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Osborne Park
	Osborne Park; Perth, Western Australia
Population:	3,109
Postcode:	6017
Location:	8 km (5 mi) from Perth
LGA:	City of Stirling
State District:	Balcatta, Scarborough
Federal Division:	Stirling, Curtin
	Suburbs around Osborne Park:

Coordinates: 31°53′53″S 115°48′43″E / 31.898°S 115.812°E / -31.898; 115.812

Osborne Park is a suburb of Perth, Western Australia. Its Local Government Area is the City of Stirling.

Osborne Park was named after William Osborne, a butcher who owned an abattoir on Wanneroo Road and was elected to the Perth Road Board (the City of Stirling's predecessor), in 1875.^[2]

The suburb was originally full of market gardens, due to rich peaty soil from the swamps between Lake Monger and Herdsman's Lake.^[3] The area was popular among Chinese and Italian settlers.^[4] The suburb was founded by a private trading concern and had a tram service in the early 1900s through an extension of the tram system from the end of the Leederville line.^[3] The suburb is now served by Glendalough train station on the Joondalup line.

Osborne Park became a residential suburb after World War II, but by the 1980s, it was predominantly an industrial area, with only the north-eastern area still residential.^[4] Many warehouses and small businesses are located in Osborne Park, as well as larger retailers such as Harvey Norman and Officeworks.

[edit] References

^ Australian Bureau of Statistics (25 October 2007). "Osborne Park (State Suburb)". 2006 Census QuickStats. http://www.censusdata.abs.gov.au/ABSNavigation/prenav/LocationSearch?collection=Census&period=2006&areacode=SSC52106&producttype=QuickStats&breadcrumb=PL&action=401. Retrieved 2008-03-02.
^ Western Australian Land Information Authority. "History of metropolitan suburb names - O". http://www.landgate.wa.gov.au/corporate.nsf/web/History+of+metropolitan+suburb+names+-+O. Retrieved 2008-03-02.
^ ^a ^b Battye (Ed.), J.S. (1912). The Cyclopedia of Western Australia 1912-1913. Perth, Western Australia: The Cyclopedia Company. ISBN 978-1-921081-38-5.
^ ^a ^b "Suburbs: Osborne Park". City of Stirling. http://www.stirling.wa.gov.au/home/council/Suburbs/Osborne+Park.htm. Retrieved 2008-03-02.

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Osborne Park's Main Street has a Shopping Centre which was formalley a Drive through Cinema then after it became Osborne Park Shopping Centre which had a Tom The Cheap Supermarket in the 1980's. Then after that a Foodland Supermarket,a Action Supermarket a Supa Foods Supermarket then in 2003 a Supa Valu Supermarket and in 2006 had changed it;s name to IGA Supermarket. The Shopping centre has a Post Office, Travel Centre, Gourmet Deli, Butcher, Hair Dresser, Shoes Reapairs and a Newsagent.

[0] Australian Bureau of Statistics (25 October 2007). "Osborne Park (State Suburb)". 2006 Census QuickStats. http://www.censusdata.abs.gov.au/ABSNavigation/prenav/LocationSearch?collection=Census&period=2006&areacode=SSC52106&producttype=QuickStats&breadcrumb=PL&action=401. Retrieved 2008-03-02.

[landgate-1] Western Australian Land Information Authority. "History of metropolitan suburb names - O". http://www.landgate.wa.gov.au/corporate.nsf/web/History+of+metropolitan+suburb+names+-+O. Retrieved 2008-03-02.

[cyclo-2] Battye (Ed.), J.S. (1912). The Cyclopedia of Western Australia 1912-1913. Perth, Western Australia: The Cyclopedia Company. ISBN 978-1-921081-38-5.

[city-3] "Suburbs: Osborne Park". City of Stirling. http://www.stirling.wa.gov.au/home/council/Suburbs/Osborne+Park.htm. Retrieved 2008-03-02.

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