Stirling is a suburb of Perth, the capital city of Western Australia, located about 10 km north of Perth's central business district (CBD) along the Mitchell Freeway. Its Local Government Area is the City of Stirling, whose council offices and administration centre are located in the southwest of the mostly residential suburb.
Stirling is named after James Stirling, the first Western Australian governor (1829–1838). The name was approved in April...
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Stirling is a suburb of Perth, the capital city of Western Australia, located about 10 km north of Perth's central business district (CBD) along the Mitchell Freeway. Its Local Government Area is the City of Stirling, whose council offices and administration centre are located in the southwest of the mostly residential suburb.
Stirling is named after James Stirling, the first Western Australian governor (1829–1838). The name was approved in April 1976 at the request of the City of Stirling, as the area contained the Council's headquarters. The suburb was part of Balcatta until 1976.
Throughout the wetland regions, Aboriginals hunted for kangaroo, emu, snakes, tortoise, mudfish, gilgies and water birds and their eggs, to name a few food sources. Aboriginal sites are known to have existed in a few locations in the Gwelup-Balcatta region.
The area's first European settlement was as an extension of the Osborne Park market area. Its initial growth in importance as an agricultural area in...
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