Category: Local History

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 Smelters Camp, Robb jetty and Coogee Did you know there was a semi-permanent homeless camp at...

The Coogee Agricultural Hall was built in late 1896, with money raised by the local Agricultural...

Dora Philby was born in India in 1888, and her son Kim would become an infamous double agent for Russia in the Cold War. Dora’s sister Verna married Victor Manning and came to live in Western Australia in 1910, where they spent time at the Davilak Homestead in Manning Park.

Intramaps is a fantastic resource for doing local history research in the Cockburn area, like finding your old house in Spearwood, seeing what used to be on the land where Adventure World is now, or tracing the changing layouts of roads, railways, and suburbs.

Spearwood Agricultural Hall was built in 1927, on the land now occupied by the City of Cockburn office buildings.

As you make your way around the City of Cockburn, you will notice poppies have begun to bloom on...