Beeliar Regional Park

Regional park in Perth, Western Australia

Beeliar Regional Park

Bird hide at Bibra Lake

Type| Regional park
Location| Cockburn

Kwinana

Melville
Coordinates| 32°10′03″S 115°49′57″E﻿ / ﻿32.16750°S 115.83250°E﻿ / -32.16750; 115.83250﻿ (Beeliar Regional Park)
Area| 3,171 ha (7,840 acres)
Established| 17 January 1995
Administered by| Department of Biodiversity, Conservation and Attractions
Website| parks.dpaw.wa.gov.au/park/beeliar

Commonwealth Heritage List

Official name| Beeliar Regional Park
Type| Interim list (Natural)
Designated| 24 June 1997
Reference no.| 14862

Beeliar Regional Park is a conservation park approximately 19 kilometres (12 mi) south of the central business district in Perth, Western Australia, located within the Citys of Cockburn, Kwinana and Melville. The regional park is named after the indigenous Beeliar people of the area.

In Western Australia, regional parks consist of areas of land that have been identified as having outstanding conservation, landscape and recreation values. The park contains remnants of the Beeliar Wetlands, part of the once widespread Swan Coastal Plain.

Beeliar is one of eleven regional parks in the Perth region of Western Australia. The purpose of these regional parks is to serve as urban havens to preserve and restore cultural heritage and valuable ecosystems as well as to encourage sustainable nature-based recreation activities.[1]

## History

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The concept of regional spaces in Western Australia open to the public was first proposed in 1955, when the Stephenson-Hepburn Report recommended preserving private land for future public use in what would become the Perth Metropolitan Region in 1963. The Environmental Protection Authority (EPA) identified areas of significant conservation, landscape and recreation value in a report in 1983. In 1989, the state Government allocated the responsibility of managing regional parks to the Department of Conservation and Land Management.[2]

A Regional Parks Taskforce was established in 1990 but the EPA reported in 1993 that the establishment of these parks encountered difficulties.[2] Beeliar Regional Park was gazetted in the Government Gazette on 17 January 1995.[3]

## Cultural heritage

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Main article: Aboriginal history of Western Australia

The area of the Beeliar Regional Park, with its freshwater lakes, was an important camping area and source of food for the Beeliar clan of the Whadjuk people from the Noongar nation. A major trade route connecting the Swan and Murray River passed through the wetlands of what is now Beeliar Regional Park. A number of Aboriginal heritage sites have been identified within the park and the area continues to be of spiritual importance to the local indigenous people.[4]

European settlement of the area was slow because large tracts of land in the area were unsuitable for farming and initial attempts to establish a town in the 1830s failed. By the 1920s, an extensive network of canals had been constructed to drain the wetlands for agricultural use.[4]

## Areas

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Beeliar Regional Park stretches from its northern-most point, Blue Gum Lake, 10 kilometres (6.2 mi) south of the CBD, to its southern extension, The Spectacles, 33 kilometres (21 mi) south of the CBD. It consists of 19 lakes, arranged in two chains. The smaller, western one is within 2 kilometres (1.2 mi) of the coast while the eastern, larger one is between 5 and 6 kilometres (3.1 and 3.7 mi) from the coast. The park also contains the Henderson coastal limestone cliffs.[4]

### Eastern chain

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The main areas from north to south:[4]

Image | Name | Suburb | Description | Co-ordinates

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| Blue Gum Reserve  | Mount Pleasant |  | 32°02′16″S 115°50′52″E﻿ / ﻿32.03771°S 115.847662°E﻿ / -32.03771; 115.847662﻿ (Blue Gum Reserve)
| Booragoon Lake | Booragoon |  | 32°02′40″S 115°50′34″E﻿ / ﻿32.0444°S 115.8427°E﻿ / -32.0444; 115.8427﻿ (Booragoon Lake)
| Piney Lakes  | Winthrop |  | 32°02′55″S 115°50′16″E﻿ / ﻿32.048673°S 115.837744°E﻿ / -32.048673; 115.837744﻿ (Piney Lakes)
| North Lake | North Lake |  | 32°04′40″S 115°49′30″E﻿ / ﻿32.07778°S 115.8250°E﻿ / -32.07778; 115.8250﻿ (North Lake)
| Bibra Lake | Bibra Lake |  | 32°05′28″S 115°49′27″E﻿ / ﻿32.091108°S 115.824257°E﻿ / -32.091108; 115.824257﻿ (Bibra Lake)
| South Lake  | Bibra Lake |  | 32°06′14″S 115°49′07″E﻿ / ﻿32.103889°S 115.818611°E﻿ / -32.103889; 115.818611﻿ (South Lake)
| Cocos Reserve  | Bibra Lake |  | 32°06′30″S 115°49′23″E﻿ / ﻿32.108277°S 115.822918°E﻿ / -32.108277; 115.822918﻿ (Cocos Reserve)
| Little Rush Lake  | Yangebup |  | 32°06′37″S 115°49′31″E﻿ / ﻿32.110278°S 115.825278°E﻿ / -32.110278; 115.825278﻿ (Little Rush Lake)
| Yangebup Lake | Yangebup |  | 32°07′06″S 115°49′48″E﻿ / ﻿32.1183°S 115.8300°E﻿ / -32.1183; 115.8300﻿ (Yangebup Lake)
| Kogolup Lake  | Beeliar |  | 32°08′09″S 115°49′51″E﻿ / ﻿32.135833°S 115.830833°E﻿ / -32.135833; 115.830833﻿ (Kogolup Lake)
| Branch Circus Wetland  | Beeliar |  | 32°08′15″S 115°50′24″E﻿ / ﻿32.137497°S 115.840023°E﻿ / -32.137497; 115.840023﻿ (Branch Circus Wetland)
| Thomsons Lake | Beeliar | Important wetland, fenced in to keep out vermin

