Darlington, Western Australia is a locality in the Shire of Mundaring, on the Darling Scarp, dissected by Nyaania Creek and north of the Helena River. The locality has an area of 11.9 square kilometres, and its postcode is 6070. Perth is the capital and most populous city of the Australian state of Western Australia, and is the fourth largest city in Australia, with a population of approximately 1. ... Emblems: Floral - Kangaroo Paw (Anigozanthos manglesii); Mammal - Numbat (Myrmecobius fasciatus); Bird - Black Swan (Cygnus atratus) Motto: none Slogan or Nickname: Wildflower State Other Australian states and territories Capital Perth Government Const. ... The Shire of Mundaring is a Local Government Area of Western Australia. ... Postcodes are used by Australia Post to identify postal districts in Australia. ... Students in Rome, Italy. ... A road ascends a mountainside using hairpin bends in the French Alps. ... Great Eastern Highway forms part of National Highway 94 Great Eastern Highway, Western Australia is a major road linking Perth with Kalgoorlie. ... In geographic information systems, a feature comprises an entity with a geographic location, typically describable by (for example) points and/or arcs and/or polygons. ... Distance is a numerical description of how far apart things lie. ... Perth is the capital and most populous city of the Australian state of Western Australia, and is the fourth largest city in Australia, with a population of approximately 1. ... km redirects here. ... This is a list of suburbs grouped by local government in Perth, Western Australia. ... Greenmount, Western Australia Can refer to - Greenmount Hill, Greenmount a Locality in Mundaring, Western Australia Shire, and also to Greenmount National Park. ... John Forrest is a national park in Western Australia (Australia), 24 km east of Perth. ... Hovea, Western Australia is a suburb in Mundaring Shire in Western Australia. ... Glen Forrest, Western Australia A Suburb within the Mundaring Shire, south of John Forrest National Park, east of Darlington, and north of the Helena River Category: ... Helena Valley is the name of a river valley, and a locality. ... The Shire of Mundaring is a Local Government Area of Western Australia. ... Darling Range (~2000 ft elevation), Perth, Swan River estuary. ... Nyaania was also a stopping place and locality name (31° 54ˡ S, 116° 06ˡ E) associated with the first route of the Eastern Railway between Bellevue and Mundaring Nyaania Creek (31º 55 S, 116º 03 E) is an important tributary seasonal creek that flows into the Helena River with a... The Helena River is a tributary of the Swan River, Western Australia Location It rises in country east of Mount Dale and moves to the north west to Mundaring Weir, where it is dammed. ...

Location

It is separated from the next locality lower on the scarp Boya by two Quarries - C. Y. O'Connor's 'Fremantle Harbour Works Quarry' (now known as 'Hudman Road Amphitheatre') and the Mountain Quarry (also named Boya quarry) on the southern slope of Greenmount Hill. It is defined by the Great Eastern Highway to the North, and the Helena River to the South. Its boundary with Glen Forrest to the east has shifted a few times. Boya, Western Australia is a locality on the Darling Scarp, in the shire of Mundaring, Western Australia. ... kick my ass OConnor (1842–March 10, 1902) was an Irish engineer. ... Great Eastern Highway forms part of National Highway 94 Great Eastern Highway, Western Australia is a major road linking Perth with Kalgoorlie. ... The Helena River is a tributary of the Swan River, Western Australia Location It rises in country east of Mount Dale and moves to the north west to Mundaring Weir, where it is dammed. ... Glen Forrest, Western Australia A Suburb within the Mundaring Shire, south of John Forrest National Park, east of Darlington, and north of the Helena River Category: ...

Geology

Being at the edge of the Darling Scarp, and adjacent to the two quarries mentioned above in location Darlington has a collection of older stone houses constructed in the locally available rock types. Also a large number of properties in the area utilise local rock for retaining and border walls. Locally found granite and laterite rock has been untilised. Darling Range (~2000 ft elevation), Perth, Swan River estuary. ... Quarrying granite for the Mormon Temple, Utah Territory. ... Cutting of laterite brickstones, Angadipuram, India Laterite is a surface formation in tropical areas which is enriched in iron and aluminium and develops by intensive and long lasting weathering of the underlying parent rock. ...

