Western Australia, Australia · Oceania
Gooseberry Hill sits on the route: 5 minutes from Helena Valley.
Gooseberry Hill is a town located in Western Australia, Australia. With a population of 3,199, it is an important destination in Oceania.
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Gooseberry Hill is a suburb of Perth, Western Australia, located within the City of Kalamunda. It is the site of Gooseberry Hill National Park.
It is located at the highest point south of the departure of the Helena River from the Darling Scarp on to the Swan Coastal Plain. It is often associated with the railwayRead more
formation of the Kalamunda Zig Zag and the northernmost high feature of Statham's Quarry, which lie on the north west of the locality within national park land.
In 1861, Benjamin Robins purchased 16 hectares (40 acres) of land in the area. In 1878 surveyor Henry Samuel Ranford recorded the name of the eponymous hill as Gooseberry Hill; that name, derived from the presence of cape gooseberries in the area, referred to the Kalamunda area generally in the late 19th century. The townsite was officially gazetted on 8 June 1959.
Gooseberry Hill was the location of a war-time tragedy when a United States Navy C-47 Skytrain (DC-3) plane crashed in heavy fog on 19 April 1945 after taking off from Guildford Airport (which became Perth Airport). All of the US servicemen, the Royal Navy officer, and three US Red Cross women on board were killed. The plane crashed between Gooseberry Hill Road and Lansdown Road, 7.2 kilometres (4.5 mi) from the end of the take-off runway, having travelled in an almost straight course to the point of impact.
The suburb contains two schools, Gooseberry Hill Primary School, a government school established in 1972, and Mary's Mount Primary School, a Catholic school established in 1921.
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Gooseberry Hill is located in Western Australia, Australia, Oceania. The coordinates are -31.9544 latitude, 116.0492 longitude.
Gooseberry Hill has a population of approximately 3,199 people, making it a town in Australia.
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