28-697: Mends Street Jetty is located in South Perth in Western Australia . The jetty is on the southern shore of the Swan River in the section known as Perth Water . The ferry service is primarily used for accessing the Perth Zoo from the Perth central business district While also being used for commuters. It is not known when the first jetty at Mends Street was built, however, with the opening of
56-407: Is 147.5 metres (484 ft) tall. There are also a number of large mansions. Significant numbers of townhouses and some older houses fill in the suburb. Willem de Vlaming Willem Hesselsz de Vlamingh (baptized 28 November 1640 – after 7 August 1702 ) was a Dutch sea captain who explored the central west coast of New Holland ( Australia ) in the late 17th century, where he landed in what
84-734: Is an inner suburb of Perth , the capital of the Australian state of Western Australia . Its local government area is the City of South Perth . South Perth is separated from the Perth central business district (CBD) by Perth Water , a section of the Swan River . It is connected to the CBD via the Narrows Bridge which carries the Kwinana Freeway and Mandurah railway line . Public ferries are also operated by Transperth between
112-593: Is now Perth on the Swan River . The mission proved fruitless, but he charted parts of the continent's western coast. Willem de Vlamingh was born in Oost-Vlieland in the Dutch Republic . He was baptised on 28 November 1640. In 1664, de Vlamingh sailed to Novaya Zemlya and discovered Jelmerland. In 1668, he married; his profession was skipper in whaling , and he still lived on the island Vlieland . In 1687, he and his wife sold their "apartment" in
140-435: Is very attractive, and where it seems to me that nature has denied nothing to make it pleasurable beyond all islands I have ever seen, being very well provided for man's well-being, with timber, stone, and lime for building him houses, only lacking ploughmen to fill these fine plains. There is plentiful salt, and the coast is full of fish. Birds make themselves heard with pleasant song in these scented groves. So I believe that of
168-622: Is visible to people driving south over the Narrows Bridge . The Old Mill Theatre is a local amateur theatre company based on Mends Street. The Sir James Mitchell Park is a stretch of park lands along the foreshore. It is dotted with gazebos, family picnic areas and barbecue facilities. It is adjacent to the Swan River , stretching between the Narrows Bridge and the Causeway. It has dedicated and separate paths for bicycling and walking. The Mends Street Jetty connects South Perth to
196-817: The Brouwer Route on the Indian Ocean route from the African Cape of Good Hope to the Dutch East Indies . On their way east they checked Île Saint-Paul and Île Amsterdam , but no wreckage or survivors were found. On 5 December they sailed on. On 29 December 1696, de Vlamingh's party landed on Rottnest Island . He saw numerous quokkas (a native marsupial), and thinking they were large rats he named it ' t Eylandt 't Rottenest ("Rats' Nest Island"). He afterwards wrote of it in his journal: "I had great pleasure in admiring this island, which
224-625: The Jordaan . De Vlamingh joined the Dutch East India Company (VOC) in 1688, and made his first voyage to Batavia in the same year. Following a second voyage, in 1694, he was asked, on request of Nicolaes Witsen , to mount an expedition to search for the Ridderschap van Holland , a VOC capital ship that was lost with 325 passengers and crew on its way to Batavia in 1694. VOC officials believed it might have run aground on
252-599: The Mends Street Jetty in South Perth and Elizabeth Quay Jetty in the CBD. South Perth is primarily residential, with commercial areas along major thoroughfares such as Canning Highway , Mill Point Road and Angelo Street. It has extensive river frontage, including the South Perth Esplanade and Sir James Mitchell Park , with high-density areas around Mill Point and Point Belches facing
280-621: The PS Duchess , a locally constructed vessel. Duchess made its inaugural run to Mends Street Jetty on 11 December 1898, and plied the route for the following 29 years. Later services included a business operated by Jack Olsen and Claes Sutton, who ran a fleet including the Valfreda Valkyrie I and II , Valhalla and the Valdhana between jetties at Point Belches near The Narrows , Mends Street and Coode Street . In 2023
308-649: The Perth Zoo in October 1898 it was recognised that a regular cross-river ferry service was needed. Therefore, at about that time, the existing jetty was widened to 15 feet (4.6 m) and an existing service that ran between William Street and Queen Street Jetty was extended to Mends Street. The service was run by Joseph Charles, who operated the Queen (later Empress ) and the Princess . A few months later, Charles and his partner S. W. Copley started operating
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#1732797377905336-615: The galiot Weseltje , under Captain Cornelis de Vlamingh, son of Willem de Vlamingh. The expedition departed Texel 'strictly incognito' on 3 May 1696 and, because of the Nine Years' War with France, sailed around the coast of Scotland to Tristan da Cunha . In early September the three ships arrived at Cape of Good Hope, where they stayed for seven weeks because of scurvy among the crew. There, Cornelis de Vlamingh took command after Laurens T. Zeeman died. On 27 October, they left using
364-538: The 1850s, there was some further development of the area, with more ferry connections and the construction of the Causeway and the Canning Bridge . The area was further surveyed and lots allocated to pensioners. By 1858, the area was officially marked on maps as "South Perth" and some roads had been constructed. The 1860s saw the realisation that large-scale farming in the district had no future, although dairying, timber cutting and vegetable growing continued. By
392-561: The 1880s, a number of Chinese gardeners had arrived and they set up market gardens on land on the foreshore, between Suburban Road (now Mill Point Road) and the Swan River. After the discovery of gold in Kalgoorlie in 1893, a number of Chinese, who had been unable to take up Miner's Rights in the goldfields for racial reasons , joined them in South Perth. The Chinese worked very hard and grew good quality fruit and vegetables, which
