Viveash, Western Australia

Viveash is an eastern suburb of Perth, Western Australia, in the City of Swan. It was named after Samuel Waterman Viveash, the owner of the land in this area in the 1840s. He came to the Swan River Colony on Britomart, which sailed from Spithead on 3 July 1838 and arrived at Fremantle on 5 December 1838, and took up land in the Avon Land District.^[2] A copy of Viveash's diaries for the period 1838 to 1851 can be accessed at the University of Western Australia Library.^[3] The suburban area of Viveash was developed by Midland Brick, which carried out subdivision in 1967, and requested in 1968 that the area be named after Viveash.^[4]

Viveash Perth, Western Australia
Coordinates	31.879°S 115.997°E / -31.879; 115.997
Population	1,280 (SAL 2021)[1]
Postcode(s)	6056
LGA(s)	City of Swan
State electorate(s)	Midland
Federal division(s)	Hasluck
Suburbs around Viveash: Caversham Caversham Caversham Caversham Viveash Middle Swan Caversham Woodbridge Midland

References

1. Australian Bureau of Statistics (28 June 2022). "Viveash (suburb and locality)". Australian Census 2021 QuickStats. Retrieved 28 June 2022. 
2. "History of metropolitan suburb names – V". Western Australian Land Information Authority. Archived from the original on 16 March 2022. Retrieved 17 January 2007.
3. Viveash, Samuel Waterman; Burton, Alfred (1934). A copy of the diary of Samuel Waterman Viveash : begun 27th June 1838, on setting out for the Swan River W.A.
4. "Viveash".