastern Highway.
Like Darlington to the west, Glen Forrest had at its earliest times a winery, Glen Hardey, on the valley edge down which Hardey Road passes.[5]
Transport
Bus
- 320 Midland Station to Mundaring – serves Great Eastern Highway[9]
- 321 and 322 Midland Station to Glen Forrest – serve Ryecroft Road, Glen Forrest Drive, Tillbrook Street, Burkinshaw Road, Bilgoman Road, Marnie Road, McGlew Road, Statham Street and Great Eastern Highway[10][11]
- 328 Midland Station to Chidlow – serves Great Eastern Highway[12]
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Notes
References
- Elliot, Ian (1983). Mundaring - A History of the Shire (2nd ed.). Mundaring: Mundaring Shire. ISBN 0-9592776-0-9.
- Spillman, Ken (2003). Life was meant to be here: community and local government in the Shire of Mundaring. Mundaring: Mundaring Shire. ISBN 0-9592776-3-3.