Bickley, Western Australia

Bickley
Perth, Western Australia
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Coordinates32°00′29″S 116°05′28″E / 32.008°S 116.091°E / -32.008; 116.091
Population713 (SAL 2021)[1]
Postcode(s)6076
LGA(s)City of Kalamunda
State electorate(s)Kalamunda
Federal division(s)Hasluck
Suburbs around Bickley:
Kalamunda Piesse Brook Hacketts Gully
Walliston Bickley Reservoir
Carmel Pickering Brook Pickering Brook

Bickley is a suburb located within the City of Kalamunda, in Perth, Western Australia.

It is situated on the Darling Scarp and is known for the brook of the same name.[2]

Before 1949 it was a stopping place on the Upper Darling Range railway. It was originally known as "Heidelburg" or "Heidelberg",[3][clarification needed] but during World War I, Western Australian Government Railways and Tramways renamed it "Bickley" after a local pioneer Wallace Bickley.[4]

It has been the site of holiday and other sorts of camps.[5]

The Seven Network and Australian Broadcasting Corporation's Perth television transmission towers have been located there since the founding of television in Perth in 1959.[6][7]

Perth Observatory, originally situated in West Perth is also currently located in Bickley.[8]

It is also one of the major meteorological stations within the Perth Metropolitan Area due to its length of time of operation and location on the Darling Scarp.[9]

It is also the location of water reservoirs.[10][11]

  1. ^ Australian Bureau of Statistics (28 June 2022). "Bickley (suburb and locality)". Australian Census 2021 QuickStats. Retrieved 28 June 2022. Edit this at Wikidata
  2. ^ Tian, Wee Heng; University of Western Australia. Faculty of Science (1963), Geology and petrology of the Bickley Brook area, retrieved 23 February 2015
  3. ^ "Heidelberg Estate". State Heritage Office. Government of Western Australia. 4 January 2017. Retrieved 1 December 2019.
  4. ^ "History of metropolitan suburb names – B". Western Australian Land Information Authority. Archived from the original on 16 March 2022. Retrieved 10 October 2008.
  5. ^ Cornish, Patrick; Western Australia. Dept. for Youth, Sport and Recreation (1985), The origins of Bickley Camp, Department for Youth, Sport and Recreation, retrieved 23 February 2015
  6. ^ [1] -mention of the Tuart Hill Studios and Bickley Transmission for Channel 7
  7. ^ http://ozdigitaltv.com/transmitters/WA/402-Bickley-Carmel-Walliston - current transmitters
  8. ^ "Contact Us". Perth Observatory. Retrieved 6 November 2018.
  9. ^ Cite error: The named reference bom was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  10. ^ "LOWER BICKLEY BROOK RESERVOIR". Western Mail (Perth, WA : 1885 - 1954). Perth, WA: National Library of Australia. 20 October 1921. p. 25. Retrieved 23 February 2015.
  11. ^ Western Australia. Dept. of Water; Western Australia. Water Resources Division (2006), Bickley Reservoir catchment area drinking water source protection plan : integrated water supply system, Dept. of Water, retrieved 23 February 2015