Midland ( 31°53′S, 116°00′E) is both a suburb and a township in the Perth, Western Australia metropolitan area, and is the regional centre for the City of Swan local government area that covers the Swan Valley and parts of the Darling Scarp to the east. It is situated at the intersection of Great Eastern Highway and Great Northern Highway. Its eastern boundary is defined by the Reid Highway. Midland is almost always regarded as a suburb of Perth, being only 16 km away from the city centre. The Perth skyline viewed from the Swan River This article is about the urban area of Perth, Western Australia. ... Capital Perth Government Constitutional monarchy Governor Ken Michael Premier Alan Carpenter (ALP) Federal representation  - House seats 15  - Senate seats 12 Gross State Product (2004-05)  - Product ($m)  $100,900 (4th)  - Product per capita  $50,355/person (3rd) Population (December 2006)  - Population  2,050,900 (4th)  - Density  0. ... The City of Swan is a Local Government Area of Western Australia. ... Local Government Areas of Western Australia There are 144 Local Governments in Western Australia (including Christmas Island and Cocos Islands), represented by the Western Australian Local Government Association External link Statoids on Australia Shires Categories: Local Government Areas of Western Australia ... The Swan Valley is the area between Midland and Upper Swan through which the Swan River flows. ... Darling Range (~2000 ft elevation), Perth, Swan River estuary. ... Great Eastern Highway forms part of National Highway 94 Great Eastern Highway, Western Australia is a major road linking Perth with Kalgoorlie. ... The Great Northern Highway, the longest highway in Australia Great Northern Highway is a Western Australia highway extending from Perth to the Northern Territory border. ... Reid Highway is allocated route 3. ...

History

Railway

Midland, known as Midland Junction, was the site of the Midland Railway Workshops - the main workshops for the Western Australian Government Railways (WAGR) for over 80 years. It was also a terminus for the Midland Railway Company. At the end of the Second World War it was the junction of the Midland Railway, the Upper Darling Range Railway, and the main Eastern Railway. The Midland Railway Workshops in Midland, Western Australia were the main workshops for the Western Australian Government Railways (WAGR) for over 80 years. ... Western Australian Government Railways (WAGR) was the earlier name for the current Public Transport Authority (PTA) of Western Australia, an arm of the Government of Western Australia. ... The Midland Railway Company was a private railway built on the land-selection principle that ran from Midland Junction near the capital city of Perth, Western Australia to a location south of the port of Geraldton. ... The Upper Darling Range Railway was a branch railway from Midland Junction, Western Australia, to Karragullen. ... Eastern Railway is the name given to the railway constructed east of Fremantle, Western Australia, in the 19th century. ...

The Transperth suburban railway system currently has a terminus at Midland station. The new B Series trains delivered from 2004 service the popular Northern Suburbs Line and will run on the under construction Mandurah Line Transperth is the brand name of the public transport system in Perth, Western Australia. ... Midland Train Station, is a Transperth train station 16km apart from Perth Train Station, in Western Australia, and is the terminus of the suburban rail service on the Midland Line. ...

Until 1966 the earlier railway station at Midland was the connecting location for trains to Bellevue and then onto Chidlow. Prior to 1954 it included the passenger service from the Mundaring Loop - or the original Eastern Railway (Western Australia), which went through Mundaring, Glen Forrest and Darlington. Until 1949 the passenger service to Kalamunda on the Upper Darling Range Railway was still operating via the 'Zig Zag' at Gooseberry Hill to Midland. Midland Junction railway station history started on the 1st March 1886 when Frederick Broome, WAs Governor, turned the first sod. ... Bellevue is a small locality on the western border of the Shire of Mundaring, Western Australia, or the eastern border of the City of Swan Located at the foot of the slopes of Greenmount, a landmark on the Darling Scarp that is noted in the earliest of travel journals of... Chidlow, Western Australia Chidlow is a small community in the Mundaring Shire. ... Eastern Railway is the name given to the railway constructed east of Fremantle, Western Australia, in the 19th century. ... // [edit] Mundaring Is a Local Government Area of Western Australia. ... Glen Forrest, Western Australia A Suburb within the Mundaring Shire, south of John Forrest National Park,west of Mahogany Creek east of Darlington, and north of the Helena River. ... 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. ... Kalamunda is both a town and Shire in Western Australia, located overlooking the city from the hills at the eastern limits of the Perth metropolitan area. ... Completed in 1891, the Kalamunda Zig Zag line was built by the Canning Jarrah Timber Company to supply railway sleepers to Perths growing railway system. ... Gooseberry Hill is a suburb of Perth, Western Australia, located within the Shire of Kalamunda. ...

