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=   MOSMAN PARK HISTORY    = **History: **The Buckland Hill Road District was created on 6 October 1899. From July 1909 until October 1930, it was known as the Cottesloe Beach Road District. It was renamed Mosman Park in 1937, and on 1 July 1961, became a Shire following the enactment of the //Local Government Act 1960//. It became a town seven months later, and in 1997 the two wards were abolished.[|[2]] ** Wards: **The town has six councillors plus a mayor, and no wards. ** Suburbs: **[|Mosman Park] is the only suburb within this municipality. **Population **


 * **Year ** ||  **Population **  ||
 * 1911 || <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt;">1,704  ||
 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt;">1921 || <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt;">3,221  ||
 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt;">1933 || <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt;">3,628  ||
 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt;">1947 || <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt;">5,442  ||
 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt;">1954 || <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt;">6,199  ||
 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt;">1961 || <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt;">5,862  ||
 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt;">1966 || <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt;">5,793  ||
 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt;">1971 || <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt;">7,199  ||
 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt;">1976 || <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt;">6,760  ||
 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt;">1981 || <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt;">7,018  ||
 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt;">1986 || <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt;">6,688  ||
 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt;">1991 || <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt;">7,254  ||
 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt;">1996 || <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt;">7,337  ||
 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt;">2001 || <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt;">7,732  ||
 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt;">2006 || <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt;">8,251  ||

<span style="line-height: normal; margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; mso-outline-level: 2;">**<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt;">External links ** =   MOSMAN PARK HISTORY    = Town of Mosman Park Population: 9,392 (2009)[|[1]] Established: 1899 Area: 4.3 km² (1.7 sq mi) [|Mayor] : Ron Norris Council Seat:  Website: [|http://www.townofmosmanpark.wa.gov.au] The **Town of Mosman Park** is a [|Local Government Area] of [|Western Australia]. It covers an area of approximately 4.3 [|km²] in western metropolitan [|Perth], the capital of Western Australia and lies about 14 km southwest of the Perth [|CBD] and 5 km from [|Fremantle].
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History: The Buckland Hill Road District was created on 6 October 1899. From July 1909 until October 1930, it was known as the Cottesloe Beach Road District.
It was renamed Mosman Park in 1937, and on 1 July 1961, became a Shire following the enactment of the //Local Government Act 1960//. It became a town seven months later, and in 1997 the two wards were abolished.[|[2]] ==   CONTACT ADDRESS:   **<span style="color: #333333; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-weight: normal;">Town Offices **<span style="color: #333333; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 12pt;">'Memorial Park' Cnr Bay View Terrace and Memorial Drive  == <span style="color: #333333; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 160%;">PO Box No.3 Mosman Park WA 6912 **<span style="color: #333333; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 160%;">Telephone **<span style="color: #333333; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 160%;"> (08) 9384 1633 **Facsimile** (08) 9384 3694 **<span style="color: #333333; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 160%;">Hours **<span style="color: #333333; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 160%;"> Mon - Fri : 8:30am to 4:00pm <span style="color: #333333; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 160%;">GUNNARY PHONE           <span style="color: #333333; display: none; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 160%;"> === **<span style="color: #333333; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-weight: normal; line-height: 160%;">If you have not received a reponse to your request within 10 working days **<span style="color: #333333; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 160%;">, please contact the Administration Centre on 9384 1633. ===   Buckland Hill Gunnery Tours are operated by the Royal Australian Artillery Historical Society. Contact 9269 4544 for tour arrangements. Email info@artillerywa.org.au. <span style="color: black; font-family: 'Calibri','sans-serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">

History
The Buckland Hill Road District was created on 6 October 1899. From July 1909 until October 1930, it was known as the Cottesloe Beach Road District. It was renamed Mosman Park in 1937, and on 1 July 1961, became a Shire following the enactment of the //Local Government Act 1960//. It became a town seven months later, and in 1997 the two wards were abolished.[|[2]] ==   CONTACT ADDRESS:   **<span style="color: #333333; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-weight: normal;">Town Offices **<span style="color: #333333; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 12pt;">'Memorial Park' Cnr Bay View Terrace and Memorial Drive  == <span style="color: #333333; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 160%;">PO Box No.3 Mosman Park WA 6912 **<span style="color: #333333; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 160%;">Telephone **<span style="color: #333333; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 160%;"> (08) 9384 1633 **Facsimile** (08) 9384 3694 **<span style="color: #333333; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 160%;">Hours **<span style="color: #333333; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 160%;"> Mon - Fri : 8:30am to 4:00pm <span style="color: #333333; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 160%;">GUNNARY PHONE === **<span style="color: #333333; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-weight: normal; line-height: 160%;">If you have not received a reponse to your request within 10 working days **<span style="color: #333333; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 160%;">, please contact the Administration Centre on 9384 1633. === <span style="border-bottom: windowtext 1pt solid; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; display: block; mso-border-bottom-alt: solid windowtext .75pt; mso-element: para-border-div; padding-bottom: 1pt; padding-left: 0cm; padding-right: 0cm; padding-top: 0cm;"> <span style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt; mso-border-bottom-alt: solid windowtext .75pt; mso-padding-alt: 0cm 0cm 1.0pt 0cm; padding-bottom: 0cm; padding-left: 0cm; padding-right: 0cm; padding-top: 0cm;"> Buckland Hill Gunnery Tours are operated by the Royal Australian Artillery Historical Society. Contact 9269 4544 for tour arrangements. Email info@artillerywa.org.au. =   Jack Hill (cricketer)    = From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Jump to: [|navigation], [|search] // For other uses, see [|John Hill (cricketer)] and [|Jack Hill]. //


 * ** Jack Hill **    ||
 * [[image:jack_hill.JPG]]   ||
 * 1949 newspaper photo   ||
 * ** Personal information  **  ||
 * ** Batting style  **  ||||||||    Right-hand bat     ||
 * ** Bowling style  **  ||||||||   [|Leg break], [|googly]    ||
 * ** International information  **  ||
 * ** National side  **  ||||  [|Australian]  || || ||
 * ** Career statistics  **  ||
 * ** Competition  **  ||  ** [|Tests] **  ||  ** [|First-class] **  || || ||
 * ** Matches  **  ||   3   ||   69   || || ||
 * ** Runs scored  **  ||   21   ||   867   || || ||
 * ** [|Batting average] ** ||   7.00   ||   16.05   || || ||
 * ** 100s/50s  **  ||   0/0   ||   0/1   || || ||
 * ** Top score  **  ||   8*   ||   51*   || || ||
 * ** [|Balls] bowled **  ||   606   ||   13718   || || ||
 * ** [|Wickets] ** ||   8   ||   218   || || ||
 * ** [|Bowling average] ** ||   34.12   ||   23.11   || || ||
 * ** 5 wickets in [|innings] **  ||   0   ||   9   || || ||
 * ** 10 wickets in match  **  ||   0   ||   1   || || ||
 * ** Best bowling  **  ||   3/35   ||   7/51   || || ||
 * ** Catches/ [|stumpings] **  ||   2/0   ||   63/0   || || ||
 * Source: [|Cricinfo],   ||

**John Charles "Jack" Hill** (25 June 1923, [|Murrumbeena, Victoria] – 11 August 1974, [|Caulfield, Victoria]) was an [|Australian] [|cricketer] who played in 3 [|Tests] from 1953 to 1955.



==   Education:   The son of a Stipendiary Magistrate, Mr. Alec Hill, S.M.,[|[1]] Hill received his secondary education at [|St Patrick's College, Ballarat]. == ==   War service:  He moved to Melbourne in 1941 and took up a position under the Naval Board;[|[2]] and he went on to see active service in the [|Royal Australian Air Force] from 1942 to 1946.[|[3]]  == ==  Football: A star half-forward with St Patrick's College, he trained with [|Richmond Football Club] in the 1943 pre-season, [|[4]] and was placed on their supplementary list at the start of the 1943 season. [|[5]]   == He played intermittently for Richmond's Second Eighteen;[|[6]] and, in 1946, he was released by Richmond to the [|Belgrave Football Club] in the Mountain District Football Association.[|[7]] In 1949, in a semi-finals match on 17 September 1949, in which he kicked nine goals for Belgrave,[|[8]] he was knocked out during the match. He thought nothing of the injury and, thinking it was just concussion, he sought no additional medical treatment. On 4 October, he collapsed at work, and was hospitalized. At the hospital, it was discovered that he had fractured his skull (the second time that he had fractured his skull in his football career).[|[9]] He immediately retired from football, having set the goal-kicking record of 152 goals in a single season.[|[10]] He was not fit enough to resume cricket until 29 October 1949;[|[11]] and the consequences of this severe head injury were such that he suffered from severe headaches from time to time for the rest of his life; and, very often, he had to take special headache powders in order for him to be able to play cricket.[|[12]] ==   Cricket: He was already an outstanding schoolboy cricketer whilst at St Patrick's College, where he took 118 wickets in four years, at a time when the College's team only played four matches a year.[|[13]] At 15 years of age he was selected to play in the [|Ballarat Cricket Association] 's (senior) team that competed in the Provincial Group of the March 1939 Country Week Carnival in Melbourne. He played at least one of these matches at the [|Melbourne Cricket Ground] .[|[14]] == He played [|District Cricket] for the [|Melbourne Cricket Club] from the beginning of the 1941/1942 season.[|[15]] In his first match for Melbourne, playing against the Essendon Cricket Club, he put on an exceptional performance after the break for tea: …Splendid bowling by Hill, formerly of St. Patrick's College, Ballarat, was a striking feature of Melbourne's display against Essendon (167). Up till tea time he had 0/24, but he finished with 6/36 off 15.1 overs. Bowling leg breaks slightly faster than usual, he showed good control in his first senior match.[|[16]] …At Essendon Hill, a new M.C.C. bowler form Mordialloc took 6/3[6]. He kept a good length and got wickets with top spinners that made pace from the pitch.[|[17]] During the time he was in the R.A.A.F. he was stationed near Sydney and, whilst there, he played intermittently with the [|Mosman Cricket Club] .[|[18]] In 1945 he transferred to the [|St Kilda Cricket Club] .[|[19]] Reporting on his October 1945 debut for St Kilda, following his 1945 transfer from Melbourne, //The Argus// commented: …A remarkable debut in the St Kilda team was made by Jack Hill, who transferred from Melbourne. At North Melbourne on Saturday he took four for 5 off 6.3 overs, making great pace off the wicket and turning slightly from the leg. Still in the RAAF, he is something of the [|O'Reilly] type, although there is not the same swirl of arms and legs.[|[20]]

State Cricket
He played in 69 [|Sheffield Shield] cricket matches for [|Victoria], from 1946[|[21]] to 1956, scoring 867 runs, and taking 218 wickets. He took a wicket, bowling the South Australian batsman Thomas Elliott Klose, with the first ball he ever bowled for Victoria.[|[22]] He was also famous for //not// scoring what might have been the easiest runs ever scored in a Sheffield Shield Cricket in the first innings of Victoria's match against New South Wales, at the St Kilda Cricket Ground on Saturday, 24 December 1955: Victorian top-spinner Jack Hill played at the slowest ball bowled to him in inter-State cricket on Saturday — and missed. Later in the day at the Shield game at St. Kilda the greasy ball slipped from [|Pat Crawford] 's hand as he approached the bowling crease. The ball trickled slowly towards square leg and stopped rolling about level with the batting crease. Hill walked across, addressed the ball in true golf fashion, swung hard. . . . and made an "air shot". As soon as Hill's swing was completed [|Ian Craig] stepped in and picked up the ball. Under the laws of cricket a batsman is entitled to hit any ball considered by the umpire to have been delivered that comes to rest in front of the batting wicket. No fieldsman has the right to Interfere while the batsman is playing the stroke. — //The Argus//, Monday, 26 December 1955.[|[23]]
 * // Hill Misses a Golf Shot //**

Test Cricket
Sir Donald Bradman (February 1953)[|[24]]" ||
 * "Jack Hill [is] the surprise choice of the 17. He bowls faster than the orthodox leg spinner but on our [Australian] pitches does not turn to any extent. His length is usually impeccable and without any doubt his inclusion is an insurance against the failure of our other leg spinners [viz., [|Doug Ring] and [|Richie Benaud] ], coupled with the thought that he may even force his claims to a place in the eleven on his own prowess."

===    Selection:   To the relief of the many who had come to refer to the continuously overlooked Hill as "Australia's forgotten cricketer", [|[25]] the Australian selectors announced in February 1953, that they had selected him for the team to tour England for the 1953 "Coronation" Ashes series. [|[26]] === Although cricket writer Tom Goodman thought that Hill's selection was "a surprise" and "a gamble",[|[27]] former Australian champion spin-bowler [|Bill "Tiger" O'Reilly], commended the Australian selectors for "[their] effort to tighten up the distressing state of our spin attack" and expressed his view that "if Hill can adapt himself to the English conditions he will be a certain choice for the Test attack on tour".[|[28]] At the time of his 1953 Test selection, a newspaper described his action as follows: …Jack Hill, the "slightly different" bowler… grips the ball as though he will bowl a leg break, but, although he can bowl leg breaks, he is really a top spinner, making great pace off the wicket. He has surprised and bowled many good batsmen because the ball nips off the wicket much faster than expected.[|[29]] And, in its October 1974 obituary, //The Cricketer// described his action, which can be seen at [|[1]] and also at [|[2]] as follows: …Jack Hill, 51, who died in Melbourne on August 11, was a topspin bowler who took seven wickets in two Tests at Trent Bridge and Old Trafford in 1953. They included leading batsmen in May, Graveney, W. J. Edrich and Kenyon and he twice dislodged Bailey. Hill took 63 wickets on the tour and in a third Test in 1955 dismissed Holt at Bridgetown. Lifting his front foot high, almost a [|goose-step], Hill delivered with a leg-break roll, but needed responsive turf for the ball to turn at his pace. Often around the leg stump, he was a difficult bowler for wicketkeepers and one sharp blow on an ankle knocked [|Len Maddocks] ' legs from under him.[|[30]] ===    Tasmania:   On the way to England, Hill played with an Australian XI against a Tasmanian team, in Hobart, in March 1953. [|[31]] On the first day, the Australian XI were 9/505 at stumps. [|[32]] By the end of the second day the Tasmanian team were 2/21 in their second innings, having been forced to follow on after being all out for 202. Hill bowled eleven overs, had three maidens and took none for 24. [|[33]] The Tasmanian team went on to score 234 in its second innings; Hill taking 2 for 28 off 11 overs (with three maidens). [|[34]] === The team squad then travelled to Launceston, and played a match against a combined Northern Tasmanian side. The Australian XI, made up of [|Lindsay Hassett] (captain), [|Arthur Morris] (vice captain), [|Ron Archer], [|Richie Benaud] , [|Alan Davidson] , [|Jim de Courcy] , Jack Hill, [|Graeme Hole] , [|Bill Johnston] , [|Gil Langley] , (cricketer), and [|Colin McDonald]. Hill had been selected as twelfth man; however, he replaced [|Ray Lindwall] in the team, who was indisposed from having a tooth extracted the day before. The remainder of the squad were used to strengthen the opposition, and [|Ian Craig], [|Keith Miller] , [|Neil Harvey] , [|Doug Ring] and [|Don Tallon] all played for the combined Northern Tasmanian side.[|[35]] At the end of the first day's play, the Combined side were all out for 262 (hill's figures were 0/27), and the Australian XI were 93 without loss.[|[36]] At the end of the second day, the Australian XI had scored 469 (Hill scored 20) and the combined team were 2/19 in its second innings (Hill did not bowl on the second day).[|[37]] On the last day, the combined team scored a total of 245 in its second innings (with Hill taking 3/58) and the Australian XI, scoring 41 without loss, won the match.[|[38]] ===    England:   In 1953, the entire tour of England involved 34 matches in all: five [|Test cricket matches], and an additional 29 matches that were played before, during, and after the Test series. Of the Five Tests, he played two for [|Australia] against England during the [|1953 Ashes Series]. [|[39]] === His first Test match appearance was in the rain affected [|First Test] from 11-16 June 1953 at [|Trent Bridge] (both he and [|Alan Davidson] made their Australian Test debut in the same match). In a drawn match, he scored a duck and four runs; and took 3/35 and 1/26. His second Test match appearance was the [|Third Test], from 9-14 July 1953 at [|Old Trafford]. In a drawn match, he scored 8 runs (n.o.) and a duck, and took 3/97 in England's only innings. He was twelfth man for the [|Fourth Test] at [|Headingley][|[40]] ). The first four matches of the series were drawn; and the last match of the series (for which Hill was not selected) was won by the M.C.C. by eight wickets. Of the 29 additional matches that the squad contested during the tour, he played in 20 of them:

End of Test career
After the West Indies, Hill was never considered for Test selection again; the general view was that he had been tried and found wanting at Test level.[|[49]] In his three match Test career he had taken 8 wickets — [|Trevor Bailey] (twice), [|Don Kenyon] (twice), [|Peter May], [|Tom Graveney] , [|Bill Edrich] , and the West Indian [|John Holt] [|[50]] — had taken two catches, and had scored 21 runs.

Bureaucrat
At the time of his death (at 51) he was a high-level civil servant in the Age and Invalid Pension division of the Victorian Office of the [|Commonwealth Department of Social Security]. He was also responsible for the management and oversight of the casual ticket selling staff at the [|St. Kilda Cricket Ground] and the [|South Melbourne Cricket Ground] for the home matches of the [|Fitzroy Football Club] and the [|South Melbourne Football Club] respectively.

Honours
He is a member of the Ballarat Sports Museum's Hall of Fame. ** __ Walk 2 __ **** PEPPERMINT GROVE  ** <span style="height: 165.65pt; left: 0px; margin-left: 172.35pt; margin-top: 35.6pt; position: absolute; text-align: left; width: 117.9pt; z-index: -1;">   Shire of Peppermint Grove ** Shire of Peppermint Grove ** [|Western Australia] ** Population: ** 1,741 (2009)[|[1]] ** Established: ** 1895 ** Area: ** 1.1 km² (0.4 sq mi) ** [|Mayor] : **  Ian Wallace ** Council Seat: ** [|Peppermint Grove] **[|State District]:** [|Cottesloe] ** [|Federal Division] : ** [|Curtin] =   Website: [|http://www.peppermintgrove.wa.gov.au]     = The **Shire of Peppermint Grove** is a small [|Local Government Area] in western metropolitan [|Perth], the capital of [|Western Australia] , between [|Mosman Park] and [|Claremont] and lies about 12 km southwest of Perth's [|central business district]. The Shire of Peppermint Grove, at 1.1 square kilometres (0.42 sq mi), is the smallest local government area in Australia. The Peppermint Grove Road Board was gazetted in 1895 and on 1 July 1961, became a Shire Council following changes to the Local Government Act.[|[2]]

Wards: The town has 7 councillors and no wards.

 * Population: ** Year **   ||  **  Population  **  ||       ||       ||       ||       ||
 * 1911  ||   1,043   ||   1921   ||   1,110   ||   1933   ||   1,428   ||
 * 1947  ||   1,474   ||   1954   ||   1,468   ||   1961   ||   1,502   ||
 * 1966  ||   1,602   ||   1971   ||   1,511   ||   1976   ||   1,587   ||
 * 1981  ||   1,540   ||   1986   ||   1,243   ||   1991   ||   1,453   ||
 * 1996  ||   1,592   ||   2001   ||   1,527   ||   2006   ||   1,580   ||

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 * WHILE the plunge in western suburbs property prices has been common knowledge for months, at least one prominent millionaire is willing to test the waters. **

The View St mansion, which is on the market for $6.35 million, has been used as a guesthouse for ``Big Red's'' family and friends since she moved to Leake St to live behind her daughter, Jody, three years ago.

Real estate agent William Porteous said Ms Bond was downsizing and looking for something more practical.

``Her daughter lives in another part of Peppermint Grove and so she bought a house directly behind her daughter's which is just more practical for their day-to-day lives,'' he said.

Jody Fewster lives with her husband, Damian, and their two sons, aged six and 10. Ms Fewster said they had always been a close family.

``We even lived in View St with her for a short time when we first came back from Sydney; it's a fantastic house,'' she said.

Ms Fewster said her house was attached to her mother's through an adjoining room and gymnasium.

``We love having mum here, we have a ready-made babysitter,'' she said.

Ms Fewster said the View St home held precious family memories.

``I really miss the tennis court there,'' she said. ``At Christmas we'd all be out there playing cricket under the lights.''

The classic Italianate residence has four bedrooms and four bathrooms, and a marble ensuite to the master bedroom.

It also has a swimming pool and a two-storey foyer, and is on a 1500sqm block. Subscribe to our Email Newsletter <span style="color: black; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;"> Walk of river Mosman Bay Cappuccino By The River Lilla Street Peppermint Grove ==   History:  At the time of European settlement and for some years after, the area was thickly wooded with [|tuart], [|jarrah], red gum, [|banksia] as well as the [|peppermint trees] which gave the suburb its name. == In 1830, [|John Butler], an innkeeper, was given a grant of 250 acres (1 km²) on Freshwater Bay, after unsuccessfully attempting to secure land at [|Claremont]. From this location, he operated "The Bush Inn", a stone house he had built and rigged out with native [|mahogany]. After a series of arguments with the colonial authorities of the day, Butler left for [|Sydney] in October 1835, but did not dispose of the property. After the death of Butler's wife, Ann, in 1886, a syndicate of businessmen, including [|Alexander Forrest] and [|George Leake], persuaded Butler's children to sell the land.[|[3]] In 1891, it was subdivided and lots were sold for £7 to £12 each. Two of the earliest residents were [|Edward Keane], [|Lord Mayor of Perth] , and [|John Forrest] , [|Premier of Western Australia]. Just four years later, residents got a road board, later to become the [|Peppermint Grove Shire Council] - to this day, the smallest in Australia at just 1.1 km². <span style="line-height: normal; margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; mso-outline-level: 2;">**<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt;">Early life: **<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt;">Forrest was born at Picton, near [|Bunbury] in [|Western Australia], the son of William and Margaret Forrest[|[2]]. He was educated at the government school in Bunbury under [|John Hislop], then completed his education at [|Hale School] in [|Perth]. <span style="line-height: normal; margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; mso-outline-level: 2;">**<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt;"> Exploring career: **<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt;">Forrest explored areas of Western Australia under contract to the Survey Department, particularly the [|Kimberley] region, during the 1870s and 1880s. Much of his exploration was done with his brother [|John Forrest] who became the first [|Premier of Western Australia]. <span style="line-height: normal; margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt;">In 1870 a party of six men including Alexander and his brother John left Perth. Five months later they reached Adelaide. In 1874, Alexander was part of another party again including brother John which took a more northerly route from [|Geraldton] to the east to the [|Murchison River]. <span style="line-height: normal; margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt;">In 1879 Alexander led his own expedition of eight men from [|De Grey River] to the telegraph line into the area now known as the [|Kimberley]. The expedition left on 25 February 1879 and reached [|Beagle Bay] on 10 April 1879. The coast was then skirted to the [|Fitzroy River] which was followed for 240 miles (390 km); but Forrest's progress was then stopped by mountains which appeared to be impassable. He eventually worked round the southern end of the range and discovered some valuable country. Good water was found until the [|Victoria River] was reached on 18 August 1879, but great difficulties were met with before reaching the telegraph line 13 days later. From there they made their way to [|Palmerston], then the capital of the [|Northern Territory], and they arrived on 7 October 1879. The party was often in danger of starvation, om more than one occasion a packhorse had to be killed for food, and in the last dash for the telegraph line, Forrest and one companion who had gone on ahead almost perished from thirst. The two [|aboriginal] assistants were quite helpless for the last 300 miles (480 km) of the journey, and one of them never recovered from its effects, dying a few months later. The expedition ranks among the most valuable pieces of Australian exploration as large tracts of good pasturage were discovered. Forrest published his //Journal of Expedition from De Grey to Port Darwin// in Perth in 1880.[|[3]] <span style="line-height: normal; margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt;">In 1891, through a syndicate comprising Charles Crossland and [|George Leake], Alexander Forrest commenced the subdivision of what would later become the affluent Perth suburb of [|Peppermint Grove]. He was also associated with the first of three quarries that exist on the edge of Greenmount Hill. In 1893, he negotiated the contract with the [|Adelaide Steamship Company] for serving West Australian ports. <span style="height: 128.25pt; margin-left: 0px; margin-top: 0.3pt; position: absolute; visibility: visible; width: 96pt; z-index: -3;"> <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt;">A statue of Forrest stands at the entrance to [|Stirling Gardens] in [|St Georges Terrace, Perth] <span style="line-height: normal; margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; mso-outline-level: 2;">**<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt;">Political career: **<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt;">In 1887 Forrest became a politician, entering the [|Western Australian Legislative Council] as the first member for Kimberley. He was then elected to the [|Western Australian Legislative Assembly] for [|West Kimberley] in 1890, and held the seat until his death. He was also [|Mayor of Perth] 1893–95 and 1898–1900, and later an investor. He was created C.M.G. in May 1901. <span style="border-bottom: windowtext 1pt solid; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; display: block; mso-border-bottom-alt: solid windowtext .75pt; mso-element: para-border-div; padding-bottom: 1pt; padding-left: 0cm; padding-right: 0cm; padding-top: 0cm;"> <span style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; line-height: normal; margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt; mso-border-bottom-alt: solid windowtext .75pt; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; mso-padding-alt: 0cm 0cm 1.0pt 0cm; padding-bottom: 0cm; padding-left: 0cm; padding-right: 0cm; padding-top: 0cm;"><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt;">Forrest died on 20 June 1901, survived by four children. He was buried at [|Karrakatta Cemetery]. <span style="line-height: normal; margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; mso-outline-level: 2;">**<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt;">Prominent Residents and Landowners ** <span style="border-bottom: windowtext 1pt solid; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; display: block; margin-left: 18pt; margin-right: 0cm; mso-border-bottom-alt: solid windowtext .75pt; mso-element: para-border-div; padding-bottom: 1pt; padding-left: 0cm; padding-right: 0cm; padding-top: 0cm;"> =   Peppermint Grove, Western Australia    = // This article is about a suburb of Perth, Western Australia. For the local government area, see [|Shire of Peppermin Peppermint Grove Perth, Western Australia] // <span style="height: 152.25pt; margin-left: 0px; margin-top: 0.3pt; position: absolute; width: 202.5pt; z-index: -4;">  [|//Grove of Peppermint trees overlooking Freshwater Bay on the Swan River//] // [|Population: 1,580 (2006 census)[1 Established: 1830s Area: 1.1 km² (0.4 sq mi) Location: 12 km (7 mi) from Perth Grove]] // //. //[|Coordinates] :  [|31°59′56″] [|S 115°46] [|′05″] [|E﻿ / ﻿31.999°S 115.768°E﻿ / -31.999; 115.768] **Peppermint Grove** is an affluent western suburb of [|Perth], [|Western Australia] on the north bank of the [|Swan River] at Freshwater Bay. Its [|Local Government Area], the smallest in the country, is the [|Shire of Peppermint Grove]. The suburb was named after its trademark "Peppermint trees" (//[|Agonis flexuosa]//) lining many streets. The suburb has long been associated with Western Australia's wealthiest and oldest families: see Robert Pascoe's "Peppermint Grove: Western Australia's Capital Suburb". Their prosperity is reflected in historic houses in the area, such as 'St Just' and //[|The Cliffe]//. Peppermint Grove remains, to this day, the suburb with the highest average weekly income in Western Australia [|[2]]. Its Sydney and Melbourne equivalents, as Pascoe points out, would be [|Vaucluse] and [|Toorak]. [|Colin Barnett], [|Premier] of Western Australia, has dubbed the suburb "Australia's [|Monaco]" due to its small size and concentration of wealth.
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History
At the time of European settlement and for some years after, the area was thickly wooded with [|tuart], [|jarrah] , red gum, [|banksia] as well as the [|peppermint trees] which gave the suburb its name. In 1830, [|John Butler], an innkeeper, was given a grant of 250 acres (1 km²) on Freshwater Bay, after unsuccessfully attempting to secure land at [|Claremont]. From this location, he operated "The Bush Inn", a stone house he had built and rigged out with native [|mahogany]. After a series of arguments with the colonial authorities of the day, Butler left for [|Sydney] in October 1835, but did not dispose of the property. After the death of Butler's wife, Ann, in 1886, a syndicate of businessmen, including [|Alexander Forrest] and [|George Leake], persuaded Butler's children to sell the land.[|[3]] In 1891, it was subdivided and lots were sold for £7 to £12 each. Two of the earliest residents were [|Edward Keane], [|Lord Mayor of Perth] , and [|John Forrest] , [|Premier of Western Australia]. Just four years later, residents got a road board, later to become the [|Peppermint Grove Shire Council] - to this day, the smallest in Australia at just 1.1 km². ==   Geography:  Peppermint Grove is situated between [|Stirling Highway] on the west and the [|Swan River] at Freshwater Bay to the east. It spans six blocks, with its main streets named after the first post-subdivision residents of the suburb - McNeil, Forrest, Leake, Irvine, Keane, Johnston and Venn. ==  At the [|ABS] 2001 census, Peppermint Grove had a high-income, mostly white population of 1,379 people living in 590 dwellings. The ABS noted that 69% of the suburb's workforce were managers or professionals.[|[1]] <span style="height: 143.25pt; margin-left: 0px; margin-top: 0.3pt; position: absolute; width: 107.25pt; z-index: -5;">   Peppermint trees form an avenue in Leake Street ==   Facilities:  Cottesloe Primary School and [|Presbyterian Ladies' College] are located within the suburb, as is the council office and library on [|Stirling Highway], a small shopping centre opposite the [|Cottesloe] shopping area, and reserves along the riverfront, most notably Manners Hill Park and Keanes Point Reserve, which offer recreational facilities and jetties. == ==   Transport: The western edge of the suburb is serviced by the [|CircleRoute] along Stirling Highway, and the [|Cottesloe train station] on the [|Fremantle line]. [|[4]] All services are operated by the [|Public Transport Authority]. == ==   Politics:  Peppermint Grove is part of the federal division of [|Curtin]. The federal seat is held by the centre right [|Liberal Party]. It is regarded as a safe seat as it has been continually retained by the [|Liberal Party] with the exception of former Liberal member [|Allan Rocher] as an Independent politician between 1996 and 1998. For the parliament of Western Australia, the state electoral district of [|Cottesloe] is also held by the [|Liberal Party]. ==

