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Maylands 1901 to 1913

Maylands history from Federation up to World War I

1902

The Central Hotel was operating on the corner of Eighth Avenue and Guildford Road, Maylands.

1903

After Joseph Hardey’s death, his son Richard developed the land for sale for urban settlement in 1903. This coincided with the growth of the Maylands town area, which absorbed the Peninsula as a suburb known as Maylands.

Building of the Rail and Traffic bridge at the corner of Seventh Avenue and Whatley Crescent, Maylands

Maylands Primary School was built on the southern side of Guildford Road between Peninsula Road and Sixth Avenue, Maylands.

1906

The Peninsula Hotel was operating on the corner of Eighth Avenue and Railway Parade Maylands
This hotel was designed and built by Gus Liebe,  better known as the architect and builder of His Majesty’s Theatre in Hay Street, Perth.

1908

The Maylands Police Station and residential quarters was built on the southern side of Guildford Road, between Eighth Avenue and Ninth Avenues. (This building now houses the Maylands Historical and Peninsula Association.)

The Mephan Ferguson foundry had a rail line across Railway Terrace  (now Whatley Crescent) so it could load water pipes directly onto the trains.

1913

Opening of the new Maylands Baptist Church building on Seventh Avenue, Maylands.

 

 

 

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