Caversham, Western Australia
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Caversham | |||||||||||||
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 The Riverbank Estate Winery at Caversham in 2021 | |||||||||||||
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| Coordinates: 31°52′30″S 115°58′30″E / 31.875°S 115.975°E | |||||||||||||
| Country | Australia | ||||||||||||
| State | Western Australia | ||||||||||||
| City | Perth | ||||||||||||
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| • Total | 7,419 (SAL 2021)[1] | ||||||||||||
| Postcode | 6055 | ||||||||||||
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Caversham is a suburb of Perth, Western Australia, located in the City of Swan.
It contains many wineries as part of the Swan Valley wine region.[2] It is the location of brick and tile manufacturers, with Brisbane & Wunderlich establishing a tile manufacturing factory in 1953.[3][4] It has long been associated with agricultural pursuits and has regularly had a show.[5][6][7]
It has also been the location of child welfare properties such as Riverbank.[8][9][10] In the 2000s Caversham was the location of a detention centre known as the Disability Justice Centre.[11] The Hall - originally known as the Soldiers and Sailors Memorial Hall built in 1921, was replaced by the Caversham and District Memorial Hall.[12]
It also was the location of the Caversham Wildlife Park, which has since moved into Whiteman Park.
It was the location of a war-time airstrip, the Caversham Airfield, which was later utilised as a motor-raceway.[13]
