37-512: Castle Hill may refer to: Places [ edit ] Australia [ edit ] Castle Hill, a small hill and land area in Bicton, Western Australia Castle Hill, New South Wales , a suburb of Sydney Castle Hill, Queensland , a suburb of Townsville Castle Hill, Townsville , a granite monolith United Kingdom [ edit ] England [ edit ] Castle Hill, Brighton ,
74-858: A location Castlehill, South Ayrshire , a location Castlehill, Scottish Borders , a location Castlehill Fort , the Roman Fort on the Antonine Wall in Scotland, near Bearsden Wales [ edit ] Castle Hill, Ceredigion Ireland [ edit ] Castle Hill, Kerry , 600 m peak in Slieve Mish Mountains Castlehill, County Mayo , a village in County Mayo, Ireland United States [ edit ] Castle Hill (Sitka, Alaska) , an archaeological site Castle Hill, California ,
111-763: A Site of Special Scientific Interest near Brighton, East Sussex Castle Hill, Cambridge , a hill and street in Cambridge Castle Hill, Chessington , a Local Nature Reserve in London Castle Hill, Dudley Castle , West Midlands Castle Hill, Englefield Green , Surrey Castle Hill, Filleigh , a privately owned Palladian House in North Devon Castle Hill, Folkestone , a hill on the North Downs near Folkestone, Kent Castle Hill, Hampshire , Iron Age fortification
148-847: A census-designated place Castle Hill, Maine , a town in Aroostook County Castle Hill (Ipswich, Massachusetts) , a historic house Castle Hill, Bronx , New York, a neighborhood in New York City Castle Hill Light , Newport, Rhode Island, a historic lighthouse and inn Castle Hill (Virginia) , a historic plantation in Albemarle County Castle Hills, Texas , a small city in Bexar County Other countries [ edit ] Castle Hill, Newfoundland and Labrador , Canada Castle Hill (Buda) ,
185-710: A number of articles named Castle Hill in German Castle on the Hill (disambiguation) Castle Mound (disambiguation) [REDACTED] Topics referred to by the same term This disambiguation page lists articles about distinct geographical locations with the same name. If an internal link led you here, you may wish to change the link to point directly to the intended article. Retrieved from " https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Castle_Hill&oldid=1178391088 " Category : Place name disambiguation pages Hidden categories: Short description
222-526: Is a predominantly sandstone mountain range at the eastern end of the Dingle Peninsula in County Kerry , Ireland. Stretching 19 kilometres (12 miles), from the first major peak of Barnanageehy outside of Tralee in the east, to Cnoc na Stuaice in near Central Dingle in the west, the range has over 17 material peaks (e.g. height above 100 m), with the core of the mountain range based around
259-457: Is different from Wikidata All article disambiguation pages All disambiguation pages Bicton, Western Australia Bicton is an affluent riverside suburb of Perth, Western Australia , located 10 kilometres (6.2 mi) south-west of the central business district . The suburb is mostly residential, and falls within the City of Melville local government area. Bicton borders
296-746: Is located within the catchment area of Melville Senior High School , having previously fallen within the John Curtin College of the Arts catchment area. Bicton Primary School is used as a polling booth by the Western Australian Electoral Commission for both state and federal elections. A small tornado in May 2005 caused significant damage in the Bicton area, causing $ 6 million damage to the school. This resulted in
333-504: Is residential. Bicton is one of the most hilly coastal suburbs of Perth, with Castle Hill the most prominent hill. The suburb has several beaches, most notably at Bicton Baths, Point Walter and along the Bicton foreshore. The suburb lies on the Swan Coastal Plain . Much of Bicton is situated on limestone base-rock, with the cliffs at Blackwall Reach composed entirely of limestone. Many houses, especially those built around
370-677: The Perth Gazette called "a lamentable accident" while attempting to sink a well on Duffield's property. The Bicton Racecourse was established in 1904 on land leased by the Higham family after the closure of the South Fremantle Racecourse . The course was closed in 1917 after the passing of the WA Racing Restrictions Act . The former racecourse was subdivided into suburban blocks in 1919, and
