Bickley, Western Australia
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Bickley is a suburb located within the City of Kalamunda, in Perth, Western Australia.
Bickley Perth, Western Australia | |||||||||||||||
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Coordinates | 32.008°S 116.091°E / -32.008; 116.091 | ||||||||||||||
Population | 713 (SAL 2021)[1] | ||||||||||||||
Postcode(s) | 6076 | ||||||||||||||
LGA(s) | City of Kalamunda | ||||||||||||||
State electorate(s) | Kalamunda | ||||||||||||||
Federal division(s) | Hasluck | ||||||||||||||
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It is situated on the Darling Scarp and is known for the brook of the same name.[2]
Before 1949 it was a stopping place on the Upper Darling Range Railway. It was originally known as "Heidelburg" or "Heidelberg",[3][clarification needed] but during World War I, Western Australian Government Railways and Tramways renamed it "Bickley" after a local pioneer Wallace Bickley.[4]
It has been the site of holiday and other sorts of camps.[5]
The Seven Network and Australian Broadcasting Corporation's Perth television transmission towers have been located there since the founding of television in Perth in 1959.[6][7]
Perth Observatory, originally situated in West Perth is also currently located in Bickley.[8]
It is also one of the major meteorological stations within the Perth Metropolitan Area due to its length of time of operation and location on the Darling Scarp.[9]