THE old railway worker’s cottage at 34 Cheriton Street may soon be home to a new local research centre for the Museum of Perth. The not-for-profit history group is based in the CBD but has outposts in East Fremantle and in Bunbury, where they’ve put together extensive histories of local properties and biographies of historic…

BANKS RESERVE users have succeeded in saving the park’s pavilion, for now. Vincent council decided back in March 2019 to replace the pavilion with a partially covered plaza as part of the Banks Reserve Masterplan. During public consultation at the time some users said the pavilion should stay as the area doesn’t have many community…

BAYSWATER council’s plan to relocate the Wotton Reserve skate park to a nearby spot in the same park has proven predictably unpopular with its skate advisory committee. The committee fears the new skate park might be smaller if the council spends state government skate funding on unrelated park improvements.  The skate advisory committee is made up…

PREGNANT women have been ‘traumatised’ by WA’s lockdown say women’s health advocates. They’re campaigning for lighter childbirth restrictions in future lockdowns, arguing premier Mark McGowan approved 40,000 punters packing into Optus Stadium for a footy game, but expecting mums were only allowed one support person.  Make It Make Sense campaign leader, doula and childbirth coach Jessie…

The once-grand balconies as seen in 1926. Photo from the State Library of WA, BA533/11. HIS Majesty’s Theatre is having its long-vanished balconies and verandahs restored and the Perth Theatre Trust needs help ensuring the new works are authentic. The two tiers of classical style balconies were once a point of pride of the building,…

This week’s story from the Vincent Local History Centre seeks any information on a photo and items found tucked behind a mantelpiece while the 1920s home at 10 Janet Street was being renovated.  THE older character homes found in the inner-city suburbs of Vincent can contain unexpected mementos of former owners. Home renovators are sometimes…

WA governor Kim Beazley with Notre Dame and Curtin uni students at Government House. Photo by Stacey Harding ‘Imagine if we never did anything because we thought we were too small or too young? Nothing would ever change’ “THE leaders of tomorrow are in this room,” said WA governor Kim Beazley while opening a Youth…

NORTH PERTH’S Special Needs Dental Clinic is hoping for an extended lease until it can move into a new permanent premises, with Vincent council preparing to turn Haynes Reserve into parkland.  The land is owned by the council and also hosts the Kidz Galore childcare centre. Last year after a concerted campaign by parents the…

ATTADALE mum Victoria O’Neill will take part in a death-defying skydive today Saturday (May 8) to raise funds for people with sarcoma, a bone and soft tissue cancer most common in children and teens. Eleven people will do the charity skydive at Jurien Bay, with Ms O’Neill hoping to raise at least $10,000 for Sock…