Ellenbrook, Western Australia
[9] Prior to development, Ellenbrook comprised uninhabited banksia and sheoak woodlands and wetlands,[10] which were used by transient Whadjuk Noongar people for hunting.[15] After 1838, with little having been done to the area, landowners George Leake and William Burges both surrendered the future western Ellenbrook portions of their grants back to the British Crown,[16] due to the poor agricultural value of their Bassendean sands soils making any land uses uneconomical to pursue.The Gnangara Settlement, a residential townsite for forestry workers was built in the area, along with a timber mill on Weatherill Road, which is now modern day Forestview Park.It offered a 27-hole golf course, a hotel, a leisure & function complex and an attached 390-lot rural residential estate, which marked the beginning of suburban development in the Ellenbrook area.[citation needed] The Department of Planning and Urban Development declared Ellenbrook a growth corridor for Perth in their 1990 'Metroplan' policy publication,[23] prompting the land-owners in the area to commence preliminary re-zoning discussions with the Shire and various agencies of the State Government.[citation needed] The 2000s began with Sanwa's withdrawal from the Ellenbrook project, divesting their 53% stake of the joint venture to Morella Pty Ltd[37] - a syndicate of Australian families, investors and developers, including Clough,[38] DCA[39] and Milton Corporation.[41] Upon conclusion of the divestment, Murphy set up an independent land development company, LWP Property Group Pty Ltd, to take over project management and represent the syndicate's interests.[47] The town centre also saw Swan Hills district MP Jaye Radisich establish her electorate office there,[48][49] starting a trend that subsequent MPs have since followed.[51] However, the election winner Barnett announced in May 2010 that he had cancelled the project,[52] declaring it uneconomical to proceed with, which attracted harsh criticism of the Liberal government.[35][60] The Shops, by this point rebranded to Ellenbrook Central after being sold to Vicinity Centres,[61] saw its stage 3 expansion completed in 2020, taking it to 118 tenancies across 47,000m2 of retail floor space.[67][5] ^a : Morgan Fields is part of the suburb of Henley Brook, but was included in the Ellenbrook joint venture and its community master plan[68] ^b : Includes the Lawley Private Estate[56] ^c : Unrelated to the locality of the same name west of Ellenbrook A range of different dwelling types are present across the villages, from apartments, micro-lots and townhouses to two-storey houses, large acreages and over-55s retirement housing.[35][77] With suburban development occurring in Henley Brook and Brabham to the south, this is no longer the case and Ellenbrook now forms part of the contiguous Swan Urban Growth Corridor.[80] The north of Ellenbrook contains a 158-hectare portion of the Maralla Road Nature Reserve,[81] a 590-hectare undisturbed wetland and lake system within the Sawpit Gully catchment.Ellenbrook is considered a major activity hub for Perth's north-eastern corridor and is designated a secondary metropolitan centre within the City of Swan, providing facilities and services for a wide catchment area.It serves the wider area, including the adjacent suburbs of Aveley, The Vines and Henley Brook and the towns of Upper Swan and Bullsbrook.Outside of Main Street is a large strip of big-box retail malls, service stations and fast food restaurants running along The Promenade,[105] plus a light industrial zone on The Broadway.In the south, Woodlake has its own village centre on Highpoint Boulevard with a range of groceries, health, retail and restaurant offerings and two primary schools in its vicinity.In the north, the District Centre area on Maffina Parade serves the northern villages of Ellenbrook,[59] as well as nearby parts of Aveley and The Vines.[115] The sports grounds share a mixture of facilities including clubrooms, change rooms, cricket nets, tennis & basketball courts and skateparks.[133] The station acts as a public transport hub for the wider urban area, providing a network of feeder bus routes to surrounding suburbs:[134]
Ellen BrookWestern AustraliaCoordinatesPostcode(s)LGA(s)City of SwanState electorate(s)Swan HillsWest SwanFederal division(s)HasluckSuburbsMelaleucaBullsbrookThe VinesHenley BrookAveleyplanned communityPerth's central business districtMidlandGovernment of Western Australiasecondary activity centreJames StirlingWhadjukNoongarSwan River Colonyland grantsGeorge LeakeWilliam BurgesBritish CrownBassendean sandsBelhusSwan Road DistrictForests Departmentpostal locality systemUpper SwanCorridor Plan for Perthsocial housingThe Vines Resort & Country Cluban attached 390-lot rural residential estateDepartment of Land AdministrationMultiplexjoint ventureEnvironmental Protection AuthorityWater Corporationits own suburbCloughMilton Corporationshopping mallWoolworthsJaye Radisich2008 Western Australian electionAlan CarpenterColin BarnettMt Lawley Pty LtdAveley Secondary CollegeVicinity CentresPerth to Darwin National HighwayEllenbrook railway line projectMark McGowan'stown centre terminus stationTransperthlocality of the same nameDepartment of Housingsocial and affordable housingTonkin HighwayGnangara RoadMillendon Junction to Narngulu railway lineWhitemanCullacabardeeBrabhamGnangara MoundBush ForeverWA's natural gas pipelinesDampier to Bunbury Natural Gas Pipeline2021 Australian census2022 federal electionLiberalGreensOne Nation2021 state electionChristiansSt John of God Midland HospitalCentrelinkDepartment of TransportMidland Magistrates CourtWAPOL'sSt JohnEllenbrook railway stationbig-boxfast food restaurantsEllenbrook Men's ShedBrigadoonEcho Newsdog parkssports clubsAustralian rules footballRugby unionwar memorialEllenbrook Secondary CollegeprivateChristian schoolsEllenbrook Christian CollegeJoondalupWestern Power'sstate route networkMorleyPerth AirportArmadaleGreat Northern HighwayMain Roads Western AustraliaDrumpellier DriveEllenbrook StationEllenbrook railway lineterminus stationBullsbrook Town CentreWhiteman Park StationWhitfords StationAustralian Bureau of StatisticsGoogle MapsThe West AustralianRita SaffiotiBeechboroBennett SpringsDaytonLockridge