Prominent Residents and Landowners
**Sir James George Steere** [|KCMG] (4 July 1830 – 1 December 1903)[|[1]] was a [|Western Australian] politician and a prominent member of the [|six hungry families]. James Steere was born at [|Ockley], [|Surrey] , [|England] , third of six sons of Lee Steere of [|Jayes] , who was a leading resident and landed proprietor in the county, and his wife Anne, //née// Watson.[|[1]] After being educated at [|Clapham Grammar School] , Lee-Steere became a [|midshipman] in the merchant service and was at sea for 15 years. His last position was commander of the //Devonshire//, well-known [|East Indiaman] .[|[2]] Early in 1860 Lee-Steere emigrated to [|Western Australia] and leased 100,000 acres (400 km²) of land in the southern part of the colony. In 1867 he was one of the first elected members of the [|Western Australian Legislative Council], won his seat again in 1870, and was then chosen leader of the elected members. In 1880 he lost his seat by one vote but almost immediately became a nominee member. Lee-Steere was made a member of the Executive Council in 1884 and two years later was elected Speaker. In 1890 he was elected a member of the [|Western Australian Legislative Assembly] under responsible government and was unanimously elected [|Speaker]. He held this position for the remainder of his life.[|[2]] Lee-Steere represented Western Australia at the [|federal conventions] of 1891 and 1897, and was a member of the constitutional committee on each occasion. Lee-Steere died at [|Perth, Western Australia] on 1 December 1903. He married in 1859 Catherine Anne Leake (daughter of [|Luke Leake] ) who survived him with a large family of sons and daughters. He was [|knighted] in 1888, and created Knight Commander of the [|Order of St Michael and St George] (KCMG) in 1900.[|[2]] <span style="border-bottom: windowtext 1pt solid; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; display: block; mso-border-bottom-alt: solid windowtext .75pt; mso-element: para-border-div; padding-bottom: 1pt; padding-left: 0cm; padding-right: 0cm; padding-top: 0cm;"> <span style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; margin-left: 18pt; mso-border-bottom-alt: solid windowtext .75pt; mso-padding-alt: 0cm 0cm 1.0pt 0cm; padding-bottom: 0cm; padding-left: 0cm; padding-right: 0cm; padding-top: 0cm;"> Lee-Steere was regarded as an able, upright and hardworking member of the community. A good constitutional authority and an able Speaker, he was held in great respect by all parties in the house and by the public generally <span style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; margin-left: 18pt; mso-border-bottom-alt: solid windowtext .75pt; mso-padding-alt: 0cm 0cm 1.0pt 0cm; padding-bottom: 0cm; padding-left: 0cm; padding-right: 0cm; padding-top: 0cm;"> <span style="height: 175.45pt; left: 0px; margin-left: 162.75pt; margin-top: 10.5pt; position: absolute; text-align: left; width: 123.75pt; z-index: -6;">  // [|John Forrest (disambiguation)]. // ** [|The Right Honourable] **  ** Sir John Forrest [|GCMG]  **
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** 1st [|Premier of Western Australia] In office  **  22 December 1890 – 15 February 1901 ** Succeeded by ** [|George Throssell] **Constituency** [|Bunbury]

** Born: ** 22 August 1847 ( 1847-08-22 ) [|Bunbury], [|Western Australia], [|Australia] ** Died: ** 3 September 1918 (aged 71) at sea off the coast of [|Sierra Leone] ** Resting place: ** [|Karrakatta Cemetery] :S**pouse(s):** [|Margaret Elvire Hamersley] **Sir John Forrest** [|GCMG] (22 August 1847 – 2 September 1918) was an Australian explorer, the first [|Premier of Western Australia] and a cabinet minister in [|Australia]'s first federal parliament. As a young man, John Forrest won fame as an explorer by leading three expeditions into the interior of [|Western Australia]. He was appointed [|Surveyor General] and in 1890 became the first [|Premier of Western Australia], its only premier as a [|self-governing colony]. Forrest's premiership gave the state ten years of stable administration during a period of rapid development and demographic change. He pursued a policy of large-scale public works and extensive land settlement, and he helped to ensure that Western Australia joined the [|federation] of Australian states. After federation, he moved to federal politics, where he was at various times postmaster-general, [|Minister for Defence], [|Minister for Home Affairs] , [|Treasurer] and acting [|Prime Minister]. Shortly before his death, Forrest was informed that the King had approved his being raised to the [|British peerage] as Baron Forrest of Bunbury. He immediately began signing his name as "Forrest", as if he were already a peer. However, at the time of his death his peerage had not been legally established by [|letters patent]. References to him as "Lord Forrest" are therefore incorrect.

Early years and family life
Forrest, was one of 10 children of William and Margaret Forrest, who came out as servants under Dr John Ferguson in 1842. He was born at Picton near [|Bunbury] in what was then the British colony of Western Australia. He was also known as Jack to his family[|[1]]. Among his seven brothers were [|Alexander Forrest] and [|David Forrest]. John Forrest attended the government school in Bunbury under [|John Hislop] until the age of twelve, when he was sent north to [|Perth] to attend the Bishop's Collegiate School, now [|Hale School], starting there in January 1860[|[1]]. In November 1863, he was apprenticed to a government land surveyor named [|Thomas Carey]. When his term of apprenticeship ended in November 1865, he became the first man born and educated in the colony to qualify as a land surveyor. He then commenced work as a surveyor with the government's Lands and Surveys Department. On 2 September 1876[|[2]] in Perth, Forrest married [|Margaret Elvire Hamersley]. [|The Hamersleys] were a very wealthy family, and Forrest gained substantially in wealth and social standing from the marriage. However, to their disappointment the marriage was childless.

Forrest the explorer
<span style="height: 174.75pt; margin-left: 0px; margin-top: 0px; position: absolute; width: 225pt; z-index: -7;">   John Forrest's explorations, as pictured in his book //Explorations in Australia// Between 1869 and 1874, Forrest led three expeditions into the uncharted land surrounding the colony of Western Australia. In 1869, he led a fruitless search for the explorer [|Ludwig Leichhardt], in the desert west of the site of the present-day town of [|Leonora]. The following year, he surveyed [|Edward John Eyre] 's land route from Perth to [|Adelaide]. In 1874, he led a party to the watershed of the [|Murchison River], and then east through the unknown desert centre of [|Western Australia]. Forrest published an account of his expeditions, //Explorations in Australia//,[|[3]] in 1875. In 1882, He was made a Commander of the [|Order of St Michael and St George] (CMG) by [|Queen Victoria] for his services in exploring the interior.

The search for Leichhardt
In March 1869, Forrest was asked to lead an expedition in search of the explorer [|Ludwig Leichhardt], who had been missing since April 1848. A few years earlier, a party of [|Aborigines] had told the explorer [|Charles Hunt] of a place where a group of white men had been killed by Aborigines[|[4]] a long time ago, and some time afterwards an [|Aboriginal tracker] named Jemmy Mungaro had corroborated their story and claimed to have personally been to the location. Since it was thought that these stories might refer to Leichhardt's party, Forrest was asked to lead a party to the site, with Mungaro as their guide, and there to search for evidence of Leichhardt's fate. Forrest assembled a party of six, including the Aboriginal trackers Mungaro and [|Tommy Windich], and they left Perth on 15 April 1869. They headed in a north-easterly direction, passing through the colony's furthermost sheep station on 26 April. On 6 May, they encountered a group of Aborigines who offered to guide the party to a place where there were many skeletons of horses. Forrest's team accompanied this group in a more northerly direction, but after a week of travelling it became clear that their destination was [|Poison Rock], where the explorer [|Robert Austin] was known to have left eleven of his horses for dead in 1854. They then turned once more towards the location indicated by their guide. The team arrived in the location to be searched on 28 May. They then spent almost three weeks surveying and searching an area of about 15,000 km² in the desert west of the site of the present-day town of [|Leonora]. Having found no evidence of Leichhardt's fate, and Mungaro having changed his story and admitted that he had not personally visited the site, they decided to push as far eastwards as they could on their remaining supplies. The expedition reached its furthest point east on 2 July, near the present-day site of the town of [|Laverton]. They then turned for home, returning by a more northerly route and arriving back in Perth on 6 August. They had been absent for 113 days, and had travelled, by Forrest's reckoning, over 3,600 kilometres (2,000 miles), most of it through uncharted desert. They had found no sign of Leichhardt, and the country over which they travelled was useless for farming. However, Forrest did report that his compass had been affected by the presence of minerals in the ground, and he suggested that the government send geologists to examine the area. Ultimately, the expedition achieved very little, but it was of great personal advantage to Forrest, whose reputation with his superiors, and in the community at large, was greatly enhanced.

The Bight crossing
Later that year, Forrest was selected to lead an expedition that would survey a land route along the [|Great Australian Bight] between the colonies of [|South Australia] and Western Australia. The explorer Edward John Eyre had achieved such a crossing thirty years earlier, but his expedition had been poorly planned and equipped, and Eyre had nearly perished from lack of water. Forrest's expedition would follow Eyre's route, but it would be thoroughly planned and properly resourced. Also, the recent discovery of safe anchorages at Israelite Bay and [|Eucla] would permit Forrest's team to be reprovisioned along the way by a chartered schooner //Adur//.[|[5]] Forrest's brief was to provide a proper survey of the route, which might be used in future to establish a telegraph link between the colonies, and also to assess the suitability of the land for pasture. Forrest's team consisted of six men his brother Alexander was second in charge, Police constable [|Hector McLarty], [|farrier] William Osborn, trackers Windich and Billy Noongale 16 horses and a number of dogs.[|[5]] The party left Perth on 30 March 1870, and arrived at [|Esperance] on 24 April. Heavy rain fell for much of this time. After resting and reprovisioning, the party left Esperance on 9 May and arrived at Israelite Bay nine days later. They had encountered very little feed for their horses, and no permanent water, but managed to obtain sufficient rain water from rock water-holes. After reprovisioning, the team left for Eucla on 30 May. Again they encountered very little feed and no permanent water, and this time the water they obtained from rock water-holes was not sufficient. They were compelled to dash more than 240 kilometres (150 miles) to a spot where Eyre had found water in 1841. Having secured a water source, they rested and explored the area before moving on, eventually reaching Eucla on 2 July. At Eucla they rested and reprovisioned, and also explored inland, where they found good pasture land. On 14 July, the team started the final leg of their expedition through unsettled country: from Eucla to the nearest South Australian station. During this last leg almost no water could be found, and the team were compelled to travel day and night for nearly five days. They saw their first signs of civilisation on 18 July, and eventually reached Adelaide on 27 August. A week later they boarded ship for Western Australia, arriving in Perth on 27 September. They were honoured at two receptions one by the Perth City Council and a citizens banquet at the Horse and Groom Tavern. Speaking at the receptions John Forrest was modest about his own contributions while praising the efforts of the members of the expedition and dividing a government gratuity between them.[|[5]] Forrest's bight crossing was one of the best organised and managed expeditions of his time. As a result, his party successfully completed in five months a journey that had taken Eyre twelve, arriving in good health and without the loss of a single horse. From that point of view, the expedition must be considered a success. However, the tangible results were not great. They had not travelled far from Eyre's track, and although a large area was surveyed, only one small area of land suitable for pasture was found. A second expedition by the same team returned to this area between August and November 1871 finding further good pastures north north east of Esperance.[|[5]]

Across the interior
<span style="height: 122.25pt; margin-left: 0px; margin-top: 0.55pt; position: absolute; width: 165pt; z-index: -8;">     Forrest leading his 1874 expedition party out of Perth In August 1872 Forrest was invited to lead a third expedition, this time from [|Geraldton] to the source of the Murchison River, and then east through the uncharted centre of Western Australia, to the overland telegraph line from [|Darwin] to Adelaide. The purpose was to discover the nature of the unknown centre of Western Australia, and to find new pastoral land. Forrest's team again consisted of six men including his brother Alexander and Windich. They also had 20 horses and food for eight months. The team left Geraldton on 1 April 1874, and a fortnight later passed through the colony's outermost station. On 3 May the team passed into completely unknown land. They found plenty of good pastoral land around the headwaters of the Murchison River, but by late May they were travelling over arid land. On 2 June, while dangerously short of water, they discovered Weld Springs, "one of the best springs in the colony" according to Forrest. At Weld Springs on 13 June the party was attacked by a large group of Aborigines, and Forrest was compelled to shoot a number of them. Beyond Weld Springs water was extremely hard to obtain, and by 4 July the team were relying on occasional thunderstorms for water. By 2 August, the team was critically short of water; a number of horses had been abandoned, and Forrest's journal indicates that the team had little confidence of survival. A few days later they were rescued by a shower of rain. On 23 August they were again critically short of water and half of their horses were near death, when they were saved by the discovery of Elder Springs. After this, the land became somewhat less arid, and the risk of dying from thirst started to abate. Other difficulties continued, however: they had to abandon more of their horses, and one member of the team suffered from scurvy and could barely walk. They finally sighted the telegraph line near Mount Alexander on 27 September, and reached Peake Telegraph Station three days later. The remainder of the journey was a succession of triumphant public receptions as they passed through each country town en route to Adelaide. The team reached Adelaide on 3 November 1874, more than six months after they started from Geraldton. From an exploration point of view, Forrest's third expedition was of great importance. A large area of previously unknown land was explored, and the popular notion of an inland sea was shown to be unlikely. However the practical results were not great. Plenty of good pastoral land was found up to the head of the Murchison, but beyond that the land was useless for pastoral enterprise, and Forrest was convinced that it would never be settled. In 1875, Forrest published //Explorations in Australia//, an account of his three expeditions. In July 1876, he was awarded the Founder's Gold Medal of the [|Royal Geographical Society] of London. He was made a [|CMG] by Queen Victoria in 1882 for his services in exploring the interior.