407-567: The Swan River to the north, with the northern third of the suburb taken up by a Class-A reserve at Point Walter . Originally settled in the 1830s, when a large vineyard was established, Bicton was mainly rural until the subdivision of the former Bicton Racecourse, beginning in 1919. Further subdivisions of the Castle Hill area in 1921 established the suburb as a middle-class area of Fremantle . Bicton underwent further expansion after
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#1732766103855444-502: The massif of its highest peak, Baurtregaum , and its deep glacial valleys of Derrymore Glen and Curraheen Glen. The Irish language term "Sliabh" denotes a mountain, however, the precise meaning of "Mis" has not been validated. Irish academic Paul Tempan notes that it could be related to Slemish mountain in County Antrim , where the term "Mis" is from a female name, and thus translates as "the mountains of Mis". Like many of
481-436: The 910 (previously the 106) and the 111. The 765 school special runs through Bicton during the school term. All services are operated by Swan Transit . A tramway network , Fremantle Municipal Tramways , operated a branch line to Point Walter between 1915 and 1939, by way of Canning Road and Point Walter Road. The opening of this line helped to develop Point Walter into a popular resort and place of entertainment. Along with
518-496: The Castle Hill area, close to Point Walter, was subdivided in 1921 by Gold Estates. Further development occurred after the conclusion of the Second World War. Bicton is bounded by Petra Street to the west, Stock Road to the east, Canning Highway to the south and the Swan River to the north ( Melville Water ) and northwest ( Blackwall Reach ). Apart from the reserve and golf course at Point Walter, almost all of Bicton
555-666: The Derrymore Glen and the Curraheen Glen), however the range does not have the sharp rocky arêtes and ridges of the MacGillycuddy Reeks range. Overlooking Tralee Bay on the northern side and Dingle Bay on the south, the range extends for 19 kilometres from just outside Tralee in the east to the centre of the Dingle Peninsula in the west. The range is often described as the "backbone" of
592-493: The Dingle Peninsula because of distribution of most of its major peaks along narrow south-west to north-east "spine" that extends to 6 kilometres at its widest part. The core of the range is the massif of its highest point Baurtregaum 851 metres (2,792 ft), and the main peaks of the range sit and Baurtregaum's high grassy ridge from Baurtregaum Far NW Top 603 metres (1,978 ft)in the east, to Caherconree 835 metres (2,740 ft), and Gearhane 792 metres (2,598 ft), in
629-1384: The New Forest in Hampshire Castle Hill, Huddersfield , in the county of West Yorkshire in England Castle Hill, Malvern Hills, in the parish of Wichenford Castle Hill, Mere , in Wiltshire, England Castle Hill, Oxfordshire , part of Wittenham Clumps Castle Hill, Rattray , Devon Castle Hill, Stockport , Greater Manchester Castle Hill, Ipswich, Suffolk , an area of Ipswich Castle Hill Ward, Ipswich Great Ashfield Castle , Suffolk, England Castle Hill, Thetford , an earthwork fortification in Thetford, Norfolk Castle Hill, Torrington , Iron Age earthworks and hill fort in Devon Castle Hill, Winchester , Council Chamber for Hampshire County Council Castle Hill, Wolverley , Worcestershire Scotland [ edit ] Castle Hill, Caprington , East Ayrshire. Castlehill, Dumbarton , in Scotland Castlehill, Edinburgh Castlehill, Perth and Kinross ,
666-532: The borders of Bicton, while the Bicton Uniting Church is located in the neighbouring suburb of Palmyra . Three aged care facilities – Carinya of Bicton, Braemar Lodge and Craigview Grove are located in Bicton. The Bicton-Palmyra subchapter of the Returned and Services League (RSL) is located on Foss Street. The Leopold Hotel is located on the corner of Point Walter Road and Canning Highway, and
703-534: The closure of the school for four weeks. Canning Highway , running between Fremantle and The Causeway in Victoria Park , makes up the southern border of the suburb. Other major roads include Petra Street, making up the western border, Stock Road, making up the eastern border, and Preston Point Road, running through the suburb. Bicton is served by the 148 and 158 Transperth bus routes from Fremantle station , as well as services along Canning Highway ,
