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Photographs of Perth, Western Australia Home | Locality A-Z | Notes Gosnells A suburb of Perth in the south-eastern corridor along Albany Highway about 20 kms from Perth. Named after Mr Charles Gosnell, a local land-owner from 1862. |
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Gosnells - Train Station Artwork
Sculpture or artwork out the front of the Gosnells train station (thanks Gareth). July 2008 |
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Gosnells - Train Station
This is inside the train station. The whole structure looks quite impressive, especially the brickwork. May 2011 |
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Gosnells - Hotel
The Gosnells Hotel has been here for goodness knows how long. The brickwork looks great. One of these years I must have a peek (or a pint) inside. Gosnells was apparently named after one Mr Gosnell, an early land-owner in this district. July 2008 |
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Gosnells - Hotel
More of the Gosnells Hotel. I wonder if the locals call it the Gozzy .. or Gossy? The don't build grand looking pubs like this anymore. July 2008 |
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Gosnells - View Down Highway
This is a view looking south down Albany Highway from near the traffic bridge. Looking past the old railway signals you can see (amongst other things) the Gosnells Hotel. May 2011 |
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Gosnells - Railway Markets
The grand looking Gosnells Railway Markets. It's quite a big structure and was opening around 1990. Well worth calling in and having a look around. It was quite busy this Sunday afternoon. May 2011 |
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Gosnells - City Council Offices
The rather futuristic City of Gosnells Council Offices. They are off to the left of the highway (travelling south), just before you get to the traffic bridge. May 2011 |
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Gosnells - Pioneer Park
Pioneer Park is located right next to the Council offices. It's a lovely area - very peaceful and picturesque and a credit to those who designed and maintain it. May 2011 |
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Gosnells - War Memorial
An avenue of splendid white roses leads up to the War Memorial in Pioneer Park. May 2011 |
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Gosnells - War Memorial
A close view of the War Memorial. Looking past the memorial, families picnic and play games on the finely kept lawns. In the distance is the Albany Highway road bridge. May 2011 |
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Gosnells - Under Road Bridge
Underneath the Albany Highway road bridge. Immediately above is the original bridge, largely made of timber. This bridge used to carry traffic in both directions. A more recent addition is the concrete bridge on the right. So now the old bridge only carries south-bound traffic. The bridges span the now-dry Canning River. May 2011 |
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Gosnells - Abandoned Chip Shop
Trust me to come up with something tacky but there are far too many places like this around Perth - my suburb is no different. This is (of course) an ex-fish and chip shop just up from the highway. July 2008. May 2011 footnote: This building still looks the same 3 years on (as do others around here). My guess is that these businesses have moved to newer and brighter premises on the Highway where exposure to potential passing trade is much higher. |
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Gosnells - Gostronic
Great looking shop with an original and catchy name. This is on the west side of Albany Highway. May 2011 |
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Gosnells - Tree Top Walkway
In the Centennial Pioneer Park more or less in the centre of town. This tree-top walk starts up near the library and wends its way down to playing fields, picnic areas and the Canning River area. May 2011 |
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Gosnells - Footpath Sculpture
A clever sculpture on the footpath near Centennial Pioneer Park depicts animals escaping from a drain down below via this manhole. May 2011 |
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Gosnells - Track Over River
South at the Seaforth end of town, at the end of Manning Avenue, this track and bridge cross the Canning River. Despite a very long and dry summer, there is still a bit of water in the river at this spot. Since the Canning Dam was built in 1940 the river has never had any decent flow through it across all those years. May 2011 |
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Gosnells - Seaforth Station
The functional Seaforth station on the Perth - Armadale line, just a few kilometers south of Gosnells station. Next stop south is Kelmscott. While we're on the subject, who can remember Stokely station which was 2 kilometers north of Gosnells? May 2011 |
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Gosnells - Seaforth Station
Seaforth Primary School artwork on Seaforth station. Great idea - it adds colour and life to the station. This practice is quite wide-spread on many of the smaller stations on the Perth rail network. May 2011 |
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