Premier John Forrest
John Forrest was an outstanding surveyor, and his successful expeditions had made him a popular public figure as well. Consequently, he was promoted rapidly through the ranks of the Lands and Surveys Department, and in January 1883 he succeeded [|Malcolm Fraser] in the positions of [|surveyor-general] and commissioner of crown lands. This was one of the most powerful and responsible positions in the colony, and it accorded him a seat on the colony's [|Executive Council]. At the same time, Forrest was nominated to the colony's [|Legislative Council]. After Britain ceded to Western Australia the right to self-rule in 1890, Forrest was elected unopposed to the [|seat of Bunbury] in the [|Legislative Assembly]. On 22 December 1890, Governor [|William Robinson] appointed Forrest the first [|Premier of Western Australia]. In May of the following year, he was knighted [|KCMG] for his services to the colony. The [|Forrest Ministry] immediately embarked on a programme of large-scale public works funded by loans raised in [|London]. Public works were greatly in demand at the time, because of the British government's reluctance to approve public spending in the colony. Under the direction of the brilliant engineer [|C. Y. O'Connor], many thousands of miles of railway were laid, and many bridges, jetties, lighthouses and town halls were constructed. The two most ambitious projects were the [|Fremantle] Harbour Works, one of the few public works of the 1890s which is still in use today; and the [|Goldfields Water Supply Scheme], one of the greatest engineering feats of its time, in which the [|Helena River] was dammed and the water piped over 550 kilometres (330 miles) to [|Kalgoorlie]. Forrest's public works programme was generally well received, although on the [|Eastern Goldfields] where the rate of population growth and geographical expansion far outstripped the government's ability to provide works, Forrest was criticised for not doing enough. He invited further criticism in 1893 with his infamous "spoils to the victors" speech, in which he appeared to assert that members who opposed the government were putting at risk their constituents' access to their fair share of public works. Forrest's government also implemented a number of social reforms, including measures to improve the status of women, young girls and wage-earners. However, although Forrest did not always oppose proposals for social reform, he never instigated or championed them. Critics have therefore argued that Forrest deserves little credit for the social reforms achieved under his premiership. On political reform, however, Forrest's influence was unquestionable. In 1893, Forrest guided through parliament a number of significant amendments to the [|Constitution of Western Australia], including an extension of the franchise to all men regardless of property ownership. The major political question of the time, though, was federation. Forrest was in favour of federation, and felt that it was inevitable, but he also felt that Western Australia should not join until it obtained fair terms. He was heavily involved in the framing of the [|Australian Constitution], representing Western Australia at a number of meetings on federation, including the National Australasian Conventions in [|Sydney] in 1891 and in Adelaide in 1897, and the Australasian Federal Conventions in Sydney in 1897 and in [|Melbourne] in 1898. He fought hard to protect the rights of the less populous states, arguing for a strong upper house organised along state lines. He also argued for a number of concessions to Western Australia, and for the building of a trans-Australian railway. Although he was largely unsuccessful in his endeavours, by 1900 he was convinced that better terms were not to be obtained, so called the referendum in which Western Australians voted to join the federation, and Western Australia became a part of Australia in 1901.

In federal politics
On 30 December 1900 Forrest accepted the position of [|Postmaster-General] in [|Edmund Barton] 's federal government. Two days later he received news that he had been made a [|GCMG]. Forrest was postmaster-general for only seventeen days; he resigned the position to take up the defence portfolio, which had been made vacant by the death of [|Sir James Dickson]. On 13 February 1901, he resigned as premier of Western Australia and member for Bunbury. In the [|first federal election], held on 29 March 1901, he was elected unopposed, on a moderate [|protectionist] platform, to the federal [|House of Representatives] seat of [|Swan]. Forrest held the [|defence portfolio] for over two years. After a cabinet reshuffle on 7 August 1903, he became [|Minister for Home Affairs]. The [|federal election] of December 1903 greatly weakened the governing party, and shortly afterwards it was defeated and replaced by a [|Labor] government under [|John Christian Watson]. Forrest moved to the crossbenches, where he was a scathing critic of the Labour government's policies and legislation. After [|George Reid] 's [|Free Trade Party] took office in August 1904, he remained on the crossbenches but largely supported the government. In June 1905, [|Alfred Deakin] 's [|Protectionist Party] formed an alliance with Labor and ejected Reid's government. They formed a new government on 7 July, with Forrest appointed Treasurer, and fifth in seniority. After a ministerial reshuffle in October 1906, Forrest became third in cabinet precedence. Five months later, Deakin and his deputy [|William Lyne] travelled to London to attend conferences, and Forrest was appointed acting Prime Minister from 18 March to 27 June 1907. The alliance with Labor had put Forrest in a difficult position, for he had been consistently critical and even hostile towards them. Leading up to the [|federal election] of December 1906, he continued to attack the Labor Party, despite sharing government with them and depending on their support. In the following months, Forrest was himself heavily criticised in the press for his willingness to work with the Labor Party, and his perceived hypocrisy in attacking them during election campaigns while depending on their support when cabinet was in session. He began to feel that his reputation in Western Australia and his personal standing in cabinet were being undermined. In response, he resigned as treasurer on 30 July 1907 and joined the crossbenches, where he was a critic of, but did not strongly oppose, the government. A few months later, Labor withdrew its support for Deakin's government, forcing it to resign. Labor then formed government under [|Andrew Fisher]. In the following months, Forrest and a number of other members worked to arrange a fusion of the Free Trade and Protectionist parties into a single party. Eventually, the [|Commonwealth Liberal Party] was formed, with Deakin as leader. Fisher was then forced to resign, and the new Liberal Party took office on 2 June 1909, with Forrest as treasurer. Labor eventually reclaimed office in the [|federal election] of April 1910. Early in 1913, Deakin resigned as [|Leader of the Opposition]. Forrest and [|Joseph Cook] contested the leadership, with Cook winning by a single vote. Forrest was very disappointed, as Deakin, whom he considered a friend, had voted against him. Five months later, in the [|federal election] of May 1913, the Liberal Party returned to power, with Cook as Prime Minister. Forrest was appointed treasurer for the third time. However, the government's majority of just one seat in the House of Representatives, along with Labor's large majority in the Senate, made it extremely difficult to govern, and very little was achieved. In June 1914, Cook asked the [|Governor-General] for a [|double dissolution], and Australia was sent back to the polls. Forrest retained his seat, but the Liberal Party was soundly beaten, and Forrest was again relegated to the crossbenches. In December 1916, a split in the Labor Party over conscription left Prime Minister [|Billy Hughes] with a minority government. Hughes and his colleagues formed the [|National Labor Party], and the Liberal Party joined with them in the formation of a new government. For the fourth time, Forrest was appointed treasurer. The National Labor and Liberal parties easily won a combined majority at the federal election of May 1917, and shortly afterwards the two parties merged to form the [|Nationalist Party of Australia]. On 20 December, a referendum on conscription was defeated, and Hughes kept a promise to resign as prime minister if the referendum was lost. Forrest immediately declared himself a candidate for the position, but the governor-general found that Forrest did not have the numbers, and asked Hughes to form government again. Hughes accepted and the previous government was again sworn in. On 6 February 1918, Forrest was informed that he was to be raised to the British peerage as //Baron Forrest of Bunbury in the Commonwealth of Australia and of Forret in Fife in the United Kingdom//. Despite the announcement, however, no [|Letters patent] were issued before his death, so the peerage was not officially created. According to Rubinstein (1991), "his peerage is not mentioned or included in //Burke's Peerage//, //The New Extinct Peerage//, //the Complete Peerage//, or any other standard reference work on the subject." Forrest had been suffering from a cancer on his temple since early in 1917 and by 1918 he was very ill. He resigned as treasurer but not from parliament on 21 March 1918, and shortly afterwards boarded ship for London, where he hoped to obtain specialist medical attention. He also hoped to be able to take his seat in the [|House of Lords]. But on 2 September 1918, with his ship off the coast of [|Sierra Leone], he died. He was buried there, but his remains were later brought back to Western Australia and interred in [|Karrakatta Cemetery].

Forrest's character
<span style="height: 240pt; margin-left: 0px; margin-top: 0.3pt; position: absolute; width: 180pt; z-index: -9;">   The [|bookplate] of Sir John Forrest John Forrest was a tall, heavily-built man; in his later years, he tended towards stoutness, and he weighed about 120 kilograms when he died. He was fond of pomp and ceremony, and insisted on being treated with respect at all times. Highly sensitive to criticism, he hated having his authority challenged, and tended to browbeat his political opponents. He had very little sense of humour, being greatly offended when a journalist playfully referred to him as the "Commissioner for Crown Sands". He was, however, a very popular figure, who treated everyone he met with politeness and dignity. He was renowned for his memory for names and faces, and for his prolific letter writing.

[ [|edit] ]   Forrest's legacy
Forrest's legacy can be found in the Western Australian landscape, with many places named by him, or after him.[|[6]] These include: In addition, the suburb of [|Forrest, Australian Capital Territory] is named after Forrest, as one of the many suburbs of [|Canberra] named after Australia's first federal politicians. The [|Forrest Highway], opened in September 2009, was named after him. The [|Eyre Highway] was first known as the Forrest Highway when it was first established as an unsealed road in 1942. John Forrest is one of many railroad builders featured as a possible computer-controlled competitor in in the simulation game [|Railroad Tycoon 3]. On 28 November 1949 the Australian post office issued a commemorative stamp that featured John Forrest ** Kerry Packer ** ** Born: ** Kerry Francis Bullmore Packer  17 December 1937 ( 1937-12-17 ) Sydney ** Died: ** 26 December 2005 (aged 68) [|Sydney, New South Wales] ** Residence: ** [|Sydney, New South Wales] : N**ationality:** Australian ** Known for: ** [|Media interests], [|World Series Cricket] ** Net worth: ** [|AUD] $6.5 billion (2004) ** Children: ** [|James Packer], Gretel Packer ** Parents: ** [|Frank Packer] **Relatives:** [|Clyde Packer] (brother) =      =   **Kerry Francis Bullmore Packer**, [|AC] (17 December 1937 – 26 December 2005), son of [|Sir Frank Packer], was an Australian media tycoon whose family company owned controlling interests in both the [|Nine television network] and leading Australian publishing company [|Australian Consolidated Press] (which were later merged to form [|Publishing and Broadcasting Limited] (PBL)). Packer was known for his abrasive personality, his wealth, his lavish gambling habits, his expansive business empire and his clashes with the [|Australian Taxation Office] and the [|Costigan Royal Commission]. At the time of his death, Packer was the richest and one of the most influential men in Australia. In 2004 //[|Business Review Weekly]// magazine estimated Packer's net worth at [|AUD] 6.5 billion[//[|citation needed]// Packer, through his family company Consolidated Press Holdings, was the major shareholder, with a 37% holding, in [|Publishing and Broadcasting Limited] (PBL), which until Packer's death owned the [|Nine television network] and [|Australian Consolidated Press], which produces many of Australia's top-selling [|magazines]. He was involved in a number of other gambling and tourism ventures, notably [|Crown Casino] in [|Melbourne]. The [|Nine Network] and [|Australian Consolidated Press] businesses have since been divested to [|PBL Media]. Packer was widely respected in business circles, courted by politicians on both sides, and he was widely regarded[//[|by whom?]//] as one of the most astute businessmen of his time, despite the fact that he had been a poor student. Although Packer's reputation as an astute businessman was legendary and he did make some good investments, he was by no means a self-made man—his grandfather and his father [|Sir Frank Packer] had built up the media empire and its related holdings over many decades. As pointed out by internet news outlet [|Crikey] if $100 million had been invested in the Australian sharemarket in September 1974 through a balanced portfolio of the top 200 companies, that portfolio would be worth a lot more than $6.9 billion in December 2005, possibly as much as $11 billion. Moreover, Packer was not the first choice to take over the running of the family's business empire—his father had intended that Kerry's older brother [|Clyde Packer] would take over the company, but Clyde fell out with his father in the early 1970s and left Australia for good. Kerry's independent business life began after his father's death in 1974, when he inherited control of the family's controlling share in PBL, valued at $AUD100 million. Further, his principal Australian investments in television and casinos were highly protected from competition by government regulation which Packer and his employees worked very hard to have maintained. The Packer family's business reputation suffered a blow when [|One.Tel], a telephone company which his son [|James Packer] had invested in, collapsed in 2001. Kerry Packer was also one of Australia's largest landholders, a fact that contributed in 2003 to a discovery of a deposit of rubies on one of his huge properties. The Packer empire includes magazines and television networks, telecommunications, petrochemicals, heavy engineering, a 75% stake in the [|Perisher Blue] ski resort, diamond exploration, coalmines and property, a share in the Foxtel cable TV network, and investments in the lucrative casino business in Australia and overseas.
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The "Packer Empire"
The Packer family has long been involved in media. Packer's grandfather [|Robert Clyde Packer] owned two Sydney newspapers whilst his father, Sir [|Frank Packer], was one of Australia's first media moguls, and Kerry's son, [|James Packer] , is Executive Chairman of PBL. Sir Frank wanted Kerry to experience work in the Newspaper Industry from the ground up, so Packer started in the loading dock of the Sydney newspaper //[|The Telegraph]//, loading papers. He was not originally destined for the role, but in the early 1970s Kerry took the place of the designated successor, his older brother, the late [|Clyde Packer], after Clyde fell out with their father, quit PBL and moved to America. Kerry took over the running of PBL in 1974, on the death of his father.

Alan Bond media buyback
In 1987 Packer made a fortune at the expense of disgraced tycoon [|Alan Bond]. It was widely reported that he sold Bond the [|Nine Network] at the record price of [|AUD$] 1.05 billion in 1987, and then bought it back three years later for a mere $250 million, when Bond's empire was collapsing. Later, on the subject, he famously quipped; "You only get one Alan Bond in your lifetime, and I've had mine". Packer was then able to re-invest the proceeds in a 25% share in the [|Foxtel] [|pay TV] consortium. After the sale to Bond, Packer said that he had regretted the decision to sell Nine and wished he had not gone through with the transaction. At the 2006 [|PBL] [|AGM], Kerry's son [|James] told of the true complexities of the deal. Kerry received $800 million in cash, with $250 million left in [|Bond Media] as [|subordinated debt]. As Alan Bond went under, Packer converted this $250 million into a 37% stake in Bond Media. There remained $500 million of debt sitting in Bond Media. Packer received $800 million in cash before receiving a free 37% equity stake that put a debt-included value of $500 million on the [|Nine Network], which by then included Channel Nine in Brisbane.[|[1]]

Hands-on business approach
Packer was known to sometimes take a direct interest in the editorial content of his papers, although he was far less interventionist than the notoriously hands-on [|Rupert Murdoch]. Packer also occasionally interfered directly in the programming of his TV stations, and during the early 1990s he famously called his Sydney station, [|TCN-9] and ordered its personnel to "//Get that shit off the air//," referring to //[|Australia's Naughtiest Home Videos]// hosted by [|Doug Mulray]. The show was cut during its [|first and only airing] on national television. (It has since aired in its entirety). It was also said that he often manipulated broadcasts of [|cricket] himself, in order to ensure that the end of a cricket match was broadcast, despite previously set television broadcast schedules.

