Banyowla Regional Park

Banyowla Regional Park
Western Australia
View from Banyowla Regional Park, the Perth central business district in the distance
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Nearest town or city
Coordinates32°03′15″S 116°02′27″E / 32.05417°S 116.04083°E / -32.05417; 116.04083 (Banyowla Regional Park)
Area2,607 ha (6,440 acres)
Managing authorities
WebsiteBanyowla Regional Park

Banyowla Regional Park, formerly Kelmscott-Martin Regional Park, is a conservation park situated 20 kilometres (12 mi) south-east of the Perth central business district in Western Australia. It is located in the Perth Hills, within the City of Gosnells and the City of Armadale. The regional park was re-named in 2008 after Banyowla, who was a Noongar elder at the time of European settlement.

Banyowla is one of eleven regional parks in the Perth region of Western Australia. The purpose of these regional parks is to serve as urban havens to preserve and restore cultural heritage and valuable ecosystems as well as to encourage sustainable nature-based recreation activities.[1]

History

The concept of regional spaces in Western Australia open to the public was first proposed in 1955, when the Stephenson-Hepburn Report recommended preserving private land for future public use in what would become the Perth Metropolitan Region in 1963. The Environmental Protection Authority (EPA) identified areas of significant conservation, landscape and recreation value in a report in 1983. In 1989, the state Government allocated the responsibility of managing regional parks to the Department of Conservation and Land Management.[2]

A Regional Parks Taskforce was established in 1990 but the EPA reported in 1993 that the establishment of these parks encountered difficulties.[further explanation needed][2]

In August 2008, Minister for the Environment and Climate Change, David Templeman, announced that four regional parks and three national parks in the Perth Hills would be renamed to Aboriginal names, one of them being Kelmscott-Martin Regional Park, which became Banyowla Regional Park.[3] These four regional parks had, prior to 2008, been part of the larger Darling Range Regional Park which had been formed in the 1990s.[4]

Cultural heritage

Both Banyowla, after whom the park is now named, and Captain Theophilus Tighe Ellis, whom the Ellis Brook Valley is named for, were involved in the 1834 Pinjarra massacre, the former as a victim and the latter as a perpetrator.[5][6][7]

Areas

The main areas of the park:[7]

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Image Name Suburb Description Co-ordinates
Ellis Brook Valley Martin 32°03′58″S 116°02′26″E / 32.066216°S 116.040613°E / -32.066216; 116.040613 (Ellis Brook Valley)
Hardinge Park Orange Grove 32°01′46″S 116°02′06″E / 32.029506°S 116.035115°E / -32.029506; 116.035115 (Hardinge Park)
Hillside Farm Martin 32°03′17″S 116°01′30″E / 32.054725°S 116.025108°E / -32.054725; 116.025108 (Hillside Farm)
Lloyd Hughes Park Kelmscott 32°07′04″S 116°01′39″E / 32.117678°S 116.027393°E / -32.117678; 116.027393 (Lloyd Hughes Park)

References

  1. ^ "National, marine and regional parks in Western Australia" (PDF). Department of Parks and Wildlife. June 2017. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2 June 2021. Retrieved 28 May 2021.
  2. ^ a b Rockingham Lakes Regional Park Management Plan 2010 (PDF) (Report). Conservation Commission of Western Australia, Department of Environment and Conservation & City of Rockingham. 2010. Retrieved 28 May 2021.
  3. ^ "New names for hills parks reflect Aboriginal heritage". Government of Western Australia. 7 August 2008. Archived from the original on 31 January 2019. Retrieved 29 May 2021.
  4. ^ "Perth Hills bushfire February 2011 review" (PDF). Government of Western Australia. 15 April 2011. Retrieved 29 May 2021.
  5. ^ "About Ellis Brook Valley" (PDF). bushlandperth.org.au. Retrieved 29 May 2021.
  6. ^ "Ellis Brook Valley Reserve". inherit.stateheritage.wa.gov.au/. Retrieved 29 May 2021.
  7. ^ a b "Banyowla Regional Park". roleybushcare.com.au. Retrieved 29 May 2021.