Mahogany Creek, Western Australia
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Mahogany Creek is a suburb in the shire of Mundaring, Western Australia.
It was the location of the historic Mahogany Creek Inn, a structure and location that was on what was the York Road, now known as the Great Eastern Highway - which can be traced back over 130 years. It is heritage listed.
On the Great Eastern Highway, Mahogany Creek is also the location of the steepest rise after Greenmount Hill.
The suburb had a population of 763 in 1991, and in 1996 it was 822.
There was also a railway station on the original route of the Eastern Railway, and there had been a number of shops close to the railway station. Only one remains, but as an antiques shop.
[edit] References
- Elliot, Ian (1983). Mundaring - A History of the Shire, 2nd ed., Mundaring: Mundaring Shire. ISBN 0-9592776-0-9.
- Spillman, Ken (2003). Life was meant to be here: community and local government in the Shire of Mundaring. Mundaring: Mundaring Shire. ISBN 0-9592776-3-3.
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