420-630: The Perth skyline. The suburb also includes the Perth Zoo and Royal Perth Golf Club . The history of the area now known as South Perth before permanent European settlement was broadly similar to that in other parts of what became the Swan River Colony . The area was probably inhabited by peoples of the Noongar tribes, and they had little contact with other peoples. Early Dutch and French explorers reported their presence, but no recorded contact
448-635: The Swan River ( Zwaanenrivier in Dutch) after the large number they observed there. The crew split into three parties, hoping to catch an Aboriginal , but about five days later they gave up their quest to catch a "South lander". On 22 January, they sailed through the Geelvink Channel . The next days they saw ten naked, black people. On 24 January they passed Red Bluff. Near Wittecarra they went looking for fresh water. On 4 February 1697, he landed at Dirk Hartog Island , Western Australia, and replaced
476-583: The Swan River in the town of Perth and also in Fremantle , the port suburb. The area was already unofficially known as "South Perth" but was relatively untouched. By 1831, the land along the river frontage had been allocated amongst seven people, and the land was being partially used for agriculture and dairy farms. A mill was built in 1833 and a ferry across the Swan river via the Narrows was established. There
504-418: The central business district by a regular ferry service operated by Transperth . Heritage-listed buildings in South Perth include: South Perth is an expensive area for land due to its location near the river and central business district. Consequently, there are a comparatively high number of high-rise apartment towers in the suburb, generally near the foreshore. The tallest building is Civic Heart , which
532-602: The end of the 1890s, the population was about 400, with many elegant homes. The Zoological Gardens and the Royal Perth Golf Club were opened in 1898, and the area became popular with tourists from the town of Perth across the river. The Perth Zoo is located in the suburb of South Perth. It is open every day of the year and its exhibits include Australian wildlife, as well as exotic and rare animal species. It opens from 9 am to 5 pm daily with additional hours during summer and special events. The Old Mill
560-470: The help of convict labour , the district received more settlement and better roads. Nevertheless, the South Perth area still had a small population. The real estate boom of the 1880s, which coincided with the discovery of gold in the Kimberley saw a slow but appreciable growth in the number of residents. Several of Perth's more substantial citizens saw South Perth as a peaceful and tranquil suburb, and by
588-538: The jetty was extended and modernised for better accessibility, and the extension floats on the water to match the height of the ferry entrance instead of a fixed platform. Mends Street Jetty is served by Transperth ferry services to Elizabeth Quay operated by Captain Cook Cruises . The jetty is also used for charter ferry services. [REDACTED] Media related to Mends Street Jetty at Wikimedia Commons South Perth, Western Australia South Perth
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#1732797377905616-518: The local population were happy to buy. In the 1920s, the Chinese started to market their produce to the wider population of Perth via the James Street markets. The Chinese market gardens successfully operated for many years, despite many attempts by local authorities to serve them with notices alleging uncleanliness or health hazards. They lasted until the 1950s before they were dismantled. With
644-402: The many people who seek to make themselves happy, there are many who would scorn the fortunes of our country for the choice of this one here, which would seem a paradise on earth". On 10 January 1697, he ventured up the Swan River . He and his crew are believed to have been the first Europeans to do so. They are also assumed to be the first Europeans to see black swans , and de Vlamingh named
672-624: The pewter plate left by Dirk Hartog in 1616 with a new one that bore a record of both of the Dutch sea-captains' visits. The original plate is preserved in the Rijksmuseum in Amsterdam. de Vlamingh, with his son and Collaert, commanded a return fleet from the Indies on 3 or 11 February 1698, which arrived in his hometown, Amsterdam, on 16 August. However, it is not certain that de Vlamingh
700-522: The western coast of Australia. In 1696, de Vlamingh commanded the rescue mission to Australia's west coast to look for survivors of the Ridderschap van Holland that had gone missing two years earlier, and had admiral Sir James Couper on board. There were three ships under his command: the frigate Geelvink , captained by de Vlamingh himself; the Nijptang , under Captain Gerrit Collaert; and
728-558: Was made. No contact is known to have been made with travellers from any other country. The Dutch expedition commanded by Willem de Vlaming in 1697 was the first to discover the major river and note the presence of black swans on the river. They named it the Swan River. After the permanent settlement of the British and the establishment of the Swan River Colony, most development tended to take place north rather than south of
756-457: Was some conflict between the European settlers and Aboriginal Australians , in which one of the leaders was a chief known as Yagan . After his death, local leadership went to a chief variously known as Galute or Kalyute. He led further resistance, but this was countered by a punitive expedition , which resulted in the deaths of fifteen Aboriginal people and the end of organised resistance. By
784-505: Was still alive at that point, and burial records from Vlieland around this time do not exist. On an earlier retourship, de Vlamingh had sent Witsen a box with seashells, fruits and vegetation from New Holland (Australia) , as well as eleven drawings that Victor Victorsz had made on the expedition. De Vlamingh also included some black swans, but they died on the voyage. Witsen offered the drawings to Martin Lister . Witsen, who had invested in
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