Commercial

Midland Junction developed around the Town Hall (1906) and Post Office (1913) sites and spread slowly east and north for over 70 years. The centrality of the main services, and the unusual presence of the Midland Railway Company sheds and yard directly adjacent to the Town Hall and Post Office, combined with the Government Railway Workshops, gave a focused sense of location to the commercial centre, and the local residences. The commercialisation of Great Eastern Highway roadfront residential properties to Bellevue was not complete before the 1990s. Great Eastern Highway forms part of National Highway 94 Great Eastern Highway, Western Australia is a major road linking Perth with Kalgoorlie. ...

In the 1970s the development of Midland Gate Shopping Centre completely changed the focus of the community, with businesses traditionally within walking distance of the Post Office and Railway Station closing down or shifting over the following decades. The current re-development of the Midland Gate Shopping Centre is reasserting the car oriented nature of the regional centre, and despite various attempts at revitalisation, the old centre of Midland remains relatively unchanged.

Townsite

Midland's townsite is based around both Great Eastern Highway, which carries east bound traffic, and Victoria Street, which carries westbound traffic. It is possible to transfer from one to the other via the Padbury Terrace intersection to access Great Eastern Highway from Victoria Street, or use Helena Street to complete the reverse. Great Eastern Highway forms part of National Highway 94 Great Eastern Highway, Western Australia is a major road linking Perth with Kalgoorlie. ...

The townsite is very old and stagnant, and dotted with traffic lights. Although attempts have been made to expand the townsite further east on Great Eastern Highway, only Midland Gate Shopping Centre exists in this area. Despite the age of the townsite, it is the main port of call for eastern travellers who do not bypass the historical area via Roe Highway.

Redevelopment

It currently is being re-developed in part by the Midland Redevelopment Authority, which is organising redevelopment of the Railway Workshops site. Although some museum and storage facilities are being developed at the old workshops site, most of the massive railway superstructure and presence in Midland has gone. The Redevelopment Authority has under its act been vested with lands that do not fully encompass the whole 'old town' of Midland, but only parts of it.

The Midland Saleyards which are at the eastern end of the Railway Workshop site have been in the process of closing and all the related businesses and properties are in the process of being relocated and redeveloped. The Midland Military Markets at the northern edge of the Midland Saleyards - literally utilises an old Military site for a weekend markets, not far west and adjacent to the Lloyd Street railway crossing - a large Harvey Norman store was opened in 2005 on the corner of Clayton and Lloyd Streets. A Harvey Norman superstore in Australia. ...

Parts of the Midland Railway Workshops site are now home to a campus of Curtin University and a large Western Australian Police Operations Centre, as well as other projects. The Coal Storage dam at the western side of the Workshops has become an ornamental lake adjacent to residential redevelopment called 'Woodbridge Lakes'. Curtin University of Technology is a technology-focused university with its main campus at Bentley, a suburb of Perth, Western Australia. ... Western Australia Police logo. ...

In November 2005 the State Government announced plans to construct a 326 bed Hospital on the site of the old railway workshops. Located on Clayton Street, the estimated new A$182.7 million dollar Swan Health Campus will be constructed by around 2010-2011 and replace the old Swan District Hospital.

Notable people from Midland

• James Knox: Catholic Archbishop of Melbourne-1967 to 1974
• Ljiljanna Ravlich: Minister in the Government of Western Australia
• Ralph Sarich: Engineer, Inventor and Entrepreneur
• Keith Slater: Australian Cricketer and Australian Rules Footballer
• Jack Wong Sue: Chinese Australian Soldier, Mariner, Author and Entrepreneur
• Bruce Yardley: Australian Cricketer

James Cardinal Knox was Catholic Archbishop of Melbourne from 1967 to 1974. ... In Christianity, an archbishop is an elevated bishop. ... Melbournes CBD has grown to straddle the Yarra River in three major precincts. ... Ljiljanna Ravlich (born 1958), Australian politician, has been W.A. State Minister for Education and Training since 2005. ... A minister or a secretary is a politician who holds significant public office in a national or regional government. ... The form of the Government of Western Australia is prescribed in its Constitution, which dates from 1890, although it has been amended many times since then. ... Ralph Tony Sarich (born December 10, 1938) is a West Australian multi millionaire businessman and qualified engineer who was responsible for developing the Orbital Engine in 1972. ... Keith Nichol Slater (Born March 12, 1936 in Midland, Western Australia) is a former Western Australian and Australian cricketer and WAFL player. ... Jack Wong Sue DCM, also known as Jack Sue, born 12 September 1925 is a prominent Chinese Australian mariner and soldier, a veteran of World War II and an author. ... Sydneys Chinatown A Chinese Australian is an Australian of Chinese heritage. ... Bruce Yardley (born 1947)was an Australian cricketer who played in 33 Tests and 7 One-day Internationals between 1978 and 1983. ...

See also

• Midland Junction Municipality