Government inquiry and legal challenges
Packer faced a 1991 Australian government inquiry into the print media industry with some reluctance, but great humour. When asked to state his full name and the capacity in which he appeared, he replied: "Kerry Francis Bullmore Packer. Reluctantly." Packer fronted the inquiry over allegations that he had some secret control over the content of the [|Fairfax] papers (an organisation that Packer had wished to purchase for sometime, but was restricted from via cross media ownership laws). During the inquiry he repeatedly berated the politicians conducting it, and the government. When asked about his company's tax minimisation schemes, he replied: "Of course I am minimising my tax. And if anybody in this country doesn't minimise their tax, they want their heads read, because as a government, I can tell you you're not spending it that well that we should be donating extra!" At the time of his death, the Nine Network was the jewel in the PBL crown. Although it had a tough year in 2005 against rival [|Seven Network] (aided largely by US TV hits such as //[|Desperate Housewives]// and //[|Lost]//) Nine still finished the year as the number one network.

Founder of World Series Cricket
// Main article: [|World Series Cricket] // Outside Australia, Packer was best known for founding World Series Cricket. In 1977 the Nine Network cricket rights deal led to a confrontation with the [|cricket] authorities, as top players from several countries rushed to join him at the expense of their international sides. One of the leaders of the "rebellion" was England captain [|Tony Greig]. Greig remains a commentator on the Nine Network's payroll. Packer's aim was to secure broadcasting rights for Australian cricket, and he was largely successful. In the 1970s the global cricket establishment fiercely opposed Packer in the courts. To counter the establishment, Packer hired the ten best Senior Counsels in the UK and put them on retainers, stipulating that they were not to take on any additional work during the court case (the sole purpose of which was to deny the establishment the best legal minds to prosecute their case). When he died he was mourned with a minute's silence at the [|MCG] as one of the most influential figures in the history of the sport. Packer was famously quoted from a 1976 meeting with the [|Australian Cricket Board], with whom he met to negotiate the rights to televise cricket. According to witnesses, he said: //"There is a little bit of the whore in all of us, gentlemen. What is your price?"// [|[2]]

Controversy
Packer was often the centre of controversy. One of the earliest incidents occurred in 1962, when his father was trying to take over the [|Anglican Press], a small publisher run by [|Francis James]. According to author [|Richard Neville], Frank Packer was angered by James' refusal to sell the Anglican Press, so he sent Kerry and some burly friends to pressure him into selling. They forced their way in and reportedly began vandalising the premises, but James was able to barricade himself in his office and call his friend [|Rupert Murdoch], Packer's most powerful rival. Murdoch quickly dispatched his own team of 'heavies', who threw Kerry and friends out. Not surprisingly, the Murdoch press had a field day with the news that the son of Australia's biggest media tycoon had been caught brawling in the street[|[3]]. Like Murdoch, Packer's critics saw his ever-expanding cross-media holdings as a potential threat to media diversity and freedom of speech. He also repeatedly came under fire for his companies' alleged involvement in tax evasion schemes and for the extremely low amounts of company tax that his corporations are reported to have paid over the years. He fought repeated battles with the [|Australian Taxation Office] over his corporate taxes. His most severe legal challenge came in 1984 with the [|Costigan Commission] alleging (using the codename of "the squirrel", renamed "the [|Goanna] " in media reports[|[4]]) that he was involved in [|tax evasion] and organised crime, including [|drug trafficking]. He successfully counter-attacked the Commission with the assistance of his counsel [|Malcolm Turnbull]. In 1987 the charges were formally dismissed by Federal [|Attorney-General] [|Lionel Bowen]. Mystery still surrounds Packer's receipt of a "loan" of $225,000 in cash from [|Brian Ray] a bankrupt Queensland businessman.[|[5]] When questioned about this transaction at the Costigan Royal Commission Packer said //...I like cash. I have a squirrel mentality. I like to keep money in cash. It is by no means the most cash I ever had in my life// [|[6]] Notwithstanding the significant efforts made to preserve his security and privacy, Packer suffered two mysterious break-ins at his companies' headquarters in Park Street, Sydney: Packer courted controversy by breaking the sports boycott of [|apartheid] South Africa which prevented South African sportsmen from representing their country. Packer chose to break it by recruiting a number of prominent South African cricketers to play on his World Series Cricket Team. His timing was heavily criticised, coming just months after the [|Soweto riots] and the death of [|Steve Biko], murdered by the members of the South African security forces.
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Personal life
His primary schooling suffered greatly when he was stricken with a severe bout of [|poliomyelitis] at age eight, and he was confined to an [|iron lung] for nine months. His father apparently thought little of his son's abilities, once cruelly describing him as "the family idiot", although Kerry subsequently steered PBL to heights far beyond anything his father or brother achieved. In an interview with [|Ray Martin], Packer claimed that he was "academically stupid" and survived school at [|Geelong Grammar School] through sport. Even throughout his adult life, Packer apparently found reading difficult, and is reported that he was [|dyslexic]. In an interview, former employee Trevor Sykes stated that "He didn't read much on the printed page. If you didn't want Kerry to read something, you wrote more than a one-page memo." [|[9]]. Kerry Packer and his wife of 42 years, Roslyn, had two children, a daughter Gretel (born 1966), and a son [|James]. At the time of Packer's death, he and Roslyn had two grandchildren, Francesca then 10, and Ben, then 7, from Gretel's first marriage to British financier Nick Barham [|[10]], and Gretel and her husband Shane Murray were expecting their first child together, William (born 2006).[|[11]] Gretel and Shane married just before Packer's death.[|[12]] Packer was a keen [|polo] player, a longtime heavy smoker and an avid gambler, fabled for his titanic wins and losses. In 1999, it was reported that a three-week losing streak at London casinos cost him almost $28 million—described at the time as the biggest reported gambling loss in British history. The same report stated that he had once won $33 million (Australian) at the [|MGM Grand Casino] in [|Las Vegas] and that he often won as much as $7 million each year during his annual holidays in the UK. Packer's visits were a risky affair for the casinos, as his wins and losses could make quite a difference to the finances of even bigger casinos. Packer was also known for his sometimes volcanic temper, and for his perennial contempt for journalists who sought to question his activities. Packer is famously quoted for an exchange in a poker tournament at the Stratosphere Casino, where a [|Texan] oil investor was attempting to engage him in a game of poker. Upon the Texan saying "I'm worth $60,000,000!" Packer apparently pulled out a coin and asked nonchalantly, "heads or tails?", referring to a $120,000,000 wager (according to [|Bob Stupak's] biography). Some variations of the story put the sum at $60–100,000,000 and claim the line was "I'll toss you for it". In the late 1990s it is reported that he walked into a major London casino and played £15 million on four roulette tables on his own and lost it all. He subsequently simply walked out of the casino with no regrets. This has been confirmed by casino owners in South East England. Packer is known to have conducted extra-marital affairs with a number of women including the late model Carol Lopes—who reportedly committed suicide after being shunned by Packer—publisher and former ConPress employee [|Ita Buttrose], and [|Julie Trethowan] , his long-time mistress and manager (from 1983) of the Packer-owned Sydney city health and fitness club, the [|Hyde Park Club]. After his death, the //[|Sydney Morning Herald]// reported that from about 1995, Packer transferred control of multi-million-dollar Sydney real estate holdings to Trethowan[|[13]][|[14]][|[15]]. In June 2009 the //Sydney Morning Herald// reported that former Federal Opposition leader [|Malcolm Turnbull] —a former legal adviser and business associate of Packer—revealed to journalist Annabel Crabb that Packer had threatened to have him killed when they fell out over their 1991 attempt to take over the [|Fairfax] newspaper group through their Tourang consortium. Mr Packer reportedly made the threat after Turnbull told Packer he was going to have him thrown out of the consortium by revealing Packer's intention to play an interventionist role in the newspaper group. "He told me he'd kill me, yeah. I didn't think he was completely serious, but I didn't think he was entirely joking either. Look, he could be pretty scary. He did threaten to kill me and I said to him: 'Well, you'd better make sure that your assassin gets me first because, if he misses, you better know I won't miss you.' He could be a complete pig, you know. He could charm the birds out of the trees, but he could be a brute."[|[16]]

Failing health
Packer reportedly suffered as many as eight [|heart attacks]. In 1990, while playing polo at Warwick Farm, Sydney, he suffered a heart attack that left him [|clinically dead] for six minutes. Packer was revived and later famously told reporter [|Ray Martin] on //[|A Current Affair]//, "The good news is there is no devil. The bad news is there is no heaven." It was not common for an ambulance to have a [|defibrillator] at the time—it was purely by chance that the ambulance which responded to the call had one fitted. After recovering, Packer donated a large sum to the [|Ambulance Service of New South Wales] to pay for equipping all NSW ambulances with a portable defibrillator (now colloquially known as " [|Packer Whackers] "). He told [|Nick Greiner] "I'll go you 50/50", and the NSW State government paid the other half of the cost. Packer underwent [|heart bypass surgery] in New York in 1998. He also suffered from a chronic [|kidney] condition for many years, and in 2000 he made headlines when his long-serving [|helicopter] pilot, Nick Ross, donated one of his own kidneys to Packer for [|transplantation]. The transplant was covered in detail by the Australian TV documentary program //[|Australian Story]//, a rare occasion on which Packer granted a media interview (and, to the surprise of many, not to his own network; Australian Story is produced by the public network, [|ABC] ). After recovering from the operation, Packer launched an organ transplant association in memory of cricketer [|David Hookes].

Death
Kerry Packer died of kidney failure at the age of 68 on 26 December 2005, shortly before 11pm ( [|AEDT] ) [|[17]], at home in Sydney, Australia, with his family by his bedside. Knowing that his health was failing, he instructed his doctors not to treat him with curative intent or by artificially prolonging his life with dialysis. He told his cardiologist earlier in the week that he was "running out of petrol" and wanted to "die with dignity". Due to Packer's ownership of Nine, the death was announced to the public by broadcaster [|Richard Wilkins], on the network's //[|Today]// program: "Mrs Kerry [Roslyn] Packer and her children James and Gretel sadly report the passing last evening of her husband and their father Kerry. He died peacefully at home with his family at his bedside. He will be lovingly remembered and missed enormously. Arrangements for a memorial service will be announced." His private funeral service was held on 30 December 2005 at the family's country retreat, [|Ellerston], near [|Scone] in the [|Hunter Valley] [|[11]].

[ [|edit] ]       State Memorial Service
An offer of a [|state memorial service] was extended to, and accepted by the Packer family, which was held on 17 February 2006 at the [|Sydney Opera House] [|[18]]. Close friend [|Alan Jones] was MC at the memorial service, which featured speeches from son and heir James, [|Russell Crowe] on behalf of daughter Gretel Packer, Prime Minister [|John Howard] and [|Richie Benaud]. Attendees included [|Tom Cruise] (a friend of James Packer) and his partner [|Katie Holmes], [|Greg Norman] , members of the [|Australian cricket team] , and past and present figures from both sides of politics. The granting of this honour was widely criticised as it was funded by taxpayers, and Packer was famous for his tax minimisation.

[ [|edit] ]   Philanthropy
<span style="border-bottom: windowtext 1pt solid; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; display: block; mso-border-bottom-alt: solid windowtext .75pt; mso-element: para-border-div; padding-bottom: 1pt; padding-left: 0cm; padding-right: 0cm; padding-top: 0cm;"> <span style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; margin-left: 18pt; mso-border-bottom-alt: solid windowtext .75pt; mso-padding-alt: 0cm 0cm 1.0pt 0cm; padding-bottom: 0cm; padding-left: 0cm; padding-right: 0cm; padding-top: 0cm;"> The Kerry Packer Civic Gallery within the [|Bob Hawke] Prime Ministerial Centre of the [|University of South Australia] was endowed by the Packer family. <span style="line-height: normal; margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt 18pt; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; mso-outline-level: 2;">**<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt;">Facilities ** <span style="line-height: normal; margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt 18pt; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt;">Cottesloe Primary School and [|Presbyterian Ladies' College] are located within the suburb, as is the council office and library on [|Stirling Highway], a small shopping centre opposite the [|Cottesloe] shopping area, and reserves along the riverfront, most notably Manners Hill Park and Keanes Point Reserve, which offer recreational facilities and jetties. The **Royal Freshwater Bay Yacht Club** is a [|yacht club] situated in [|Peppermint Grove], a suburb of [|Perth] , [|Western Australia]. The club was founded in 1896 by a group of friends including Aubrey Sherwood and Edward Keane[|[1]], whose residence is now the RFBYC clubhouse. It is the second yacht club in Perth to be granted the royal charter and it has established a strong but friendly rivalry with the other royal club, [|Royal Perth Yacht Club]. Each year the fleets of the two Royal clubs race, with the prize 'The Governor's Cup' being presented by the Governor of Western Australia as the Queen's representative and patron of royal clubs.

