Alfred Cove, Western Australia
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| Alfred Cove Perth, Western Australia |
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| Population: | 2,175 (2001 census)[1] | ||||||||||||
| Postcode: | 6154 | ||||||||||||
| Area: | 1.2 km² | ||||||||||||
| Property Value: | AUD $537,500 (Q3 2006)[2] | ||||||||||||
| Location: | 13 km from Perth | ||||||||||||
| LGA: | City of Melville | ||||||||||||
| State District: | Alfred Cove | ||||||||||||
| Federal Division: | Tangney | ||||||||||||
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This article is about the suburb and Swan River feature Alfred Cove. For the Western Australian electoral district, see Electoral district of Alfred Cove.
Alfred Cove ( ; post code: 6154) is a southern suburb of Perth, Western Australia. Its Local Government Area is the City of Melville.
[edit] History
It is named after the adjacent sheltered cove in the Swan River, which is in turn named after Alfred Waylen, a pioneer settler in the area who was granted Swan Location 74, covering most of present-day Alfred Cove and Myaree.[3]
It contains the Tompkins Park and Wireless Hill Park.
[edit] References
- ^ 2001 Census, Australian Bureau of Statistics
- ^ REIWA Suburb Profile
- ^ Western Australian Land Information Authority. History of suburb names - A. Retrieved on January 17, 2007..
[edit] External links
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- Street map from Street Directory, MSN Maps and Multimap.
- Satellite image from Google Maps, WikiMapia and Terraserver.
| 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 |
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