“The Vines” originated from an estate of the same name involved with viticulture. Growth of the suburb centred around the development of The Vines Golf Course and Resort in 1989, with first residents moving into the area in the same year. (Source: City of Swan) The...
Ellenbrook is named after the Ellen Brook, a tributary of the Swan River, which forms part of the area’s eastern boundary. The tributary was named after Ellen Stirling, the wife of the colony’s first Governor, James Stirling. Since residential development commenced in...
The area comprising Aveley was once part of the suburb of Ellenbrook. In 1897, George Hardey Barrett-Lennard purchased a large tract of land and named the property “Belhus”, after the family estate in Aveley, England. The name Aveley was approved in 2006. (Source:...