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=   The Cliffe: 25 Bindaring Parade    = <span style="height: 118.5pt; margin-left: 0px; margin-top: 0.55pt; position: absolute; width: 158.25pt; z-index: -10;">     The Cliffe east verandah from the road **The Cliffe** is one of the first residential dwellings built in the [|Perth] suburb of [|Peppermint Grove]. The dwelling is located at 25 Bindaring Parade, Peppermint Grove and was constructed in 1894. The substantive additions to the dwelling, undertaken in 1899 were designed by prominent [|Western Australian] [|architect] J. [|Talbot Hobbs] and the dwelling has historical associations with the prominent McNeil, Brisbane and McComb families. <span style="line-height: normal; margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt 18pt; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; mso-outline-level: 2;">**<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt;">Description ** <span style="line-height: normal; margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt 18pt; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt;">The dwelling is a [|bungalow] built, predominantly, of [|jarrah] and finished off with imported [|wrought iron] railing. In 1914 Dr [|James Battye] in his //[|Cyclopedia of Western Australia]// described the dwelling as follows: <span style="line-height: normal; margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt 18pt; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;">//<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt;">From the substantial foundation to the shingle roof every part of the structure is of jarrah, and after nearly twenty years - the house having been built in 1894 – every plank and beam and joist remain in as sound condition as when first they were cut to the contractor's design. Over twenty rooms are roofed beneath these jarrah shingles, and the interior is fitted up with all that art and comfort can suggest, while surrounding the house is a park of ten acres, tastefully laid out with lawns and flower-beds, and further beautified by the introduction of decorative statuary in bronze, collected by Mr McNeil on various trips to England and the Continent. //<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt;">[|[1]] <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt;"> <span style="line-height: normal; margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt 18pt; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; mso-outline-level: 2;">**<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt;"> Owners ** <span style="line-height: normal; margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt 18pt; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt;">The original owner of The Cliffe was Neil McNeil, who purchased the land in 1892 - only one year after Peppermint Grove was surveyed into building allotments. McNeil was one of the owners of the [|Jarrahdale] Timber Company which exported timber for the paving of London Streets at the turn of the century.[|[2]] Because of his strong business interest in timber and his conviction of its suitability as a building material, McNeil built his home as a showpiece of jarrah construction. Unfortunately, McNeil's vision of majestic timber houses, rather than houses constructed of brick and stone, was not shared by the [|Peppermint Grove Road Board] which later legislated against timber construction in the area. The property was sold in 1927, following McNeil's death, to [|Lance Brisbane], a prominent West Australian industrialist.[|[3]] When Lance Brisbane moved in 1933, Brisbane's brother, David Brisbane, and his family, occupied The Cliffe until his death in 1960. <span style="line-height: normal; margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt 18pt; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt;">Dr Harold McComb, a prominent plastic surgeon [|[4]] and Dr Athel Hockey ([|AO]), a renowned geneticist[|[5]], subsequently purchased The Cliffe and lived there until April 1995. The McComb's had four sons, two of whom ([|David] and Robert) performed in the iconic[|[6]][|[7]] Australian [|post-punk] rock band, [|The Triffids]. According to rock historian, Bleddyn Butcher, <span style="line-height: normal; margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt 18pt; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt;">"Between 1978 and 1981, the Triffids recorded six collections of original songs at The Cliffe. The house remained a sanctuary and source of inspiration throughout their career. Its peculiar location, an eyrie on Devil's Elbow overlooking Freshwater Bay, gave David a startling perspective as well as a beautiful view. When he became interested as a teenager in forming a band, he and the future Triffids would gather in the cellar at The Cliffe to practise, the size of the grounds ensuring there were few neighbours to disturb."[|[8]] <span style="line-height: normal; margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt 18pt; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt;">According to Robert McComb, the home inspired his famous brother, who loved the house: <span style="line-height: normal; margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt 18pt; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;">//<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt;">The house was the home of the band while we were in Perth. The sprawling rooms, lofts and underground cellars we used to rehearse in were things most Perth houses didn't have; there was such a strong atmosphere there that Dave would return to it for inspiration. //<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt;">[|[9]] <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt;"> <span style="line-height: normal; margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt 18pt; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt;">The cover of The Triffids' last album, //[|The Black Swan]// (1989) was photographed in the stables at the rear of the house during the summer of 1988/1989.[|[10]] <span style="line-height: normal; margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt 18pt; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt;">In April 1995, the McCombs sold the house to a local real estate agent, Christopher Shellabear: "“Our family all left home and my wife and I were rattling around in this huge house”, Harold McComb explained.[|[11]] On 30 June 1995, following receipt of petition from local residents worried about the potential redevelopment of the site, the Heritage Council of Western Australia issued a Stop Work (or Conservation) order under Section 59 of the Heritage of Western Australia Act 1990. On 17 July 1995, Chris Shellabear sold the now-encumbered property to Sharon Creasy, wife of prospector Mark Creasy, for $2.7 million.[|[12]][|[13]] On 10 October 1995, the Heritage Council of Western Australia added the property to the State Register of Heritage Places on an "interim" basis. The Creasys contested the interim listing for nine years, and in 2004 the Heritage Council removed the dwelling from the interim listing and placed it on the permanent register. There was a legal dispute as to whether the listing was done correctly, resulting in the Heritage Council re-registering it on the permanent list in May 2005.[|[14]] The Creasys estimate that the dispute has cost them $225,000 in legal fees[|[15]] and claim that the house is now uninhabitable, estimating it would cost at least $2.8 million to make it liveable and much more to renovate it completely. <span style="line-height: normal; margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt 18pt; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; mso-outline-level: 2;">**<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt;"> Heritage value ** <span style="line-height: normal; margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt 18pt; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt;">The dwelling is registered on the [|Shire of Peppermint Grove]'s Municipal Inventory[|[16]], and with the [|National Trust] on March 6, 1984, the [|Register of the National Estate] on June 30, 1992,[|[17]][|[18]] and the State Register of Heritage Places (original interim listing on 10 October 1995 and permanent listing on 27 February 2004). It was then removed from the State Register on 6 July 2004, with a second interim listing on 20 July, 2004 and obtaining a permanent listing on 19 July, 2005.[|[13]] <span style="line-height: normal; margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt 18pt; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt;">In accordance with the [|Heritage Council of Western Australia]'s assessment //The Cliffe is a rare example in metropolitan Perth of a substantial weatherboard 'gentleman's' residence, which has, intact, the subsidiary buildings of coachhouse, stables, summerhouse, servants cottages, and part of the original gardens.// <span style="line-height: normal; margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt 18pt; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt;">On Thursday June 5, 2008 the [|Legislative Council] supported Parliament's first de-listing of an order by the Heritage Council so that the house could be demolished[|[12]] on the basis that the Government was potentially exposed to a $20 million lawsuit under clause 76 of the 1990 State Heritage Act. The clause, which had never previously been used, allows owners of heritage-listed properties to ask the Government to buy their property if its heritage listing makes it "//incapable of reasonably beneficial use, and that the carrying out of any reasonable development could not render the land capable of reasonably beneficial use//".[|[19]] The property was subsequently removed from the State Register of Heritage Places on 22 August 2008. Section 55 of the Act precludes consideration for re-entry onto the Register for a period of five years from the date of its removal, except with leave of the Supreme Court. <span style="line-height: normal; margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt 18pt; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt;">In a newspaper interview, Robert McComb denied claims by Mr Creasy and both sides of parliament that the house was derelict. <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt;">In 1998 I took my son around to show him the house. I remember showing him the quality of workmanship, how the doors still fitted millimetre-perfect after 100 years, how the solid jarrah shingles, stained glass and beautiful dark floorboards were still in perfect condition. We lived in it up until the time we sold it and it was fine. <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt;">—Robert McComb[|[9]] <span style="line-height: normal; margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt 18pt; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt;">In an interview with [|Drum Media], [|Jill Birt] (keyboardist with [|The Triffids] and qualified architect) advised <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt;">[...] the significance of that house is that it was built as a display home for the use of jarrah timber by a timber merchant, so it's the biggest jarrah house ever built. Thrown into the pot is the fact that Dave [David McComb] happened to live there and he has been writing there since he was old enough to write. Certainly in his late primary school years and his high school years and the years when the Triffids started forming he wrote a lot of short stories, poetry, and obviously songs and the house is clearly the backdrop to this material. even in later songs it's there and remembered in that respect. <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt;">—Jill Birt[|[20]] <span style="line-height: normal; margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt 18pt; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt;">She went on to express her disdain for Western Australia's tendency to forget about heritage and culture. <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt;">When we were in Europe, we were invited to London for the unveiling of a plaque on a building with The Triffids name on it - on the building where we recorded our album //[|Born Sandy Devotional]//. That building was in quite a derelict part of town. This council put a plaque up on a building where we recorded, so I find it's kind of odd that the [|Peppermint Grove council] now doesn't think that the very house where the band started out is not worth saving. <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt;">—Jill Birt[|[20]] <span style="line-height: normal; margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt 18pt; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt;">In October 2008, the [|Shire of Peppermint Grove] approved the demolition of the building, although the Shire President did indicate that there was a desire among his fellow councillors to see at least the main rooms of The Cliffe relocated to a local park. <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt;">We need to investigate the costs of relocating and ask the community for its point of view but I personally believe it's a valuable building and worth saving. <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt;"> <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt;"> <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt;">—Brian Kavanagh [|[21]] <span style="line-height: normal; margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt 18pt; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; mso-outline-level: 2;">**<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt;"> Process: **<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt;">The process of the removal from the heritage list occurred resurfaced from a complaint to the West Australian Corruption and Crime Commission in July 2009 with the main parties named denying any conspiracy **The Triffids** were an Australian [|rock band] formed in [|Perth], [|Western Australia] in May 1978 with mainstay, [|David McComb] as singer-songwriter, [|guitarist], [|bass guitarist] and [|keyboardist].[|[1]][|[2]][|[3]] They achieved international success in the 1980s but disbanded in 1989,[|[1]][|[2]] their best known songs are "[|Wide Open Road]" (February 1986) and "[|Bury Me Deep in Love]" (October 1987); while their 1986 album, //[|Born Sandy Devotional]// was featured by [|SBS] television in 2007 on the //Great Australian Albums// series.[|[4]] The [|Australian Recording Industry Association] (ARIA) recognised The Triffids' importance on 1 July 2008 when they were inducted into their [|Hall of Fame] .[|[5]][|[6]] [|Music historian], [|Ian McFarlane] , declared, "The Triffids remain one of Australia's best-loved, post-punk groups [...] McComb was an authoritative singer and accomplished songwriter [...] he infused his melancholy songs with stark yet beautiful and uniquely Australian imagery. Few songwriters managed to capture the feeling of isolation and fatalistic sense of despair of the Australian countryside".[|[1]]



Formation and early years (1976-1981)
In 1976 in [|Perth], high school students, [|David McComb] on [|acoustic] and [|bass guitars] and vocals, and [|Alan 'Alsy' MacDonald] on [|drums] and vocals, formed Dalsy as a multimedia project making music, books and photographs.[|[2]] They wrote and performed songs with Phil Kakulas on guitars and vocals (all three later in [|The Blackeyed Susans] ),[|[7]] they soon became Blök Musik,[|[1]] and Logic (for a day). In May 1978, they became The Triffids,[|[1]][|[2]] taking their name from the [|post-apocalyptic] novel by [|John Wyndham], //[|The Day of the Triffids]//. They were soon joined by Andrew McGowan on guitar and Julian Douglas-Smith. When Byron Sinclair joined on bass guitar in September, McComb switched to [|rhythm guitar]. The Triffids began partly in response to the [|punk rock] movement. Writing in his diary as a teenager, McComb traced the band's emergence in Perth: "On the night of November 27, 1976, a tape was made by Alsy MacDonald, playing a single toy drum, and Dave McComb playing acoustic guitar. The multimedia group 'Dalsy' had come into being. Dalsy went on to make several remarkable tapes (mainly of original material): //The Loft Tapes//, //Rock 'n' Roll Accountancy//, //Live at Ding Dongs//, //Bored Kids//, //Domestic Cosmos//, //People Are Strange Dalsy Are Stranger//, //Steve's// and the seminal punk work, //Pale Horse Have a Fit//.… Dalsy did paintings, sculptures and poetry, and wrote a book named "Lunch". They were tinny and quirky, obsessive and manic, versatile and productive. They were also immensely unpopular.... The members of Dalsy grew to hate their audience. They still do, and this hate is an integral part of their music. Dalsy split up towards the end of 1977…. They launched into 1978 as Blok Musik, with their famous //Blok Musik// tape.… In April, they played at the [|Leederville] Town Hall [|Punk] Fest, alongside Perth's punk rock contingent but, as usual, no one danced. After that they went home and metamorphosised into Logic. Within a day they changed their minds, and metamorphosised into the Triffids."[|[8]]   Between 1978 and 1981, McComb had written over 100 original songs and The Triffids had recorded and independently released six [|cassette tapes] ,[|[1]] simply called, //1st// (1978), //2nd// (1978), //3rd// (1979), //4th// (1979), //Tape 5// (1980) and //Sixth// (1981) (see [|List of The Triffids Cassettes] ). By 1979, Kakulas and Sinclair had left and were replaced by David's older brother, Robert McComb on [|violin] and guitar, and Will Akers on bass guitar, in 1980 Margaret Gillard had joined on [|keyboards] .[|[1]][|[3]] At year's end, the band won a song competition run by the Western Australian Institute of Technology (now [|Curtin University] ) Student Guild’s radio show on 6NR (now [|Curtin FM] ) and, in July 1981, they released their first single, " [|Stand Up] " on Shake Some Action label.[|[1]] MacDonald had briefly left the band for two months and the single was recorded with Mark Peters as drummer.[|[1]]

Early Recordings (1982-1984)
Gillard and Akers left in February 1982 and were replaced by Jill Yates on keyboards and a returning Sinclair.[|[1]] April saw the release of //[|Reverie]//, a four-track [|EP] on Resonant Records.[|[1]][|[3]] Around this time, due to the small population/market in Perth, the band started the long journey driving from Perth to [|Sydney], then [|Melbourne] (and back again) to play shows, do some recording and to live for large periods of time, often in quite squalid conditions. By mid-year Sinclair had left again, [|Martyn P. Casey] joined the band on bass guitar[|[1]] in September 1982.[|[9]] For $150 a night, The Triffids’ services as a support act were procured by [|The Reels], [|The Sunnyboys] , [|The Church] , [|Hunters and Collectors] or [|Uncanny X-Men]. As a four-piece—Casey, David & Robert McComb, and MacDonald—they signed to [|Mushroom Records] ' White Label in Melbourne and released a single " [|Spanish Blue] " in October 1982 and the //[|Bad Timing and Other Stories]// EP in March 1983.[|[1]][|[3]][|[9]] By then, back in Sydney again, [|Jill Birt] had joined on [|piano], [|organ] and vocals.[|[1]][|[3]] Soon after the release of //Bad Timing and Other Stories//, Mushroom Records let the band go.[|[9]] They signed with new Australian independent label, Hot Records,[|[9]] which brought the independent scene some much needed cohesion. The Triffids were one of the bands leading Hot’s drive into overseas markets, which partly led to the label’s demise. The Triffids' debut album, //[|Treeless Plain]//, released in November 1983,[|[1]][|[10]] was a critically acclaimed and brilliant album—described as a "magnificent, muscular piece of work that pounds out simple powerful rock songs – one of the best indie rock albums of its day"—but no singles were released from it.[|[1]][|[11]] All tracks for //Treeless Plain// were recorded over twelve midnight-to-dawn sessions at Emerald City Studios, Sydney in August and September 1983 with The Triffids [|producing] .[|[12]] Their next single, " [|Beautiful Waste] ", appeared in February 1984 and was followed by the //[|Raining Pleasure]// 12" EP in July—the title track, "Raining Pleasure", featured Birt on lead vocals,[|[1]] was cowritten by David McComb with Sydney musician, James Paterson ( [|JFK & the Cuban Crisis] ).[|[13]][|[14]] Another track, " [|St. James Infirmary] ", is a traditional [|blues] folksong,[|[1]] with their version preferred by Australian rock [|music journalist], [|Toby Creswell] in his book, //[|1001 Songs]//.[|[11]] The Triffids, without Birt, recorded //[|Lawson Square Infirmary]// at the [|Sydney Opera House] where they worked with Patterson on vocals, guitar, [|mandolin], and piano; [|Graham Lee] (JFK & the Cuban Crisis[|[14]] and in [|Eric Bogle] 's backing band)[|[15]] on vocals, [|dobro] and [|pedal steel guitar] ; and Daubney Carshott (a.k.a. Martyn Casey) on bass guitar.[|[1]][|[16]] The six track [|country music] -style EP was issued by Hot Records in October under the band name, Lawson Square Infirmary.[|[1]][|[16]] Lee recalled: "I taught primary school, travelled and ended up in Sydney, where I met the Triffids and first sat behind a pedal steel (in that order actually) [...] I met Dave [McComb] through James Paterson, who played in a band in Sydney called JFK and the Cuban Crisis. My initial impressions of Dave were: slightly eccentric, driven, something of a perfectionist, very intelligent." By mid-1984, The Triffids had spent so much time travelling the 3,972 km (2,468 mi) between Perth in the west and Sydney on the east coast of Australia—David McComb estimated that they made this trip between 12 and 16 times—that they decided to travel that little bit further and headed to Europe.