740-575: The conclusion of World War II. Now with a large demographic of business owners and high net worth individuals, Bicton is considered one of the most affluent riverside suburbs in Perth. Prior to European settlement, the Beeliar subgroup of the Noongar Aboriginal people obtained food and drinking water from the river edges and open grassy areas. The sandbar at Point Walter was used as one of
777-503: The few river crossing between the mouth of the river and The Narrows . The area around Point Walter was known as Dyoondalup in the local language, meaning "place of white sand", and featured in local creation myths . The area along the East Fremantle and Bicton foreshores, extending into Blackwall Reach , was called Quaada gabee , meaning "beautiful water", and included a number of freshwater springs. The Swan River Colony
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#1732766103855814-772: The land being subdivided and the rest becoming the Quarantine Park, with the jetty converted to use for recreational purposes. There are five public parks operated by the City of Melville located in Bicton: Bicton Quarantine Park, Fred Jones Reserve, Harry Grose Reserve, John Dickinson Reserve, and Rod Campbell Park, as well as reserves located at Bicton Baths (including Bicton Pool), Blackwall Reach and Point Walter . An eight-hole golf course, Point Walter Golf Course, and tennis courts, are also located at Point Walter. The suburb also includes several playgrounds and bicycle and walking paths along
851-796: The mountain ranges in County Kerry, such as the MacGillycuddy Reeks in the Iveragh Peninsula , the Slieve Mish Mountains are composed predominantly of Devonian period Old Red Sandstone , with a band of Ordovician period metasediments on the western slopes of the range. The rocks of the Slieve Mish Mountains and the Brandon Group in the Dingle Peninsula are Ordovician to Late Carboniferous in age, 485 to 330 millions years ago (Ma). At
888-635: The older major faults . Very large NE-SE trending (in the west) and E-W trending (in the east) open upright folds were created in the Dinge Peninsula. The Slieve Mish Anticline in the east provides evidence of this. The erosional products of this were deposited in the Munster Basin. The Slieve Mish range was also subject to significant glaciation with corries (e.g. the upper lakes of the Derrymore Glen), U-shaped valleys (e.g.
925-671: The oldest part of the Hungarian capital Castle Hill, New Zealand Castle Hill (Vilnius) , Lithuania Castle Hill, Ljubljana, Slovenia, the location of the Ljubljana Castle Linnanmäki (Castle Hill), an amusement park in Helsinki, Finland Zamkova Hora (Kyiv) (Castle Hill), Kyiv, Ukraine Ships [ edit ] SS Castle Hill , a British cargo ship in service 1949-50 See also [ edit ] Schlossberg (disambiguation) , for
962-628: The peninsula is an exception in the area in that the contact between the two facies is conformable. The rocks are purple–red due to the oxidation of iron-rich sediments which accumulated in semi-arid climate. In places they are green from chlorination. These colours are still visible today. There are virtually no fossils in Old Red Sandstone. The composition of Old Red Sandstone is variable. Largely fluvial sandstones and conglomerates dominate and there are mudstones , siltstones . Boulders containing quartz pebbles are visible throughout
999-610: The range. The Palaeozoic rocks of the Dinge Peninsula have been affected by deformations caused by three orogenies (mountain building events) the Early Caledonian (c. 470 Ma) Acadian (c. 400 Ma) and Variscan (c. 318–297 Ma) orogenies. The Variscan orogeny uplifted and deformed the Devonian and Early Carboniferous rocks, tightened the folds of the Caledonian and Acadian orogenies and reactivated many of
1036-717: The river, which was established as a baths in 1926 by the swimming club. Two teams competing in the Australian National Water Polo League , the Fremantle Mariners (men's), and the Fremantle Marlins (women's), play their home games at the pool. The Tom Hoad Cup , an international water polo tournament, has been held yearly since 2003 at the pool. A cricket club, the Bicton Junior Cricket Club,
