Sir James Mitchell Park
Sir James Mitchell Park is a park along the southern foreshore of Perth Water in Perth, Western Australia. It lies within the suburb of South Perth from Mends Street Jetty, to just south of Heirisson Island.
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It is named after Sir James Mitchell, the 13th Premier of Western Australia
It was formerly a riverside area with a number of issues regarding management. In the 1950s market gardens were closed in the area.[1]
Since the 1970s considerable effort has been made to improve amenity, access and environmental issues.[2][3]
The South Perth City Council considers the park, or parts of it to be suitable for hire, and it has hosted numerous events since its improvements and landscaping.[4]
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As of December 2015 it is a very regularly used location for cyclists, runners and dog walkers around the river, with links to a circuit that continues around the whole of Perth Water, utilising pedestrian facilities on the Narrows Bridge and The Causeway.
Notes
- "Chinese Shacks on Site of Park". The West Australian. Perth: National Library of Australia. 3 August 1951. p. 5. Retrieved 27 June 2012.
- P & M Tooby; South Perth (W.A. : Municipality). Council (1975), Sir James Mitchell Park site planning & landscape design : report to South Perth City Council, P&M Tooby, retrieved 27 June 2012
- Swan River Trust (W.A.); South Perth (W.A. : Municipality). Council (2001), Sir James Mitchell Park foreshore management plan, Swan River Trust, ISBN 978-0-7309-7525-0
- http://www.southperth.wa.gov.au/Services/Parks-and-Reserves-for-Hire/