UK & Europe (1984-1989)
In late August 1984, the band relocated to London, where //Treeless Plain// and //Raining Pleasure// had been issued by [|Rough Trade Records] to positive critical reception.[|[1]][|[17]] With little savings and five return plane tickets due to expire by Christmas, they gave themselves three months to make inroads in the UK.[|[17]] For their London debut they supported Rough Trade labelmates [|The Monochrome Set]. Success was confirmed when they graced the January 1985 cover of the influential UK magazine //[|NME]//,[|[9]][|[11]] which predicted it would be 'The Year of The Triffids'.[|[17]] On 6 November 1984, they recorded, //[|Field of Glass]//, a three track 12" EP, mostly live in [|BBC] Studio 5 in London, which was issued in February 1985.[|[1]][|[17]] Title track, "Field of Glass", was not released on CD as the master tape could not be found—it was eventually discovered under David McComb’s bed. During the Australian tour in early 1985, the band acquired their final permanent member, Lee, who had performed on the mini-album, //Lawson Square Infirmary//.[|[1]] Together the six-piece—Birt, Casey, Lee, MacDonald, David & Robert McComb—recorded a 7" [|EP] //You Don’t Miss Your Water//, the A-side is a countrified version of [|William Bell's] " [|You Don't Miss Your Water] ", which was released in August by Hot Records, but by then they were already back in London. The Triffids with [|David McComb]. 1985 Live on-stage in [|Deinze], [|Belgium]. During 1985, The Triffids had toured Europe, they were feted by the European press and played from tiny clubs to stadiums supporting [|Echo & the Bunnymen]. A grass roots following developed as they toured western European countries, finding pockets of popularity in: [|Holland], [|Greece] , [|Scandinavia] , [|Ireland] and [|Belgium]. The band toured as part of the Summer Eurofestival circuit, performing at [|Glastonbury], Pinkpop, Waterpop, Seinäjoki, [|Roskilde] (40,000), T&W Belgium (35,000) and den Haag's Parkpop (pushing 100,000). Unable to raise a major record deal and with low finances, //[|Born Sandy Devotional]// was recorded in London in August 1985 with [|Gil Norton] producing (worked with Echo & the Bunnymen), and was released in March 1986.[|[1]][|[11]][|[17]] According to [|Ian McFarlane], Australian rock [|music historian] , "[It] was full of some of the most lonely, spacious songs ever written, and it remains one of the best Australian albums of the 1980s."[|[1]] In 2007, the album was featured by [|SBS Television] on the //Great Australian Albums// series.[|[4]] The band issued two versions of the " [|Wide Open Road] " single—both a 7" and a 12" version. //Born Sandy Devotional// reached # 27 on the UK albums chart and "Wide Open Road" peaked at #26 on the UK singles charts but only reached #64 on the Australian [|Kent Music Report] Singles Chart.[|[18]][|[19]] Creswell stated, "//"Wide Open Road" was "an angry song that finds the cost of freedom is aloneness//" in his book, //1001 Songs//.[|[11]] In May 2001, the [|Australasian Performing Right Association] (APRA), as part of its 75th Anniversary celebrations, named it as one of their [|Top 30 Australian songs] of all time.[|[20]][|[21]]   Their critical success in the UK boosted their profile back in Australia where they recorded //[|In the Pines]// in early 1986, while awaiting the release of //Born Sandy Devotional//, which eventuated in March.[|[17]][|[22]] //In The Pines// was recorded at the McCombs' family property in [|Ravensthorpe], 600 km (373 mi) south east of Perth, in a shearing shed on basic eight-track equipment.[|[1]][|[17]] It was issued in January 1987 and took The Triffids deeper into folk and country music,[|[1]] with a [|lo-fi] sensibility reminiscent of [|Bob Dylan] 's //[|Basement Tapes]//.[|[17]] The band backed Scottish musician, [|Bill Drummond] , for his 1986 solo album //[|The Man]//. The Triffids toured UK later in the year.[|[1]] From 26 December 1986 to 26 January 1987, The Triffids were on the bill of the [|Australian Made] tour, which was the largest touring festival of Australian music talent attempted to that point.[|[1]] [|Jimmy Barnes] and [|INXS] headlined and the rest of the line-up featured [|Mental as Anything], [|Divinyls] , [|Models] , [|The Saints] , [|I'm Talking] .[|[1]][|[9]] A concert film, //Australian Made: The Movie//, was directed by [|Richard Lowenstein] and released later that year.[|[23]][|[24]] Lead singer of INXS, [|Michael Hutchence] had insisted on The Triffids being part of the bill.[|[25]] 1987 also saw the release of 3 tracks recorded for [|John Peel] on 5 May 1985, //[|The Peel Sessions]//. The Triffids were courted by several UK major record labels, based on the success of //Born Sandy Devotional//, eventually signing a three record deal contract with [|Island Records] in the UK in November 1986.[|[9]] Between April and August 1987, the band worked again with Norton, to record //[|Calenture]//, their Island Records debut. The album, released in February 1988, saw them explore themes of insanity, deception and rootlessness—the title refers to a fever suffered by sailors during long hot voyages.[|[26]] The Triffids were nomadic, travelling back and forth from Australia to England to record the 'difficult' album—initial recordings with US producer [|Craig Leon] were abandoned—and obviously related to the disoriented sailors.[|[1]][|[26]] It provided the singles, " [|Bury Me Deep in Love] " in October 1987 and " [|Trick of the Light] " in January 1988.[|[1]][|[17]] After, //Born Sandy Devotional//, they graduated to the [|festival] circuit and played alongside [|Iggy Pop], [|Ramones] , [|The Fall] , [|Anthrax] and Echo & the Bunnymen. By 1988, their fame was such that //NME// invited them to contribute a cover version of [|The Beatles] 's song, " [|Good Morning Good Morning] " to the [|tribute album], //[|Sgt. Pepper Knew My Father]//,[|[27]] alongside songs by [|Billy Bragg] and [|Wet Wet Wet]. The Triffids wanted to record the next album in Australia but, after the //Calenture// experience, Island wanted to keep the band nearby. //[|The Black Swan]// was recorded between September and October 1988 in [|Somerset], UK and produced and engineered by [|Stephen Street] .[|[28]] It was well received by critics, but the commercial success was not overwhelming, which disappointed band members. That, together with being tired from the constant travelling and touring, led to The Triffids being dissolved. The group travelled to the US in 1989 for a pair of [|New York] dates before taking a much needed vacation – one which turned permanent: We didn’t know they were final performances. Dave wanted to do a solo album and we were due to get back together after that. Much to his chagrin his solo album took longer than expected and he kept writing songs that sounded like Triffids songs. Domesticity snuck up on most of us, poor health snuck up on Dave, a planned ’94 reunion tour was put on hold, and the Triffids faded into the mist. - Graham Lee The band's last Australian shows were towards the end of 1989, with the final at the [|Australian National University], in [|Canberra] on 14 August 1989.[|[9]][|[29]] 1990 saw the release of the [|live album] , //[|Stockholm]//, which completed their contractual obligations with Island.

Breakup and aftermath
Following the breakup of the band, [|Alsy MacDonald], [|Jill Birt] and Robert McComb took "proper jobs" as a lawyer (currently with the Equal Opportunity Commission), architect and teacher respectively, with MacDonald and Birt marrying (Robert McComb currently teaches at [|Melbourne High School] ). David McComb and Lee continued to be involved with the [|Blackeyed Susans], a group David McComb formed as a side band during an earlier Triffids summer tour of Australia.[|[9]] Martyn Casey briefly joined the [|Blackeyed Susans] and then became a permanent member of [|Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds] in April 1990.[|[9]] In 1990, David McComb moved back to London with the aim of pursuing his solo career. In 1992, after no success, he returned to Australia to make some solo recordings for [|Mushroom Records] (featuring both Casey and Lee) releasing just one solo album, //Love of Will//, in 1994. He also worked with many other musicians on various projects, including assembling a band, the Red Ponies, to tour Europe. Another project, costar, was formed when David moved to Melbourne, but due to his ill health they only played sporadically around Melbourne, although recordings had begun and a single was ready for a limited release. Following the Red Ponies tour David McComb suffered substance abuse-related health problems, which ultimately resulted in him undergoing a [|heart transplant] in 1996. Following a car accident in Melbourne, David McComb was admitted to St Vincents hospital. Only 3 days later he died at home, on February 2, 1999, just a few days short of his 37th birthday. In February 2000, after the State Coroner of Victoria finally published his findings, [|The West Australian] newspaper wrote: "[Coroner] Johnstone said McComb's mental and physical condition had deteriorated after his (car) accident but his death was due to [|heroin] toxicity and mild acute rejection of his 1996 heart transplant."

2006 onwards
The Triffids back catalogue began being reissued in 2006. [|Graham Lee] has taken on the role of guardian of David McComb's musical legacy. The Domino label in the UK is handling the reissues in Europe, while [|Liberation Music] deals with Australia and [|New Zealand]. An extended version of fan favourite //[|Born Sandy Devotional]// came first, with staggered release dates in Europe, Australasia and North America between June and July, 2006. A joint release of //[|In the Pines]// and //[|Calenture]// followed in February 2007. //[|In the Pines]// was given a full remix by Bruce Callaway, the original engineer, who had been looking after the master tapes for 20 years. The album was also extended with a number of tracks that were recorded during the sessions for //In The Pines// but held over for inclusion on //[|Calenture]// because, in David McComb's words, "we have to keep something good for later." (//[|In The Pines]// was essentially a low-budget ‘holiday’ album, recorded while the band was still looking for a deal with one of the major labels.) //Calenture// was extended with B-sides from the same period, and with a second disc of demo recordings for the album. Later stages of the re-issue programme will also include rarities, extended liner notes, remastering, a DVD and a live album. There is, currently, a selection of free downloads available on the official site, overseen by Lee.[|[30]] David McComb was [|posthumously] inducted into the [|WAM] (West Australian Music Industry Association Inc) Hall Of Fame as a composer on 21 February 2006.[|[31]] In June 2006, (in conjunction with the re-issue of //[|Born Sandy Devotional]//) the band reformed to play three live performances, two concerts in [|Hasselt], [|Belgium] and one in [|Amsterdam] , The [|Netherlands] with guest vocalists (including Mark Snarski ( [|The Jackson Code] ) and Belgian, [|Harald Vanherf] (The Hoodoo Club / Wicona Airbag) replacing David McComb. A huge collection of band memorabilia was also displayed, along with the airing of a Triffids concert film and question-and-answer sessions with the band members.   According to Lee the experience was, "more than I could have hoped for – a true celebration of the music, and an intensity from band and audience that I’ve rarely felt."[|[32]] The five remaining members of The Triffids gave a series of performances on January 17–20, 2008, as part of the 2008 [|Sydney Festival] celebrating the music and the memory of [|David McComb] .[|[33]] The band were joined on stage by a number of Australian musicians including Mark and Rob Snarski ( [|Blackeyed Susans] ), Toby Martin ( [|Youth Group] ), [|Steve Kilbey] ( [|The Church] ), [|Mick Harvey] ( [|Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds] ), [|Chris Abrahams] ( [|The Necks] ) and Melanie Oxley.[|[34]][|[35]] A feature length documentary of these shows, //It's Raining Pleasure//, is proposed to be released in early 2009. In May 2008, Liberation Music continued with the reissuing of The Triffids' back catalalogue, with the release of //[|The Black Swan]//, which includes five songs which had previously been left off the album at the time of its initial release together with an encore. The album had originally been envisaged by [|David McComb] as a double album. The re-released album also included a bonus disc of demos and unreleased material. Also released was //[|Treeless Plain]// which has been re-mixed by the original sound engineer, Nick Mansbridge. The last of the re-releases was a collection of songs from various EPs, //[|Raining Pleasure]//, //[|Lawson Square Infirmary]// and //[|Field of Glass]//, under the title //[|Beautiful Waste and Other Songs (Mini-Masterpieces 1983-1985)]//. The compilation album also includes the title song, " [|Beautiful Waste] ", together with "Dear Miss Lonelyhearts" and "Native Bride".[|[36]] The Triffids repeated their 2008 Sydney performances, 'A Secret in the Shape of a Song', at the [|Melbourne Arts Centre] on the 29 January 2009[|[37]] and at the [|Perth International Arts Festival] on the 20–22 February 2009. The shows included guest appearances by Mick Harvey (Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds), Melanie Oxley, Mark and Rob Snarski (The Blackeyed Susans), Steve Kilbey (The Church), Alex Archer and Brendon Humphries ( [|The Kill Devil Hills] ), [|Ricky Maymi] ( [|The Brian Jonestown Massacre] ), and Toby Martin (Youth Group) on stage with the remaining members of the band. After the Perth performances video artists [|VJzoo] showed a selection of David McComb’s personal photographs live on screen to a soundtrack compiled from his mixtape collection.[|[38]][|[39]]