History

It evolved as a locality from the Darlington Winery in the late nineteenth century, as it was not planned - while Glen Forrest and Greenmount were. The local hall - the Darlington Hall evolved from the winery cellar building. Greenmount, Western Australia Can refer to - Greenmount Hill, Greenmount a Locality in Mundaring, Western Australia Shire, and also to Greenmount National Park. ... Darlington Hall is a heritage building in Darlington, the original structure was a built for the Darlington Winery. ...

It was dissected by the Eastern Railway [1890 - 1954 traffic ceased, 1965/1966 the line was closed and removed], which in later years of operation was known as the 'Mundaring Loop'. The remaining formation is a very popular walking and bike trail, and is often known as the 'bridle trail' by locals. Its formal name is the Railway Reserve Heritage Trail. It had extensive orchards during the First World War era. It has also, due to its cooler climate 'in the hills' had numbers of guest houses D. H. Lawrence having stayed in one for a short time during his visit to Australia. These were also convalescent homes during the Second World War era. In the mid twentieth century a significant numbers of artists had lived or been associated with the small community. By the late twentieth century subdivisions of land, and the breakup of farms and orchards had increased the population density of the locality. The following railroads have been known as Eastern Railroad or Eastern Railway: Eastern Railway (Alabama) Eastern Railway (Western Australia) Austrian Eastern Railway Eastern Railway (India) Eastern Railroad (Maine), a competitor and later subsidiary of the Boston and Maine Railroad from Boston, Massachusetts through New Hampshire into Maine Eastern Railway (Minnesota... Railway Reserve Heritage Trail, frequently referred to as the Bridle Trail or Bridle Track, is within the Shire of Mundaring in Western Australia. ... D.H. Lawrence at age 21 (1906) David Herbert Lawrence (11 September 1885 – 2 March 1930) was an important and controversial English writer of the 20th century, with his output spanning novels, short stories, poems, plays, essays, travel books, paintings, translations, literary criticism and personal letters. ...

Identity

Because of its altitude and separation from the Swan Coastal Plain - it has been associated very early on as a picnic location, holiday home and country drive location. Swan Coastal Plain Swan Coast Plain from Darling Scarp The geographic feature that lies directly west of the Darling Scarp, and which contains the Swan River as it travels west to the Indian Ocean. ...

Writers, artists and others seeking to be separate from Perth's extensive suburban sand plain had sought the location for its natural surrounds. The artists gained the most publicity for their residence, while the writers and others tended to keep their privacy.

Some of the community groups are over 40 years old - the Darlington Residents and Ratepayers Association havng evolved from the earlier Darlington Progress Association for instance, the Darlington Arts Festival as well. The Tennis, Cricket and other sports clubs have similar heritage. A newer arrival the Darlington Club is less than a couple of years old, and is involved in sustaining community involvement and usage of the Darlington Hall.

It is perhaps one of the few 'hills' communities to have a high number of primary schools—the Darlington Primary (Government), Tree-Tops Montessori, and Helena College schools.

The Darlington Arts Festival has been an annual event, and continues after over 40 years, to include art exhibitions and events on the local oval. Darlington Arts Festival Is a festival held annually in Darlington, Western Australia The origins of the festival were in the relationship between the artists resident in Darlington in the 1950s, and the local fire brigade. ...

The 2006 'Trek the Trail' event was organised on the Rail Reserve Heritage Trail and went from Mundaring to Darlington, including events on the oval.

One of the few hills communities to have such a long standing publication, Darlington has had the Darlington Review for 50 years, as a monthly that is received at each address in the locality. Darlington Review Local monthly newspaper for Darlington, Western Australia. ...

The Mundaring shire council has defined the locality by placing 'Locality of Darlington' signs on its entrance roads at the administrative boundary.

Bibliography

• [Brief note on the history of the scouts in Darlington, the first group formed in 1923] Darlington review, Feb.1993, p 7.
• Elliott, I., Mundaring, A History of the Shire, Mundaring, 1983 ISBN 0-9592776-0-9
• Wiltshire, T., A Place in the Hills, Darlington's First Fifty Years, Darlington, 1997 ISBN 0-646-34251-7
• Spillman, K., Life was meant to be here, Mundaring, 2003. ISBN 0-9592776-3-3

External links

• Darlington Village website