Mount Richon is a suburb of Perth, Western Australia in the City of Armadale.
Mount Richon is a suburb of Perth, Western Australia in the City of Armadale. Formerly part of Armadale and Wungong, Mount Richon was approved as a suburb in 2003. It occupies the western slope of the darling range from the intersection of the Albany and South Western Highways south to Leys Rise, is bounded on the west by the South-Western Highway and is bounded on the east by the Albany Highway and Bungendore Park.Mount Richon is named after a vineyard that formerly existed in the area.
History
The major themes in the documented history of this suburb are as follows (in chronological order):
Aboriginal occupation.
Early exploration by European settlers.
Early grants, two boundaries of which create the 'indent' on the eastern boundary of the Mount Richon suburb.
Establishment of the W.A. Mining Company and the Colony's first mining venture (Cole's Shaft) in the late 1840s.
Formation of the Albany and South Western Highways, and establishment of the Narrogin Inn.
Dead Man's Gully and the associated legend.
Establishment of the Armadale Brickworks, the associated extraction of shale from the escarpment and the extraordinary tramline operated by 'endless haulage gear'. Wood cutting by members of the Serls family and others and the consequent creation of Bedfordale Hill Road.
Establishment of the Marian's Vineyard (aka Slavonian Vineyard), later renamed the Richon Vineyards by GVP McCarthy.
Operation of granite quarry on the south side of the Albany Highway, east of the Narrogin Inn, in the 1920s.
Closure of the Armadale Brickworks and shale quarry, and early suburban development on the escarpment above the Armadale town centre.
Trouble with bushfires originating in Bedfordale (fanned by the Easterly Wind).
Closure of the Richon Vineyards in the 1950s, removal of vines and gradual ruination of the cellars and homestead.
Suburban development around Tredale Avenue consequent to the establishment of Armadale High School in 1957.
Subdivision south of Tredale and the building of the Schoenstatt Shrine around 1990.
Southward expansion: development of the caravan park, demolition of the derelict Richon Cellars in 1989 and subdivision of the former vineyard property in the early 1990s.
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