Legacy
One of the most critically acclaimed bands from Greece, [|Raining Pleasure], took their name from the song "Raining Pleasure" by The Triffids.[|[40]] Melbourne-based acoustic rock group [|The Paradise Motel] are frequently likened to the work of The Triffids whose work they have covered.[|[41]][|[42]][|[43]] [|ARIA] announced in June 2008 that The Triffids would be inducted into the [|ARIA Hall of Fame], upon the announcement Graham Lee commented that David McComb would find the accolade ironic, given that the band were hardly superstars in their home country, but would have appreciated the belated recognition.[|[44]] On 1 July 2008, The Triffids were inducted by [|Nick Cave] into the ARIA Hall of Fame, former The Triffids members were joined on-stage by Rob Snarski as vocalist for "Red Pony" and [|Steve Kilbey] as vocalist for "Wide Open Road".[|[45]][|[46]][|[47]]

Cover versions

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In the media

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Members

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Discography
// Main article: [|The Triffids discography]// ** Extended plays ** ** Cassettes **
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 * <span style="line-height: normal; margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt 54pt; mso-list: l14 level1 lfo23; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; tab-stops: list 36.0pt;"> 1989: //[|The Black Swan]//
 * <span style="line-height: normal; margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt 54pt; mso-list: l9 level1 lfo24; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; tab-stops: list 36.0pt;"> 1982: //[|Reverie]//
 * <span style="line-height: normal; margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt 54pt; mso-list: l9 level1 lfo24; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; tab-stops: list 36.0pt;"> 1983: //[|Bad Timing and Other Stories]//
 * <span style="line-height: normal; margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt 54pt; mso-list: l9 level1 lfo24; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; tab-stops: list 36.0pt;"> 1984: //[|Lawson Square Infirmary]//
 * <span style="line-height: normal; margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt 54pt; mso-list: l9 level1 lfo24; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; tab-stops: list 36.0pt;"> 1984: //[|Raining Pleasure]//
 * <span style="line-height: normal; margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt 54pt; mso-list: l9 level1 lfo24; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; tab-stops: list 36.0pt;"> 1985: //[|Field of Glass]//
 * <span style="line-height: normal; margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt 54pt; mso-list: l9 level1 lfo24; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; tab-stops: list 36.0pt;"> 1987: //[|Peel Sessions]//  ||  ** Live recordings and compilations **
 * <span style="line-height: normal; margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt 54pt; mso-list: l7 level1 lfo25; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; tab-stops: list 36.0pt;"> 1986: //[|Love in Bright Landscapes]//
 * <span style="line-height: normal; margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt 54pt; mso-list: l7 level1 lfo25; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; tab-stops: list 36.0pt;"> 1990: //[|Stockholm]//
 * <span style="line-height: normal; margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt 54pt; mso-list: l7 level1 lfo25; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; tab-stops: list 36.0pt;"> 1994: //[|Australian Melodrama]//
 * <span style="line-height: normal; margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt 54pt; mso-list: l7 level1 lfo25; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; tab-stops: list 36.0pt;"> 2008: //[|Beautiful Waste and Other Songs (Mini-Masterpieces 1983-1985)]//
 * <span style="line-height: normal; margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt 54pt; mso-list: l7 level1 lfo25; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; tab-stops: list 36.0pt;"> 2010: //Wide Open Road - The Best Of The Triffids//
 * <span style="line-height: normal; margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt 54pt; mso-list: l7 level1 lfo25; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; tab-stops: list 36.0pt;"> 2010: //Come Ride With Me... Wide Open Road - The Deluxe Edition (10 disc box set)//
 * <span style="line-height: normal; margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt 54pt; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo26; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; tab-stops: list 36.0pt;"> 1978: //[|Tape #1]//
 * <span style="line-height: normal; margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt 54pt; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo26; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; tab-stops: list 36.0pt;"> 1978: //[|Tape #2]//
 * <span style="line-height: normal; margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt 54pt; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo26; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; tab-stops: list 36.0pt;"> 1979: //[|Tape #3]//
 * <span style="line-height: normal; margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt 54pt; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo26; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; tab-stops: list 36.0pt;"> 1979: //[|Tape #4]//
 * <span style="line-height: normal; margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt 54pt; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo26; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; tab-stops: list 36.0pt;"> 1980: //[|Tape #5]//
 * <span style="line-height: normal; margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt 54pt; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo26; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; tab-stops: list 36.0pt;"> 1981: //[|Tape #6]//
 * <span style="line-height: normal; margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt 54pt; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo26; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; tab-stops: list 36.0pt;"> 1981: //[|Dungeon Tape]//
 * <span style="line-height: normal; margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt 54pt; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo26; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; tab-stops: list 36.0pt;"> 1988: //[|Son of Dungeon Tape]//
 * <span style="line-height: normal; margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt 54pt; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo26; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; tab-stops: list 36.0pt;"> 1981: //[|Jack Brabham]//  ||

Coombe House is also known as the Cliff House, located at 3 The Coombe, Mosman Park, is perched above Freshwater Bay with views to the Swan River[|[3]]. The design of the Coombe House is classic in style, but noted for its interior planning of providing distinct areas for adults and children. The Coombe House has a flat roof.[|[4]] Wallace House was designed by Summerhayes in the 1990s and completed in April 1995. It is located at 16 The Esplanade, Peppermint Grove. Summerhayes designed this with colleague Jeff Meyers, for private clients, Mr and Mrs I Wallace.[|[5]] The plan of the home was based around four courtyards, influenced by the streets of Paris and the Tuscan villas. Summerhayes also designed 'Wallace Office' at 43 Broadway, Nedlands in Western Australia, which was completed in February 1996.[|[6]] **<span style="font-family: 'Arial-BoldMS','sans-serif'; font-size: 12pt;">DOCUMENTARY EVIDENCE ** //<span style="font-family: 'Arial-ItalicMS','sans-serif'; font-size: 12pt;">The Cliffe //<span style="font-family: 'ArialMS','sans-serif'; font-size: 12pt;">, in Bindaring Parade, Peppermint Grove, is a bungalow built, <span style="font-family: 'ArialMS','sans-serif'; font-size: 12pt;">predominantly, of jarrah and 'finished off with imported wrought iron railing'. <span style="font-family: 'ArialMS','sans-serif'; font-size: 8pt;">1 <span style="font-family: 'ArialMS','sans-serif'; font-size: 12pt;">The original owner of //<span style="font-family: 'Arial-ItalicMS','sans-serif'; font-size: 12pt;">The Cliffe //<span style="font-family: 'ArialMS','sans-serif'; font-size: 12pt;">was Neil McNeil, who purchased the land in  <span style="font-family: 'ArialMS','sans-serif'; font-size: 12pt;">1892 - only one year after Peppermint Grove was surveyed into building <span style="font-family: 'ArialMS','sans-serif'; font-size: 12pt;">allotments <span style="font-family: 'ArialMS','sans-serif'; font-size: 8pt;">2 <span style="font-family: 'ArialMS','sans-serif'; font-size: 12pt;">. McNeil lived at //<span style="font-family: 'Arial-ItalicMS','sans-serif'; font-size: 12pt;">The Cliffe //<span style="font-family: 'ArialMS','sans-serif'; font-size: 12pt;">from 1894 until his death in 1927. <span style="font-family: 'ArialMS','sans-serif'; font-size: 8pt;">3 <span style="font-family: 'ArialMS','sans-serif'; font-size: 12pt;">Neil McNeil, an experienced engineer and railway contractor, came to  <span style="font-family: 'ArialMS','sans-serif'; font-size: 12pt;">Western Australia from Victoria in 1872 to construct the Jarrahdale to   <span style="font-family: 'ArialMS','sans-serif'; font-size: 12pt;">Bunbury railway line. With his brother and several other men, he took over <span style="font-family: 'ArialMS','sans-serif'; font-size: 12pt;">the Jarrahdale Timber Company 'and opened up the W. A. timber trade in  <span style="font-family: 'ArialMS','sans-serif'; font-size: 12pt;">the London markets', exporting timber for the paving of London Streets. <span style="font-family: 'ArialMS','sans-serif'; font-size: 8pt;">4 <span style="font-family: 'ArialMS','sans-serif'; font-size: 12pt;">This company later became part of Millars Timber and Trading Company. <span style="font-family: 'ArialMS','sans-serif'; font-size: 8pt;">5 <span style="font-family: 'ArialMS','sans-serif'; font-size: 12pt;">At the time of the construction of //<span style="font-family: 'Arial-ItalicMS','sans-serif'; font-size: 12pt;">The Cliffe //<span style="font-family: 'ArialMS','sans-serif'; font-size: 12pt;">, McNeil was a successful <span style="font-family: 'ArialMS','sans-serif'; font-size: 12pt;">businessman with interests in rail, mining in Kalgoorlie and Ravensthorpe, <span style="font-family: 'ArialMS','sans-serif'; font-size: 12pt;">orchards in Mt. Barker, and statewide real estate. He owned //<span style="font-family: 'Arial-ItalicMS','sans-serif'; font-size: 12pt;">Surrey // //<span style="font-family: 'Arial-ItalicMS','sans-serif'; font-size: 12pt;">Chambers //<span style="font-family: 'ArialMS','sans-serif'; font-size: 12pt;">and //<span style="font-family: 'Arial-ItalicMS','sans-serif'; font-size: 12pt;">McNeil's Building //<span style="font-family: 'ArialMS','sans-serif'; font-size: 12pt;">in Perth, //<span style="font-family: 'Arial-ItalicMS','sans-serif'; font-size: 12pt;">Phillimore Chambers //<span style="font-family: 'ArialMS','sans-serif'; font-size: 12pt;">in <span style="font-family: 'ArialMS','sans-serif'; font-size: 12pt;">Fremantle, and buildings in the goldfields. He invested his own funds into <span style="font-family: 'ArialMS','sans-serif'; font-size: 12pt;">the construction of the Perth Water Supply Scheme and also dabbled in the <span style="font-family: 'ArialMS','sans-serif'; font-size: 12pt;">lucrative, if somewhat socially risky, real estate of Roe Street, Perth. <span style="font-family: 'ArialMS','sans-serif'; font-size: 8pt;">6 <span style="font-family: 'ArialMS','sans-serif'; font-size: 12pt;">Because of his strong business interest in timber and his conviction of its <span style="font-family: 'ArialMS','sans-serif'; font-size: 12pt;">suitability as a building material, McNeil built his home as a showpiece. <span style="font-family: 'ArialMS','sans-serif'; font-size: 12pt;">Nearly twenty years after its construction //<span style="font-family: 'Arial-ItalicMS','sans-serif'; font-size: 12pt;">The Cliffe //<span style="font-family: 'ArialMS','sans-serif'; font-size: 12pt;">was described as  <span style="font-family: 'ArialMS','sans-serif'; font-size: 12pt;">follows: <span style="font-family: 'ArialMS','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt;">From the substantial foundation to the shingle roof every part of the structure is of  <span style="font-family: 'ArialMS','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt;">jarrah, and after nearly twenty years - the house having been built in 1894 – <span style="font-family: 'ArialMS','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt;">every plank and beam and joist remain in as sound condition as when first they <span style="font-family: 'ArialMS','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt;">were cut to the contractor's design. Over twenty rooms are roofed beneath these <span style="font-family: 'ArialMS','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt;">jarrah shingles, and the interior is fitted up with all that art and comfort can <span style="font-family: 'ArialMS','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt;">suggest, while surrounding the house is a park of ten acres, tastefully laid out with <span style="font-family: 'ArialMS','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt;">lawns and flower-beds, and further beautified by the introduction of decorative <span style="font-family: 'ArialMS','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt;">statuary in bronze, collected by Mr McNeil on various trips to England and the <span style="font-family: 'ArialMS','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt;">Continent. <span style="font-family: 'ArialMS','sans-serif'; font-size: 6pt;">7 <span style="font-family: 'ArialMS','sans-serif'; font-size: 12pt;">Unfortunately, McNeil's vision of majestic timber houses, rather than houses <span style="line-height: normal; margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt 18pt; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; mso-outline-level: 2;"><span style="font-family: 'ArialMS','sans-serif'; font-size: 12pt;">constructed of brick and stone, was not shared by the Peppermint Grove <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt;"> =   MOSMAN PARK HISTORY    = = <span style="height: 135pt; margin-left: 0px; margin-top: 23.8pt; position: absolute; visibility: visible; width: 96pt; z-index: -11;">     Population: 9,392 (2009)[|[1]] Established: 1899 Area: 4.3 km² (1.7 sq mi)   = ** [|Mayor] : **  Ron Norris **Council Seat:** [|Mosman Park] ** Website: ** [|http://www.townofmosmanpark.wa.gov.au] |||||| ** [|LGAs] around Town of Mosman Park:  ** =  The Town of Mosman Park  is a [|Local Government Area] of [|Western Australia]. It covers an area of approximately 4.3 [|km²] in western metropolitan [|Perth], the capital of Western Australia and lies about 14 km southwest of the Perth [|CBD] and 5 km from [|Fremantle]. =
 * [|Cottesloe]  ||   [|Peppermint Grove]   ||  // [|Swan River] //   ||
 * [|Cottesloe]  ||   ** Town of Mosman Park **    ||  // [|Swan River] //   ||
 * // [|Indian Ocean] //, [|Fremantle]   ||  // [|Swan River] //   ||  // [|Swan River] //   ||
 * // [|Indian Ocean] //, [|Fremantle]   ||  // [|Swan River] //   ||  // [|Swan River] //   ||



History
The Buckland Hill Road District was created on 6 October 1899. From July 1909 until October 1930, it was known as the Cottesloe Beach Road District. It was renamed Mosman Park in 1937, and on 1 July 1961, became a Shire following the enactment of the //Local Government Act 1960//. It became a town seven months later, and in 1997 the two wards were abolished.[|[2]] ==   CONTACT ADDRESS:   **<span style="color: #333333; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-weight: normal;">Town Offices **<span style="color: #333333; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 12pt;">'Memorial Park' Cnr Bay View Terrace and Memorial Drive Mosman Park WA 6012  == <span style="color: #333333; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 160%;">PO Box No.3 Mosman Park WA 6912 **<span style="color: #333333; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 160%;">Telephone **<span style="color: #333333; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 160%;"> (08) 9384 1633 **Facsimile** (08) 9384 3694 **<span style="color: #333333; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 160%;">Hours **<span style="color: #333333; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 160%;"> Mon - Fri : 8:30am to 4:00pm <span style="color: #333333; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 160%;">GUNNARY PHONE           <span style="color: #333333; display: none; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 160%;"> === **<span style="color: #333333; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-weight: normal; line-height: 160%;">If you have not received a reponse to your request within 10 working days **<span style="color: #333333; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 160%;">, please contact the Administration Centre on 9384 1633. ===   Buckland Hill Gunnery Tours are operated by the Royal Australian Artillery Historical Society. Contact 9269 4544 for tour arrangements. Email info@artillerywa.org.au.