Kuljak Island

Kuljak Island, also known as Black Swan Island, is an artificial island in the Swan River.^[1][2][3] Situated between Ron Courtney Island upstream and Heirisson Island downstream, Kuljak Island is east of Maylands Peninsula and south of Garratt Road Bridge.^[1] Kuljak Island is surrounded by a number of smaller, also artificial, islets, and is entirely within the boundaries of the suburb of Ascot.^[4]

Kuljak Island

Nickname: Black Swan Island
The northern bridge to Kuljak Island
Kuljak Island
Geography
Location	Ascot, Western Australia
Coordinates	31°56′28″S 115°54′52″E
Adjacent to	Swan River
Administration
Australia
State	Western Australia
City	City of Belmont
Suburb	Ascot
Additional information
Time zone	AWST (UTC+8)

History

The island was created in 1997 by dredging two channels as a part of the Ascot Waters development.^[1] These channels connect an artificial wetland with the Swan River, isolating the site of a former sanitary landfill, thus forming Kuljak Island.^[1][4][5] This sanitary landfill was a council rubbish tip for 25 years before being closed in the early 1980s.^[1]

Kuljak Island presents “an important backdrop to Tranby House” on the western shore of the Swan River facing Kuljak Island, by offering a view of an “apparently undeveloped” river “against the well maintained house and gardens” of Tranby House.^[4] It captures how “the river would have been at the time” Tranby House was built.^[4]

Activities

Kuljak Island may be accessed by car via Tidewater Way, and by a pedestrian bridge via Samphire Street. A walking trail mapped by the City of Belmont comprises paved footpaths on, and leading to, Kuljak Island.^[6]

See also

• Islands of Perth, Western Australia

References

1. Environmental Protection Authority (December 1995). "Ascot Waters - Proposal to dredge two channels to connect an artificial wetland with the Swan River" (PDF). Perth, Western Australia: Western Australian Planning Commission and the City of Belmont. Archived from the original (PDF) on 6 April 2015. Retrieved 11 January 2015.
2. City of Belmont (26 November 2013). "List of Names of Streets/Roads, Suburbs, Parks, Perth Airport and Schools" (PDF). Perth, Western Australia, Australia. Archived from the original (PDF) on 19 April 2020. Retrieved 11 January 2015.
3. Chesterman, James (2008). "Ascot Island – Rubbish to Recreation, the Rehabilitation of a Landfill Site" (PDF). LAonline, Australian Institute of Landscape Architects. Archived from the original (PDF) on 21 February 2012. Retrieved 14 June 2024.
4. Lisa Chalmers, Water and Rivers Commission (September 1997). "Swan River System Landscape Description". Perth, Western Australia, Australia: Swan River Trust. Archived from the original on 16 February 2015. Retrieved 11 January 2015.
5. "Metropolitan Region Scheme Amendment No 1028/33, South East Districts Omnibus (No. 5), Disallowance" (PDF). Perth, Western Australia, Australia. 18 December 2002. Retrieved 11 January 2015.
6. City of Belmont (2010). "Walking Maps" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 15 March 2016. Retrieved 11 January 2015.

Further reading

• "Perth's Eastern Region Swan River Trails Project" (PDF). Eastern Metropolitan Regional Council. 2007. Retrieved 11 January 2015.
• Western Australian Planning Commission (19 December 2006). "State Planning Policy 2.10 -- Swan-Canning River System" (PDF). Retrieved 11 January 2015.

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