Kings Park Road

Kings Park Road is situated in West Perth in Western Australia. It was once known as Brooking Street. It runs as a boundary between the suburbs of West Perth and Kings Park, from the west end of Malcolm Street to the corner of Bagot Road, Subiaco, and Thomas Street, West Perth.

Kings Park Road Western Australia
Edith Dircksey Cowan Memorial on Kings Park Road at the entrance to Kings Park
General information
Type	Road
Length	1.1 km (0.7 mi)[1]
Major junctions
East end	Malcolm Street Fraser Avenue (Tourist Drive 200)
West end	Bagot Road Thomas Street (State Route 61)
Location(s)
Major suburbs	West Perth

It was bitumenised in the 1930s.^[2] In 1939, a 25 feet (7.6 m) setback rule was suggested by the Perth City Council.^[3] The junction with Thomas Street and Bagot Road has been modified several times.^[4]

The junction at the eastern end was regularly called the King's Park Circus.^[5]

The central median strip had been lined with trees.^[6] However, they were removed and replaced with rose bushes sometime after May 1949.^[7]

Edith Dircksey Cowan Memorial

Main article: Edith Dircksey Cowan Memorial

The Edith Dircksey Cowan Memorial stands on the roundabout at the junction of Kings Park Road, Malcolm Street and Fraser Avenue in West Perth. Before the 1950s, this place used to be the intersection of Kings Park Rd, Fraser Avenue, and Mount Street. However, with the construction of the Mitchell Freeway, Mount Street was cut, and the barracks were demolished. Only the Barracks Arch remained, and Malcolm Street was created instead. Edith Cowan was the first female member of any Australian Parliament.^[8]

Following the death of Edith Cowan in June 1932, a committee was formed to create a memorial to her. The committee initially wanted the memorial to be within Kings Park but the Kings Park Board refused to allow the memorial, saying that she was not a person of national significance.^[9]

The committee became aware of the Perth City Council's plans for a memorial on the Kings Park Road Circus, and when approached they agreed with the memorial being designed by Harold Boas and Henry Attwell, featuring a bronze relief designed by Margaret Johnson of Mount Hawthorn, with a wreath of gum leaves and nuts.^[10] This alternative location of the memorial was also of concern at the time.^[11]

Intersections

LGA	Location[1]	km	mi	Destinations	Notes
Perth	West Perth	0	0.0	Malcolm Street / Fraser Avenue (Tourist Drive 200)	Modified traffic circle (Malcolm Street and Kings Park Road free-flowing, Fraser Avenue has give way); Kings Park Road continues west as Malcolm Street
		0.2	0.12	Havelock Street	Stop sign controlled, giving Kings Park Road priority
		0.4	0.25	Colin Street	Stop sign controlled, giving Kings Park Road priority; intersection co-located with Jorang Grove intersection
		0.4	0.25	Jorang Grove	Jorang Grove is left-in/left-out; intersection co-located with Colin Street intersection
		0.55	0.34	Altona Street	Stop sign controlled, giving Kings Park Road priority
		0.65	0.40	Outram Street / Kulunga Grove	Stop sign controlled on Outram Street side, giving Kings Park Road priority; uncontrolled on Kulunga Grove side
		0.75	0.47	Ventnor Avenue	Stop sign controlled, giving Kings Park Road priority
		0.85	0.53	Walker Avenue	Stop sign controlled, giving Kings Park Road priority
Perth - Subiaco boundary	West Perth - Subiaco boundary	1.1	0.68	Bagot Road / Thomas Street (State Route 61)	Traffic light controlled; no right turn from Thomas Street southbound to Bagot Road or Bagot Road to Thomas Street southbound
1.000 mi = 1.609 km; 1.000 km = 0.621 mi       Incomplete access

References

1. "Kings Park Road". Google Maps. Retrieved 4 November 2022.
2. "Surfacing King's Park Road". Daily News. Vol. LI, no. 17, 788. Western Australia. 14 May 1932. p. 1 (LATE CITY SPECIAL). Retrieved 29 May 2018 – via National Library of Australia.
3. "KING'S PARK-ROAD HOUSES". The West Australian. Vol. 55, no. 16, 559. Western Australia. 29 July 1939. p. 4. Retrieved 29 May 2018 – via National Library of Australia.
4. "KING'S PARK ROAD IMPROVEMENT". The West Australian. Vol. XLVIII, no. 9, 216. Western Australia. 8 January 1932. p. 16. Retrieved 29 May 2018 – via National Library of Australia.
5. "Edith Cowan Memorial". The West Australian. Vol. XLIX, no. 9, 582. Western Australia. 14 March 1933. p. 8. Retrieved 29 May 2018 – via National Library of Australia.
6. "BEAUTIFYING KING'S PARK-ROAD". The West Australian. Vol. XLVIII, no. 9, 267. Western Australia. 8 March 1932. p. 12. Retrieved 29 May 2018 – via National Library of Australia.
7. "KING'S PARK-ROAD". The West Australian. Vol. 65, no. 19, 610. Western Australia. 24 May 1949. p. 12. Retrieved 29 May 2018 – via National Library of Australia.
8. "Edith Cowan monument dedicated to one of Australia's most influential women". ABC News. 11 March 2015. Retrieved 1 May 2024.
9. "Edith Cowan Memorial". The West Australian. Vol. XLIX, no. 9, 582. Western Australia. 14 March 1933. p. 8. Retrieved 29 May 2018 – via National Library of Australia.
10. "PORTRAIT MODELLING". The West Australian. Vol. 50, no. 9, 971. Western Australia. 15 June 1934. p. 6. Retrieved 29 May 2018 – via National Library of Australia.
11. "Edith Cowan Memorial". The West Australian. Vol. XLIX, no. 9, 582. Western Australia. 14 March 1933. p. 8. Retrieved 29 May 2018 – via National Library of Australia.