Kings Park, Western Australia is a mixture of approximately one-third grassed parkland and botanical gardens, and two-thirds native bushland. Several streets provide vehicular access to the grassed area and gardens, and a network of pedestrian and shared use paths go through the bushland.
Kings Park is bounded by: Kings Park Road to the north Thomas Street to the north-west Winthrop Avenue to the west Mounts Bay Road to the south Mounts Bay Road (approximately), Bellevue Terrace, Cliff Street to the west
+Streets in Kings ParkNameDate builtName sourceOther name(s)NotesImageForrest Drive1932 10 Feb John Forrest"In memory of the late Lord (Sir John) Forrest" Not to be confused with Forrest Avenue in East PerthFraser Avenue1932
10 Feb Malcolm Fraser "(Kings Park): Sir Malcolm Fraser, Commissioner of Lands and later the first Agent-General for Western Australia in London." Charles Fraser, first Colonial Botanist and Superintendent of the Botanic Garden in New South Wales
"(Kings Park): Sir Malcolm Fraser (1834-1900). He replaced John Septimus Roe as Surveyor-General of Western Australia in 1870. Later Commissioner of Lands then the first Agent-General for Western Australia in London." "The founder of the (King's) park"
The road used to go through to Lovekin Drive and now ends in Fraser Circle.Jorang GroveKattidj CloseKulunga GroveLovekin Drive1932 10 Feb Arthur LovekinLovekin Drive, named in 1931, commemorates Arthur Lovekin, second President of the Kings Park Board and the man responsible for the initiation of the Honour Avenues. After World War II many requests for trees were received for dedication to servicemen who died in that war and the Kings Park Board asked the Returned and Services League to arrange a dedication ceremony for the remaining 300 sugar gums (Eucalyptus cladocalyx) in Lovekin Avenue. Lovekin Drive was dedicated on 5 December 1948.May Drive1901 c 23 July May Drive was opened on 23 July 1901 by Princess May, Duchess of Cornwall and York, later Queen Mary. May Drive became the first Honour Avenue in Kings Park and Botanic Garden in 1919. Park AvenuePark Road, The Park DrivePoole Avenue1932 10 Feb Saw Avenueby 1838Wadjuk WayWadjuk NoongarCustodians of land Wadjuk Noongar used Kings park as a sacred meeting place.
+Paths in Kings ParkNameDate builtName sourceOther name(s)NotesImageAberdare PathBaird PathBoodja Gnarning WalkSeparates into the Maarm Track (Men's long walk) and Yorgra Track (Women's short walk)Boomerang PathBroadwalk Vista1960sBushland Nature TrailBoardwalkCliff WalkHacketts PathCrawley PathRuns between the Pines Carpark and the Crawley Steps leading to Mounts Bay Road.Double TrackDryandra TrackGoanna PathGoshawk TrackHacketts PathHakea TrackHoneyeater PathHopbush TrackJacksonia PathKokoda Track Memorial WalkThe Kokoda Track Memorial Walk is a tribute to the bravery of Australian troops who fought in the Papua New Guinea campaign of . The Kokoda Walk begins at Kennedy Fountain on Mounts Bay Road with a steep climb of 150 steps that ascends a height of .Law WalkRobert LawLaw Walk is Kings Park's premier urban bushland trail. It is a loop walk that begins at Rotunda Two and continues along the ridge of the limestone escarpment to Dryandra Lookout. A loop in the trail then leads to the Lotterywest Federation Walkway and back to the start of Law Walk, taking visitors approximately 45 minutes to complete.Lotterywest Federation WalkwayOpened August 2003Magpie PathMarri WalkMonash TrackNuytsia TrackPoole TrackPrionotes PathServenty PathSpeargrass Pathby 1838Wattle TrackWattlebird TrackWestern PathWoolly Bush PathWoolybush TrackWren Pathby 1838Zamia Pathby 1836Zamia trees
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