Piesse Brook, Western Australia
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Piesse Brook is a suburb of Perth, Western Australia
, located within the Shire of Kalamunda
. It was officially named in 1972, although the name had been in use since 1890 for a watercourse in the area which itself honoured William Roper Piesse, a prominent citizen with a large family who were at one point based in Guildford
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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 Shire of Kalamunda
Shire of Kalamunda
The Shire of Kalamunda is a Local Government Area in the eastern suburbs of the Western Australian capital city of Perth, located about east of Perth's central business district. The Shire covers an area of , much of which is state forest rising into the Darling Scarp to the east...
. It was officially named in 1972, although the name had been in use since 1890 for a watercourse in the area which itself honoured William Roper Piesse, a prominent citizen with a large family who were at one point based in Guildford
Guildford, Western Australia
Guildford is a suburb of Perth, Western Australia, located 13 km northeast of the city. Its Local Government Area is the City of Swan.-History:Guildford was established in 1829 on the Swan River, being sited near a permanent fresh water supply...
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