Kensington Bushland Reserve

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Kensington Bushland
Kensington Bushland, Perth, Western Australia, with woolly bush & firewood banksias
Banksia menziesii. Kensington Bushland, Kensington, Perth, Western Australia

Kensington bushland reserve is a significant remnant of Swan Coastal Plain vegetation, that has been reserved in the suburb of Kensington, in Perth, Western Australia, by the state government.[1]

It is located west of Kent Street Senior High School, and lies on the north side of Kent Street. The portion of Jarrah Road that defined the western boundary of the reserve is a cul de sac, known as Baron Hay Court. Across the road is a Department of Agriculture complex. It is bounded to the north by Harold Rossiter Park, and George Reserve and has an area of 9.1 hectares (22 acres).[1] It is close to the Western Australian Herbarium. In 2000 it was designated as "Bush Forever Site 48" by the Government of Western Australia.[1]

It was made a reserve in the 1990s when the suburb was still located within Perth City council boundaries.[2][3][4] It is now within the Town of Victoria Park local government area, and is managed together with "The Kent Street Sand Pit" and the "George Street Reserve" (a contaminated landfill site) as a single entity, the "Jirdarup Bushland Precinct".[5] This Precinct has a total area of 17.9 hectares.[citation needed] The name Jirdarup is a Nyoongar word meaning "place of birds".[6] The Town of Victoria Park plans to rehabilitate the Sandpit site.[7]

  1. ^ a b c Cite error: The named reference wagov was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  2. ^ Perth City Council. Department of Parks, Gardens and Landscape (1993), Kensington Bushland Management Plan : Draft, Perth City Council, ISBN 9789900058052
  3. ^ Perth (W.A. : Municipality). Dept. of Parks, Gardens and Landscape (1993), Draft Kensington Bushland management plan, The Dept, retrieved 19 August 2018
  4. ^ Perth (W.A (1993), Kensington bushland management plan, City of Perth, retrieved 19 August 2018
  5. ^ Cite error: The named reference manage was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  6. ^ "Jirdarup Bushland Precinct". visitperth.com. Retrieved 27 February 2023.
  7. ^ Emerge Associates (2020). Design Opportunities and Considerations Report Kent Street Sand Pit (PDF).