1073-502: The shores of the Swan River. The suburb contains one state-run primary school , Bicton Primary School, established in 1904 and located on View Terrace. As of semester one, 2011, the school has a total enrolment of 410 students, consisting of 40 kindergarten , 54 pre-primary , and 316 primary students. Bicton is occasionally used by the local community, and shares the hosting of an annual fête with other local schools. The school
1110-515: The time Ireland was in a hot equatorial setting. During a 60 million year period, Ireland was the site of a major basin, known as the Munster basin, and Cork and Kerry were effectively a large alluvial floodplain. The rocks in the Dinge Peninsula have an earlier, Silurian , shallow marine facies and a later, Devonian , continental red-bed facies. The transition between the two is unconformable or faulted . The island of Inishnabro just off
1147-467: The trams came electric lighting, and, soon afterwards, shops and restaurants. Entertainment at Point Walter included McNamara's Band, and panoramic views of the Swan River. Bicton has one polling booth in federal and state elections, located at Bicton Primary School. At federal level , Bicton is located within the Division of Tangney. At state level, Bicton is located in the district of Bicton , which
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1184-463: The turn of the 19th and 20th centuries, were built on limestone foundations quarried from Bicton. Bicton's soil is generally sandy and infertile. The Bicton foreshore has been a popular place for families to visit. Barely 20 metres from Bicton Baths is a grass area with a square jetty that is a popular destination for swimming, fishing and other water activities. The Melville Water Polo Club and Bicton Swimming Club are based at Bicton Pool overlooking
1221-554: The west. Bautregaum has two major glacial U-shaped valleys , the long 4.5-kilometre easterly Curraheen Glen (with the Curraheen River), and the shorter but deeper northerly Derrymore Glen (Derrymore River), with its three corrie lakes. After descending to the north–south mountain pass of Bóthar na gCloch ("road of the stones") to the west, the spine of the range rises up again at Knockbrack 459 metres (1,506 ft) and Lack Mountain 465 metres (1,526 ft), to run in
1258-780: Was created for the 2017 state election . In the Western Australian Legislative Council , Bicton falls into the electoral region of South Metropolitan . At local government level, Bicton is part of the Bicton-Attadale Ward of the City of Melville , along with Attadale . Bicton-Attadale elects two councillors, currently June Barton (term expiring 2013) and Susanne Taylor-Rees (term expiring 2015). [REDACTED] Media related to Bicton, Western Australia at Wikimedia Commons Castle Hill, Kerry Slieve Mish Mountains ( Irish : Sliabh Mis , meaning '[possibly] mountains of Mis'),
1295-742: Was declared by Charles Fremantle in April 1829, however, Bicton was not settled until 1830, when four land grants were given to John Hole Duffield, who had arrived on Warrior in March 1830, Alfred Waylen, Joseph Cooper and William Hapgood. The area was named after the village of Bicton in East Devon , where Duffield had previously had an estate. Duffield planted the colony's first commercially-operating vineyard, comprising 5,700 vines, in 1845. His son, James Hole Duffield, and another worker, John Luff, died on 30 March 1860 after they were buried alive in what
1332-712: Was listed on the Statewide Hotel Survey undertaken by the Heritage Council of Western Australia in 1999. There are also a number of residences, facilities and reserves listed with the Heritage Council. A quarantine station operated by the Australian Quarantine and Inspection Service , Fremantle Quarantine Station, opened in 1916 to service the port of Fremantle . The station close in 1983, moving to Byford , with part of
1369-468: Was originally formed for school- and church-run competitions around 1923. The club is currently based at Troy Park in Attadale but still plays occasional games at Bicton Primary School. Three shopping facilities are located in the suburb, as well as a strip mall extending along most of Canning Highway . Two churches – St. Christophers Anglican Church and Bicton Presbyterian Church – are located within
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