Greenmount, Western Australia

Can refer to - Greenmount Hill, Greenmount a Locality in Mundaring, Western Australia Shire, and also to Greenmount National Park. Greenmount is a national park in Western Australia (Australia), 22 km east of Perth. ...

Greenmount Hill

On the edge of the Darling Scarp, Greenmount Hill is a vital point in the transport routes from the Swan Coastal Plain into the hinterland of Western Australia. The Darling Scarp or Darling Range is a low escarpment running North-South to the East of Perth, Western Australia. ... Motto: Cygnis Insignis (Distinguished by its swans) Nickname: Wildflower State Other Australian states and territories Capital Perth Government Governor Premier Const. ...

On its western slopes and southern slopes the original Eastern Railway route travelled. On its western slopes and just to the north the later National Park deviation ran. The current railway route still passes within a few kilometres to the west and north of the hill. Greenmount was a railway stopping place until 1954 when the Mundaring Loop was closed. 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...

On its western slope and its southern slope it has two unused quarries - Greenmount Quarry, and Mountain Quarry. The Greenmount Quarry was associated in the late nineteenth century with the brother of John Forrest - Alexander Forrest. Mountain Quarry was a working quarry from the 1920's until the early 1960's. It is now a dedicated abseiling location.

Due to its visibility, and lack of development on the hill it has remained 'green' since its naming in the 1820's. It has attracted the interest of some artists and photographers. The only spoiling is the front part of the hill [locally known as 'Sugarloaf'], which was a pasture for over 60 years, and has a 'green' that is not the endemic green of the Jarrah forest that once covered the hill. Binomial name Eucalyptus marginata Donn ex Sm. ...

It has also been the site of aircraft warning lights since removed, and currently has one communication tower on the western edge.

Bibliography

Elliott, Ian. History of the Mundaring Shire