Daglish, Western Australia

Daglish is a suburb located approximately west of the central business district (CBD) of Perth, the capital and largest city of Western Australia, and east of the Indian Ocean. It is part of Perth's affluent western suburbs. Daglish is bounded to the south-east by Railway Road, to the south by Lonnie Street, to the west by Selby Street, and to the north by Dakin Street, Wilsmore Street, Roberta Street, Jersey Street, Troy Terrace and Hay Street. To the east is the suburb of Subiaco, to the south and west is Shenton Park, and to the north is Jolimont. Daglish lies on Spearwood Dunes, which formed around 40,000 years ago. The dunes consist of brown sand lying over yellow subsoil, with Tamala Limestone below. These dunes are part of the greater Swan Coastal Plain. Low-lying areas of Charles Stokes Park and Cliff Sadlier VC Memorial Park were wetlands. ==History==

Prior to European settlement, the area was inhabited by the Mooro group of the Whadjuk Noongar people. They were led by Yellagonga and inhabited the area north of the Swan River, as far east as Ellen Brook and north to Moore River. Lakes and wetlands across the region, including low-lying areas of Charles Stokes Park and Cliff Sadlier VC Memorial Park, were a source of food for them, and are places of spiritual importance. In 1925, the Subiaco Council negotiated with the minister for works to acquire the land east of the station to create a suburb also named Daglish. The suburb was subdivided and sold, mainly to young couples, attracted to the proximity to King Edward Memorial Hospital for Women which was just across the railway line, and railway workers who commuted to the Midland Railway Workshops. In 1928, the townsite of Daglish was declared. In 1933, the Workers' Home Board, which was the state's public housing authority, chose Daglish as a suitable site for its development. Over the following years, many homes in Daglish were built by the Workers' Home Board. From 1935 to 1945, streets further away from the station such as Troy Terrace, Robinson Terrace and Cunningham Terrace were developed. When the Metropolitan Region Scheme was adopted in 1963 though, the land for the railway line was not reserved. The Stephenson–Hepburn Report also proposed the development of the University of Western Australia's endowment lands, some of which covered Daglish. In the early 1980s, the City of Subiaco sealed all laneways in Daglish, which were previously made of dirt. Today, most of the original homes are still standing. The uniform streetscape is rare compared to many other older areas of Perth, where houses have been demolished to make way for newer buildings. It is the only remaining example in Western Australia of the garden suburb movement. The City of Subiaco established the Daglish Conservation Area on 4 February 2003 to recognise the heritage of Daglish, and the National Trust of Western Australia declared Daglish as a place of cultural heritage significance in July 2019. These heritage listings do not apply restrictions on the development of property in the suburb. In 2017, the City of Subiaco proposed that parts of Daglish be designated as Heritage Areas under a new town planning scheme. This would have introduced restrictions in order to preserve the heritage of Daglish, however, after feedback from the community, this proposal did not eventuate. Due to its proximity to a train station, Daglish was listed by the state government as a possible place for infill and high density development, however the Subiaco council does not support this. ==Demographics==

