Maylands History

Telling our stories

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Who we are

The Maylands Historical and Peninsula Association Inc (MHPA) is a non-profit incorporated association focused on the history and heritage of the Perth suburb of Maylands in Western Australia. Our members, Committee, sponsors and newsletter advertisers all work together to help our Association to research, celebrate, share and care for the history and heritage of our fascinating suburb.

Our Association formed in October 1992 at a public meeting held in the Maylands Library. We were promoted by the Maylands Ratepayers and Residents Association and declared the Maylands Historical Society by the Mayor of the City of Stirling. We were officially registered as the Maylands Historical Society Incorporated on 1 December 1992.

On 5 June 2003, we merged with the Peninsula Association and changed our name to the Maylands Historical and Peninsula Association Inc. to reflect the caretaker work we helped with at the Old Peninsula Hotel in addition to our other historical work.

In 2012, the City of Bayswater provided our Association with a lease for the Old Police Station on Guildford Road at Maylands. We began operating from that building on Friday 19 October 2012 with an opening attended by past and current members, City of Bayswater Councillors and Mayor, and other members of the public.

In 2017, our Association celebrated 25 years of telling our stories of Maylands.

 

Our aims & objectives

The objects of the Association as detailed in our Constitution are:

  • To collect, classify and preserve records relating to the history of Maylands and surrounding areas.
  • To preserve the natural and built heritage of the Maylands area.
  • To generate a strong civic pride in the Maylands area from all sections of the community and to encourage fellowship of an historic nature.
  • To purchase, lease, hire or by any other legal means acquire any real or personal estate necessary or convenient for the purpose of the Association.
  • To buy, sell, supply and deal in all kinds of apparatus and all kinds of provisions, liquid and solid, required or used by members of the Association.
  • To hire and employ all classes of persons whose services may be deemed necessary for the purposes of the Association.
  • To invest moneys of the Association not immediately required for any of its objects in such a manner as from time to time may be determined.
  • To do all such other lawful things as are incidental or conducive to the attainment of the objects aforesaid or any of them.

 

Support us

You can support our work by:

  • coming to our monthly meetings in the Dining Room of the Peninsula Hotel, Railway Parade, Maylands,
  • visiting us and our displays at the Old Police Station, Guildford Road, Maylands during our opening hours,
  • browsing and linking to our website, Facebook page or Flickr collections or YouTube Channel,
  • commenting on, updating and adding to our information,
  • making a donation (Click here for details),
  • becoming one of our sponsors,
  • advertising in our newsletter,
  • joining our association,
  • volunteering with us, or
  • doing an oral history interview or a video interview about some aspect of Maylands history.

From our blog

  • ANZAC Day 2018
  • Fo Guang Shan Buddhist Temple, Guildford Road, Maylands
  • Share your Maylands Memories
  • Inside the Maylands Brickworks

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