MAYLANDS HISTORICAL AND PENINSULA ASSOCIATION

Ukrainian Orthodox Church

The Ukrainian Orthodox Church of St Nicholas is at 2a Ferguson Street. Services are celebrated in Ukrainian and English. See our Ukrainian Orthodox Church Flickr Album for digitised images and other digitised information.

Ukrainian Catholic Church

The full name of this church is the Ukrainian Catholic War Memorial Church of St John the Baptist. A bilingual plaque commemorates the visit of the primate of the Ukrainian Catholic Church, His eminence Cardinal Joseph Slipyj in 1968. See our Ukrainian Catholic Church Flickr Album for digitised images and  other digitised information.

Shearn Memorial Park

Shearn Memorial Park has been known as Maylands Public Reserve and Maylands Oval. Maylands Public Reserve In 1917, it was Maylands Public Reserve, a pretty well-grassed public oval with a natural elevated area for spectators. The Perth Road Board had purchased the area for 600 pounds. Maylands Oval Maylands Oval opened in November 1924. In […]

Seventh Avenue Bridge

The current Seventh Avenue Bridge is the second bridge constructed over the railway line at Seventh Avenue, Maylands. The earlier bridge was listed as heritage place 9861. History of this bridge 1911 The original Seventh Avenue Bridge was designed in 1911 by E. Light, the Western Australian Government Railways Chief Engineer 1913 Building of the […]

St Luke’s Anglican Church

Before the parish of St Luke’s was established, Anglicans living in Maylands travelled to Perth or Guildford for church services. St Luke’s foundation stone was laid by by Lieut. Governor Sir Edward A Stone on 20 October, 1906. Sunday school was held in the local Druids Hall in 1906. In the early 1900s, St Luke’s […]

St Joseph’s Hall

St Joseph’s Hall is in Seventh Avenue next to Our Lady Queen of Martyrs church. See our St Joseph’s Hall Flickr Album for digitised images and  other digitised information.

Former Presbyterian Church

The former Presbyterian Church in Seventh Avenue is now the KIDS Open Learning School, Maylands This church built around 1900 is thought to be the earliest church built in the Maylands town centre. The KIDS Open Learning School, Maylands bought the building in 1979. A heritage plaque in the pavement acknowledges the heritage value of […]

Peninsula Tea Gardens

These tea gardens are located beside the Swan River and behind Tranby House and easily accessed from the riverside bikepath. See our Peninsula Tea Gardens Flickr Album for digitised images and  other digitised information.

Peninsula Golf Course

This golf course occupies land that once formed part of the Maylands Aerodrome. A 1998 aerial photograph show the Peninsula Golf Course as work in progress. See our Peninsula Golf Course Flickr Album for digitised images and other digitised information.

Peninsula Farm

The property now known as Peninsula Farm was originally several small holdings on the Maylands Peninsula. These included the Clarkson’s farm known as Foggathorpe Farm. The people connected with these small holdings had all arrived in the colony on the Tranby. Residents of the Swan River Colony soon referred to the area as Peninsula Farm.