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Kingsley

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City of Joondalup WA, PO Box 21, Kingsley, WA 6026
08 9400 4000

Description

Kingsley is a suburb of Perth, Western Australia, located within the City of Joondalup.

Kingsley is a suburb of Perth, Western Australia, located within the City of Joondalup. Kingsley is bounded to the north by Whitfords Avenue, to the south by Hepburn Avenue, to the west by the Mitchell Freeway and to the east by Wanneroo Road.

Lake Goollelal lies in the eastern part of the suburb, parallel to Wanneroo Road. The Kingsley residential area is thus divided by the lake, with a small enclave between the lake and Wanneroo Road.

History

The suburb of Kingsley is named after the village of Kingsley which is near Winchester in Hampshire, England. The name was chosen for the historical association with the first owner of land in the area, William Kernot Shenton. Shenton was born in Winchester in 1802, and arrived in Western Australia in 1829. The suburb name was approved in 1974.

In 1844 Methodist missionary Rev John Smithes established Mission Farm near Lake Goollelal as a farm to be worked and lived on by aboriginal people under the guidance of the church. Businessman Ezio Luisini purchased 20 acres (8.1 hectares) of land near Lake Goollelal on which he established a winery in 1924. It was once one of the largest wineries in the southern hemisphere and operated from 1929 until 1986 when it was closed and the land redeveloped into suburban lots by Ernie Mondello.

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The Galaxy Drive In Theatre on Goollelal Drive is Perth's only drive-in theatre still in use.

The Hawkes Hill Gallery is an art gallery located at 36 Goollelal Drive.

Details

Type: Suburbs

Population: 10001-100000

Time zone: UTC +08:00

Area: 7.854 km2

Elevation: 11-50 metres

Town elevation: 28 m

Population number: 13,059

Local Government Area: City of Joondalup

Location

City of Joondalup WA, PO Box 21, Kingsley, WA 6026

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This article contains content imported from the English Wikipedia article on Kingsley, Western Australia

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