Daglish's population at the 2021 Australian census was 1,551. 50.3% of residents were male and 49.7% were female. The median age was 39, above the state and national average of 38. Of Daglish's 606 dwellings, 361 were detached houses, 117 were semi-detached houses, and 128 were flats or apartments. The average number of bedrooms was 2.9 and the average number of people per household was 2.4. 35.2% of dwellings were owned outright, 28.4% were owned with a mortgage, 33.1% were rented, and 1.7% were some other tenure type. The median weekly personal income at the 2021 census for Daglish residents was A$957, the median weekly family income was $3,109, and the median weekly household income was $2,134, which were all above the state and national averages. Professionals and managers were the most common professions for those employed living in Daglish, at 47.4% and 12.6% of residents respectively. Community and personal service workers were 11.0%, clerical and administrative workers were 9.1%, and sales workers were 6.4%. Blue collar workers were low, with technicians and trades workers at 5.4%, labourers at 5.0%, and machinery operators and drivers at 2.3%. Major industries that residents worked in were hospitals (7.7%), engineering design and consulting services (4.0%), higher education (3.7%), primary education (3.2%), and takeaway food services (3.1%). 53.6% of residents aged over 15 had a bachelor's degree or above, significantly higher than the state average of 23.8% and the national average of 26.3%. The most common ancestries that Daglish residents identified with at the 2021 census were English (39.5%), Australian (30.5%), Irish (10.9%), Scottish (10.9%), and Chinese (7.9%). The most common countries of birth were Australia (61.3%), England (7.5%), Malaysia (2.1%), China (2.0%), New Zealand (1.9%), and India (1.3%). 35.5% of residents had both parents born in Australia and 44.2% of residents had both parents born overseas. 54.3% of residents had no religious affiliation, 14.0% were Catholic, 9.3% were Anglican, and 3.0% were Buddhist. ==Parks and amenities==

The largest park in Daglish is the Cliff Sadlier VC Memorial Park. It was originally a water compensation basin, controlled by the Metropolitan Water Supply, Sewerage and Drainage Board. To this day, the park is still a water compensation basin. The park floods during large rainfall events. Since 2020, the City of Subiaco has been working on turning a stormwater conveyance channel into a "living stream". The benefits of this are an improvement in water quality, better flood and erosion control, a better ecosystem, and better aesthetics. Other parks in Daglish are Charles Stokes Reserve, named after Sergeant Charles Stokes, who served in World War I, Daglish Park, Hickey Avenue Park and McCallum Park. At Hickey Avenue Park is Daglish Tennis Club. Formerly known as Hillcrest Tennis Club, it formed in 1930. With only three courts, it is the smallest tennis club in Perth. ==Education==

Daglish does not contain any schools, however there are several schools close by. Daglish is in the catchment area of Jolimont Primary School, which is just north of the suburb. Jolimont Primary School is a public school for students from Kindergarten to Year 6. The suburb is also within the catchment area of Shenton College, which is just west of Daglish. Shenton College is a public school for students from Year 7 to Year 12. ==Governance==

Local Daglish lies within the North Ward of the City of Subiaco local government area. Councillors for the North Ward are Rosemarie de Vries, whose term ends in 2025, and Russell Jones, whose term ends in 2027. The mayor of Subiaco is David McMullen, whose term expires in 2025. State and federal For the Western Australian Legislative Assembly (lower house), Daglish is part of the electoral district of Nedlands, which is part of the North Metropolitan Region of the Western Australian Legislative Council (upper house). The current member for Nedlands is Katrina Stratton, of the Labor Party, the main centre-left party in Australia. Prior to the 2021 election, the Liberal Party, the main centre-right party, had held the seat every year since 1950. Daglish is within the division of Curtin for the Australian House of Representatives. The member for Curtin is Kate Chaney, a teal independent. This was formerly a safe seat for the Liberal Party. The closest polling place to Daglish is at Jolimont Primary School. This polling place tends more towards away from the Liberal Party than the rest of the district of Nedlands and the division of Curtin, but it still leans more towards the Liberal Party than the rest of the state or country. ==Transport==

in August 2022|alt=Small brick building on bitumen station platform At the 2021 census, 53.5% of Daglish residents travelled to work in a car, compared to the state average of 68.8%; 16.1% travelled to work on public transport, compared to the state average of 7.4%; and 5.0% walked to work, compared to the state average of 2.2%. Daglish railway station is a station along the Fremantle line and Airport line located on the southern edge of Daglish. Bus routes in Daglish are routes 27, 28, 998 and 999. Route 27 travels between East Perth and Claremont railway station via Nash Street. Route 28 travels between Perth Busport and Claremont station, via Hay Street. Routes 998 and 999, also known as the CircleRoute, are a pair of bus routes which travel in a circle around Perth. Route 998 is clockwise, and route 999 is anticlockwise. They travel through Daglish along Selby Street. ==See also==