Huntingdale is one of Perth’s younger suburbs, but the land it sits on has a long history.
How Huntingdale got its name
The City of Gosnells describes Huntingdale as a developers’ promotional name, established in a few short years during the building boom of the early 1970s.
Before the suburb
The City of Gosnells records that the Canning River, Djarlgarra Beeliar, supplied food for the Beeliar and Beloo people.
How it grew
In November 1829 John Okey Davis was granted 7,026 acres, covering nearly all of present-day Gosnells, Huntingdale and Southern River. The first Southern River Road bridge was built in 1917 and replaced by a timber bridge in 1928.
The City of Gosnells records that the area’s population almost doubled between 1966 and 1970, from 11,000 to 21,000, and that suburbs such as Huntingdale followed in the 1970s.
Places that tell the story
A marri tree at the rear of Balfour Street Reserve is believed to be more than 150 years old, about 30 metres tall with a canopy about as wide. It is on the municipal inventory.
The current Southern River Road bridge dates from 1980 and follows the line of the 1917 and 1928 bridges.
Huntingdale today
Huntingdale is a family suburb of 1970s and later houses.
More about Huntingdale
For what Huntingdale is like to live in now, read our Huntingdale suburb profile. If you own a property in Huntingdale and are thinking about selling, start with buyers for your property.
Sources
Dates and names are drawn from the sources above. Where sources differ, we have said so or given an approximate date.
By Key Performance Real Estate, 338 Beaufort Street, Perth
