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Suburb of Perth, Western Australia
Gooseberry Hill
Perth, Western Australia
Gooseberry Hill viewed from
the Kalamunda Zig Zag
Coordinates31°57′14″S 116°02′56″E / 31.954°S 116.049°E / -31.954; 116.049
Population3,323 (SAL 2021)
Postcode(s)6076
Location25 km (16 mi) from Perth
LGA(s)City of Kalamunda
State electorate(s)Kalamunda
Federal division(s)Hasluck
Suburbs around Gooseberry Hill:
Hazlemere Helena Valley Darlington
Bushmead Gooseberry Hill Piesse Brook
Forrestfield Kalamunda Kalamunda

Gooseberry Hill is a suburb of Perth, Western Australia, located within the City of Kalamunda. It is the site of Gooseberry Hill National Park.

It is located at the highest point south of the departure of the Helena River from the Darling Scarp on to the Swan Coastal Plain. It is often associated with the railway formation of the Kalamunda Zig Zag and the northernmost high feature of Statham's Quarry, which lie on the north west of the locality within national park land.

In 1861, Benjamin Robins purchased 16 hectares (40 acres) of land in the area. In 1878 surveyor Henry Samuel Ranford recorded the name of the eponymous hill as Gooseberry Hill; that name, derived from the presence of cape gooseberries in the area, referred to the Kalamunda area generally in the late 19th century. The townsite was officially gazetted on 8 June 1959.

Gooseberry Hill was the location of a war-time tragedy when a United States Navy C-47 Skytrain (DC-3) plane crashed in heavy fog on 19 April 1945 after taking off from Guildford Airport (which became Perth Airport). All of the US servicemen, the Royal Navy officer, and three US Red Cross women on board were killed. The plane crashed between Gooseberry Hill Road and Lansdown Road, 7.2 kilometres (4.5 mi) from the end of the take-off runway, having travelled in an almost straight course to the point of impact.

The suburb contains two schools, Gooseberry Hill Primary School, a government school established in 1972, and Mary's Mount Primary School, a Catholic school established in 1921.

Transport

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References

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  3. ^ "History of metropolitan suburb names – G". Western Australian Land Information Authority. Archived from the original on 16 March 2022. Retrieved 13 October 2019.
  4. "Ranford Family" (PDF). State Library of Western Australia. Retrieved 13 October 2019.
  5. "6.0 Thematic History". MUNICIPAL HERITAGE INVENTORY 2019 (PDF). City of Kalamunda. May 2019. Retrieved 13 October 2019.
  6. ^ "Crash of a US Navy R4D-5 (DC-3), "Blue Goose" at Gooseberry Hill, Kalamunda near Perth, WA on 19 April 1945". ozcrashes. Archived from the original on 19 September 2008. Retrieved 5 September 2008.
  7. "Thirteen Dead: U.S.N. Transport Plane crashes at Gooseberry Hill". West Australian. Vol. 61, no. 18338. Western Australia. 20 April 1945. p. 6. Retrieved 17 December 2024 – via National Library of Australia.
  8. "Crash Victims: Burial Yesterday". West Australian. Vol. 61, no. 18341. Western Australia. 24 April 1945. p. 4. Retrieved 17 December 2024 – via National Library of Australia.
  9. "Gooseberry Hill Primary School". Gooseberry Hill Primary School. Archived from the original on 13 October 2019. Retrieved 13 October 2019.
  10. "Our History". Mary's Mount Primary School. Retrieved 13 October 2019.
  11. "Route 274". Bus Timetable 109 (PDF). Transperth. 11 October 2024 .
  12. "Route 275". Bus Timetable 109 (PDF). Transperth. 11 October 2024 .
  13. "Route 276". Bus Timetable 109 (PDF). Transperth. 11 October 2024 .
  14. "Route 307". Bus Timetable 110 (PDF). Transperth. 6 November 2024 .
Suburbs of the City of Kalamunda, Perth, Western Australia
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