Mardella

Suburb of Perth, Western Australia

Mardella
Perth, Western Australia

The former General Store at Mardella

Coordinates| 32°19′13″S 115°57′04″E﻿ / ﻿32.32036°S 115.95101°E﻿ / -32.32036; 115.95101
Population| 446 (SAL 2021)[1]
Established| 1997
Postcode(s)| 6125
Area| 64.4 km2 (24.9 sq mi)[2]
Location|

* 41 km (25 mi) from Perth
* 20 km (12 mi) from Armadale
* 20 km (12 mi) from Rockingham
* 32 km (20 mi) from Mandurah

LGA(s)| Shire of Serpentine-Jarrahdale
State electorate(s)| Darling Range
Federal division(s)| Canning
| Suburbs around Mardella:

Oldbury | Oldbury/
Mundijong | Mundijong/
Jarrahdale
Baldivis | Mardella | Jarrahdale
Baldivis | Hopeland/
Serpentine | Serpentine

Mardella is an outer suburb of Perth, Western Australia, lying approximately 41 kilometres (25 mi) south-southeast of the central business district. It is located within the Shire of Serpentine-Jarrahdale, and at the 2011 census had a population of 303 people. Although falling within the Perth metropolitan area, Mardella is mostly rural in nature, with a significant proportion of the population engaged in farming.[3]

## History

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Mardella is named after the Mardella Farm, which was established in the first few decades of European settlement.[4] The names of both Mardella and the nearby Medulla Brook are derived from the same Aboriginal root word. Mardella has been used as a locality name since at least 1898, when a railway siding on the South Western Railway was opened under that name. However, it was only formally gazetted as a suburb in 1997.[5] A community organisation erected a district hall in the 1950s,[6] and at one stage Mardella supported a general store.[7]

## Geography

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The Serpentine River flows through Mardella, forming parts of its western and southern boundaries. The suburb also contains Medulla Brook, a small ephemeral stream. The western portion of Mardella contains a significant amount of uncleared bushland, as well as a small pine plantation. The rest of the suburb is mostly farmland. Mardella's eastern boundary is the South Western Highway, which links Perth with the South West. Part of its northern boundary is the route of a proposed extension to Tonkin Highway.[8]

The Lowlands Nature Reserve, situated along the Serpentine River in the west of Mardella, was declared in 2014.[9][10] It is located around the heritage listed Lowlands Homestead.[11]

## See also

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* List of Perth suburbs

## References

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1. ^ Australian Bureau of Statistics (28 June 2022). "Mardella (suburb and locality)". Australian Census 2021 QuickStats. Retrieved 28 June 2022.
2. ^ Australian Bureau of Statistics (28 June 2022). "2021 Community Profiles: Mardella(Suburbs and Localities)". 2021 Census of Population and Housing. Retrieved 23 July 2022.
3. ^ Australian Bureau of Statistics (31 October 2012). "Mardella (State Suburb)". 2011 Census QuickStats. Retrieved 28 January 2017.
4. ^ For instance, this March 1861 advertisement in The Perth Gazette offers "Mardella Farm, Serpentine" for sale or lease.
5. ^ Perth suburb names, Landgate. Retrieved 28 January 2017.
6. ^ "Mardella Hall Site Granted", South Western Advertiser, 19 June 1952.
7. ^ Mardella, Photographs of Perth and the South West of Western Australia. Retrieved 28 January 2017.
8. ^ Perth Street Directory (4th edition), Quality Publishing Australia (2014), pp. 340–341, 361–363.
9. ^ "Terrestrial CAPAD 2022 WA summary". www.dcceew.gov.au/. Department of Climate Change, Energy, the Environment and Water. Retrieved 18 November 2024.
10. ^ "NationalMap". nationalmap.gov.au. Geoscience Australia. Retrieved 18 November 2024.
11. ^ "Lowlands Homestead". inherit.stateheritage.wa.gov.au. Heritage Council of Western Australia. Retrieved 18 November 2024.

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Towns and suburbs of the Shire of Serpentine-Jarrahdale, Perth, Western Australia

* Byford
* Cardup
* Darling Downs
* Hopeland
* Jarrahdale
* Karrakup
* Keysbrook
* Mardella
* Mundijong
* Oakford
* Oldbury
* Serpentine
* Whitby

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