Willagee, Western Australia
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| Willagee | |||||||||||||
| Perth, Western Australia | |||||||||||||
| City of Melville | |||||||||||||
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| Postcode: | 6156 | ||||||||||||
| Federal electorate: | Fremantle | ||||||||||||
| State electorate: | Willagee | ||||||||||||
| Property value: | $298,000 (2005) | ||||||||||||
| Schools: | Caralee Primary School | ||||||||||||
| Major roads: | Leach Highway, Stock Road, Perth, North Lake Road, Perth | ||||||||||||
| Parks: | Winnacott Reserve, Webber Reserve, George Humphries Park | ||||||||||||
| Shopping centres: | Stock Road precinct | ||||||||||||
| Distance to Perth: | 12 km | ||||||||||||
| Established: | 1950s | ||||||||||||
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Willagee is a suburb of Perth, Western Australia, located within the City of Melville. Its postcode is 6156.
The suburb is bounded by Leach Highway to the north, Garling Street to the south, Stock Road to the west and North Lake Road to the east. Suburbs that border Willagee include Winthrop to the west, Kardinya and Samson to the south and southeast, O'Connor to the west, and Melville to the north.
The suburb of Willagee takes its name from Willagee Swamp, the Aboriginal name of a feature now reclaimed. The area was developed in the early 1950's, and the name approved in 1954.
Willagee was originally created as a public housing estate for local and immigrant (mainly from the United Kingdom) workers. It is characterised by demountable, wooden cottages with stilts, although it is in the midst of a sweeping revelopment plan, which is supposed to improve the quality of the housing. The original streets of Willagee were named after those who arrived on the HMS Sucsess which arrived in 1827, lead by Captain Stirling.
Willagee had two primary schools; Willagee Primary School and Carawatha Primary School. Both schools merged to create Caralee Community School, which is located where the former Willagee Primary School was previously located.
Willagee includes a Community Hall and a branch of the City of City of Melville Library Service in the main community precinct on Archibalt Street. There are several shops, including a small supermarket, a service station, and a doctor's surgery.
Willagee even once had a kind of morbid tourist attraction - No. 3 Moorhouse Street, Australia's own 'house of horrors.' It was here that infamous serial-killers David and Catherin Burney tortured and murdered their victims. In the past, the many curious passer-bys became a problem, but now it seems (thankfully for the residents) it seems quite empty. The streets of Willagee are frequented by 'goths', and the house has been used as a shrine to Satan.
Gang warfare is frequent with clashes over territory between the visiting 'goths' and traditional owners, the Yugul family.
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[edit] References
- Western Australian Electroal Commission. Western Australian Government. Retrieved on 23 April 2006.
- Australian Electroal Commission. Australian Government. Retrieved on 23 April 2006.
- Real Estate Institute of Western Australia. Retrieved on 23 April 2006.
- WhereiS.com. Retrieved on 23 April 2006.
- Google Earth
| Suburbs of the City of Melville | |
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Alfred Cove | Applecross | Ardross | Attadale | Bateman | Bicton | Booragoon | Brentwood | Bull Creek | Kardinya | Leeming | Melville | Mount Pleasant | Murdoch | Myaree | Palmyra | Willagee | Winthrop |
