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History of metropolitan suburb names - E


The following information is a summary of origins for suburb names within the Perth metropolitan area. Please select the first letter of the suburb you wish to see:

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EAST CANNINGTON

The name is descriptive, the district being situated east of Cannington Station. Boundaries for this suburb were first defined in 1959 Metropolitan Street Directory. Previously, East Cannington was a part of the suburb of Queens Park.


EAST FREMANTLE

This suburb name is a descriptive name as the area is situated east of Fremantle. East Fremantle was declared a Municipality (comprising the old Fremantle suburbs of "Plympton" and "Richmond") on April 2nd 1897.


EAST PERTH

Another descriptive name, this was being used for the suburb from at least the 1880's. It was approved as a bounded suburb in 1954.


EAST ROCKINGHAM

This suburb derives its name from its location east of Rockingham.


EAST VICTORIA PARK

Also a descriptive name, development of the suburb of East Victoria Park commenced in the late 1800's. An estate named Bickford was promoted there and used "Victoria Park East" to describe its location.


EDEN HILL

Eden Hill was approved as a suburb in 1954. The name is believed to come from a farm that once existed in the area. I is also said to be an estate name used by Henry Brockman of Gingin when he subdivided the land in 1892.


EDGEWATER

Edgewater was approved as a suburb name in 1974. It derives its name from its location on the western shores of Lake Joondalup.


EGLINTON

This suburb was approved in 1973. It is named after the Barque "Eglinton" which was wrecked on rocks, which now bear its name in 1852. Eglinton Rocks are located off the coast adjacent to the suburb.


ELLENBROOK

The suburb is named after the Ellen Brook, a tributary of the Swan River, which forms part of its Eastern boundary. Ellen Brook is named after Ellen Stirling, the wife of the colony's first Governor, James Stirling.


EMBLETON

The name honours an early settler, George Embleton. Embleton arrived in the colony in 1829 as a servant of Dr John Watley. Watley, who died in 1830, settled in Bayswater district.


ERSKINE

The suburb is named after Lieutenant Archibald Erskine of the 63rd Regiment. Erskine was a landowner in the Murray/Mandurah district and was appointed a Justice of the peace for the Murray district in 1831. The suburb was named in 1971.

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