Hepburn Heights bushland is the familiar name of a 53-hectare parcel of natural bushland and woodland in the northern suburbs of the city of Perth, Western Australia, a large portion of which was preserved from residential redevelopment after a determined six-year campaign by environmental activists (November 1987 to June 1993).[1] Being an environmentally destructive project of the notorious WA Inc state government, the land clearing and its spectacular resistance by protesters was given extensive media coverage, aiding the preparation of a closely detailed historical account which was published in 2009.[1]
Hepburn Heights is the name used to describe Crown Land Reserve No. 33286, located in the City of Joondalup suburb of Padbury, about 25 kilometres north-west of the Perth city centre. The eventually-resolved conservation area is bounded by Pinnaroo Valley Memorial Park and a water authority reservoir, Reserve No. 32734. The conservation area consists of 20.88 ha of bushland and includes a 10-metre-wide pipeline corridor and a 25-metre-wide vegetated corridor which is subject to possible future use by the water authority.[1] As the result of a Supreme Court ruling, 38 ha of land was conserved overall, an event which prompted the City of Joondalup to initiate an ongoing programme of biodiversity management.[2]