Mira Mar, Western Australia Explained

Type:suburb
Mira Mar
City:Albany
State:wa
Lga:City of Albany
Local Map:yes
Zoom:13
Postcode:6330
Elevation:36
Stategov:Albany
Fedgov:O'Connor
Near-Nw:Spencer Park
Near-N:Spencer Park
Near-Ne:Seppings
Near-W:Centennial Park
Near-E:Seppings
Near-Sw:Mount Clarence
Near-S:Mount Clarence
Near-Se:Middleton Beach
Dist1:2
Location1:Albany

-35.017°N 117.9°W

Mira Mar is a northeastern suburb of Albany, Western Australia, between the Albany city centre and Spencer Park in the local government area of the City of Albany.

Mira Mar was gazetted as a suburb in 1979.

Geography

Mira Mar is bounded by North and Collingwood Roads to the north, Drew Street to the east, Symers Street to the west and Middleton Road to the south. The suburb has a population of 1,682 persons., up from 1,539 at the 2006 election.[1] Strawberry Hill (62 m) and Craggy Bluff dominate the local landscape.

Facilities

Mira Mar contains the Old Farm at Strawberry Hill, which was first a 9.70NaN0 vegetable farm on Plantagenet Location 44 for the military settlement of King George Sound, and then served as the residence of Albany's first Government Resident, Sir Richard Spencer RN, from 1832 until 1839. Spencer's grave is located on the site.[2] Also in Mira Mar is the simple Victorian Georgian house built in 1872 by Matthew Cull, who was the long-time verger at St John's Church in Albany.[3] Cull Park, in the suburb's northwest on Campbell Road, is 1.1ha in size and contains a small bridged pond and play equipment.[4]

Notes and References

  1. See CCDs 5052002, 5052003, 5052009 for 2001 comparisons.
  2. Web site: Register of Heritage Places - Hawthorndene. Heritage Council of Western Australia. 14 December 2001. 2007-06-03.
  3. Web site: Register of Heritage Places - Matthew Cull's House. Heritage Council of Western Australia. 4 August 1998. 2007-06-03.
  4. Web site: Cull Park. City of Albany. 7 May 2007. 2007-06-03.