Medina, Western Australia
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Medina is a suburb of Perth, Western Australia
, located within the Town of Kwinana.
Medina was the first of the Kwinana suburbs to be named after ships. The Medina arrived at the Swan River Colony
in July 1830 with 51 passengers on board. The ship's name Medina is believed to be derived from a river on the Isle of Wight
, and was approved as a suburb name in 1953.
Medina is a well-established suburb, designed in the early 1950s by Perth's first female town planner, Margaret Feilman. Medina was the first of Kwinana's four 'neighbourhood units' developed to meet the housing needs of the newly-established BP Refinery.
The housing is typical of this era (for Western Australia) and similar to the suburb of Hilton
. Mostly the houses are built with jarrah hardwood and almost all of them feature jarrah hardwood floors. Deconstructing a cottage also reveals that all the internal structures are jarrah. Most blocks are 730 square metres (7,857.7 sq ft) or greater in size.
Recently the Government announced an injection of A$
11.2 bn for improvements in infrastructure, community-based programs and new commercial enterprise along with medium density housing around the centre of the Kwinana area. The suburb of Medina is currently undergoing a sustainability review, facilitated by a not for profit town planning and design organisation in conjunction with the Town of Kwinana, with a focus on revitalising the small "strip shops" originally built to serve the community.
Perth, Western Australia
Perth is the capital and largest city of the Australian state of Western Australia and the fourth most populous city in Australia. The Perth metropolitan area has an estimated population of almost 1,700,000....
, located within the Town of Kwinana.
Medina was the first of the Kwinana suburbs to be named after ships. The Medina arrived at the Swan River Colony
Swan River Colony
The Swan River Colony was a British settlement established in 1829 on the Swan River, in Western Australia. The name was a pars pro toto for Western Australia. In 1832, the colony was officially renamed Western Australia, when the colony's founding Lieutenant-Governor, Captain James Stirling,...
in July 1830 with 51 passengers on board. The ship's name Medina is believed to be derived from a river on the Isle of Wight
Isle of Wight
The Isle of Wight is a county and the largest island of England, located in the English Channel, on average about 2–4 miles off the south coast of the county of Hampshire, separated from the mainland by a strait called the Solent...
, and was approved as a suburb name in 1953.
Medina is a well-established suburb, designed in the early 1950s by Perth's first female town planner, Margaret Feilman. Medina was the first of Kwinana's four 'neighbourhood units' developed to meet the housing needs of the newly-established BP Refinery.
The housing is typical of this era (for Western Australia) and similar to the suburb of Hilton
Hilton, Western Australia
Hilton is a suburb of Perth, Western Australia, located within the City of Fremantle.The suburb has an eclectic mixture of weatherboard, fibro and brick dwellings...
. Mostly the houses are built with jarrah hardwood and almost all of them feature jarrah hardwood floors. Deconstructing a cottage also reveals that all the internal structures are jarrah. Most blocks are 730 square metres (7,857.7 sq ft) or greater in size.
Recently the Government announced an injection of A$
Australian dollar
The Australian dollar is the currency of the Commonwealth of Australia, including Christmas Island, Cocos Islands, and Norfolk Island, as well as the independent Pacific Island states of Kiribati, Nauru and Tuvalu...
11.2 bn for improvements in infrastructure, community-based programs and new commercial enterprise along with medium density housing around the centre of the Kwinana area. The suburb of Medina is currently undergoing a sustainability review, facilitated by a not for profit town planning and design organisation in conjunction with the Town of Kwinana, with a focus on revitalising the small "strip shops" originally built to serve the community.