Success Hill Reserve Seventh Avenue

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• 00130 Captain Stirling Memorial

Values

Success Hill Reserve is historically significant to Aboriginal Australians both before and after European settlement as a meeting place and sacred site. The place is representative of the displacement of Indigenous people as a result of various government legislation and policy, in particular The Aborigines Act 1905 (WA) and subsequent policies relating to moving Indigenous people onto Aboriginal reserves. The place is representative of the frontier conflict between Aboriginal people and European Settlers in the early years of the colony, and ongoing racial tension throughout the development of the surrounding suburban area.

Physical Description

Situated on the banks of the Swan River with eucalypts and a grassed recreational area. The reserve contains a children’s playground, bitumen carpark with treated pine posts and rails to boarder the grassed area. A feature of the park is interpretation panels that record the Indigenous history of the area, and the Success Reserve Spring. At the eastern end of the park, a bitumen path leads down the steep embankment to the Spring and a timber jetty/ landing. The latter is in poor condition and fenced off to prevent use. The Spring is largely overgrown, especially towards the top. It is not possible to determine whether the 1929 commemorative plaque is extant at the top of the Spring, as this area is completely covered in blackberry bushes.

History

Bassendean, located 10km north-east of Perth, was originally named West Guildford. During the early years of settlement, the West Guildford area attracted more investors than settlers, with the exception of only a few residents and farmers who lived and worked in the area. By the mid 1840s, West Guildford was declining in growth and development owing to the large amount of absentee landlords.

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