Home to the endangered Southern brown bandicoot (Isoodon obesulus)  | 32°09′00″S 115°49′44″E﻿ / ﻿32.1500°S 115.8290°E﻿ / -32.1500; 115.8290﻿ (Thomsons Lake)
| Banganup Lake  | Wattleup | Located inside the fenced in Harry Waring Marsupial Reserve  | 32°09′55″S 115°49′37″E﻿ / ﻿32.165274°S 115.827041°E﻿ / -32.165274; 115.827041﻿ (Banganup Lake)
| The Spectacles | The Spectacles | Contains an Aboriginal Heritage Trail and the Biara Boardwalk Trail, which leads to a bird hide  | 32°12′54″S 115°50′02″E﻿ / ﻿32.2150°S 115.8339°E﻿ / -32.2150; 115.8339﻿ (The Spectacles)

### Western chain

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The main areas from north to south:[4]

Image | Name | Suburb | Description | Co-ordinates

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| Manning Lake | Hamilton Hill

Spearwood | Site of the heritage listed Azelia Ley Homestead  | 32°05′33″S 115°46′19″E﻿ / ﻿32.0925°S 115.7719°E﻿ / -32.0925; 115.7719﻿ (Manning Lake)
| Market Garden Swamp 1  | Spearwood |  | 32°06′44″S 115°46′44″E﻿ / ﻿32.112294°S 115.778963°E﻿ / -32.112294; 115.778963﻿ (Market Garden Swamp 1)
| Market Garden Swamp 2  | Lake Coogee |  | 32°07′30″S 115°46′49″E﻿ / ﻿32.125030°S 115.780264°E﻿ / -32.125030; 115.780264﻿ (Market Garden Swamp 2)
| Lake Coogee | Lake Coogee |  | 32°08′06″S 115°46′36″E﻿ / ﻿32.1350°S 115.7767°E﻿ / -32.1350; 115.7767﻿ (Lake Coogee)
| Brownman Swamps  | Henderson |  | 32°09′54″S 115°47′14″E﻿ / ﻿32.165128°S 115.787342°E﻿ / -32.165128; 115.787342﻿ (Brownman Swamp)
| Lake Mount Brown  | Henderson |  | 32°10′24″S 115°47′23″E﻿ / ﻿32.173333°S 115.789833°E﻿ / -32.173333; 115.789833﻿ (Lake Mount Brown)
| Mount Brown  | Henderson &

Naval Base | Contains a lookout with views of the surrounding areas and Cockburn Sound | 32°10′54″S 115°47′00″E﻿ / ﻿32.1817°S 115.7833°E﻿ / -32.1817; 115.7833﻿ (Mount Brown)
| Henderson Foreshore  | Henderson &

Naval Base | Contains a lookout and a short cliff top walk

Offers views of Garden Island and Carnac Island | 32°10′24″S 115°46′20″E﻿ / ﻿32.173330°S 115.772125°E﻿ / -32.173330; 115.772125﻿ (Henderson Foreshore)

## References

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1. ^ "National, marine and regional parks in Western Australia" (PDF). Department of Parks and Wildlife. June 2017. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2 June 2021. Retrieved 28 May 2021.
2. ^ a b Rockingham Lakes Regional Park Management Plan 2010 (PDF) (Report). Conservation Commission of Western Australia, Department of Environment and Conservation & City of Rockingham. 2010. Retrieved 28 May 2021.
3. ^ "Beeliar Regional Park and Adjacent Areas, Beeliar Dr, Beeliar, WA, Australia". Australian Heritage Database. Retrieved 28 May 2021.
4. ^ a b c d e Beeliar Regional Park Final Management Plan 2006 (PDF) (Report). Department of Conservation and Land Management. 2006. Retrieved 28 May 2021.

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