Orange Grove, Western Australia

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Coordinates: 32°1′39″S 116°1′7″E / -32.0275, 116.01861

Orange Grove Perth, Western Australia
Bickley Dam and Reservoir panorama
Postcode:	6109
LGA:	City of Gosnells
Suburbs around Orange Grove: Wattle Grove Forrestfield Lesmurdie Kenwick Orange Grove Carmel Maddington Martin Canning Mills

Orange Grove is a suburb of Perth, Western Australia, located within the City of Gosnells. Its postcode is 6109.

In 2006, the local primary school, Orange Grove Primary School,^[1] became the first school in Western Australia to produce a podcast, with its show entitled Podkids Australia.^[2]

Despite the name, Bickley Dam is situated within Orange Grove. It was constructed in 1921 on Bickley Brook, a tributary of the Canning River. This created Bickley Reservoir, 32°1′47″S, 116°2′12″E, which has a capacity of 0.06 gigalitres (GL). It is a source of drinking water for the Integrated Water Supply System (IWSS) which services Perth, Mandurah, Pinjarra, Harvey and the Goldfields and Agricultural regions. It was used as a direct source of water for Perth until 1994. Since 1994 however it has operated as a pumpback for Victoria Reservoir due to low pipeline pressure and poor water quality.^[3]

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