Kuljak Island

Kuljak Island
Nickname: Black Swan Island
Geography
Location Ascot, Western Australia
Coordinates 31°56′26″S 115°54′56″E / 31.9405094°S 115.915534°E / -31.9405094; 115.915534Coordinates: 31°56′26″S 115°54′56″E / 31.9405094°S 115.915534°E / -31.9405094; 115.915534
Adjacent bodies of water Swan River
Administration
Australia
State Western Australia
City City of Belmont
Suburb Ascot
Additional information
Time zone

Kuljak Island, also known as Black Swan Island, is an artificial island in the Swan River.[1][2] 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.[3]

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][3][4] 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.[3] It captures how "the river would have been at the time ... [Tranby House] was built.[3]

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.[5]

See also

References

Notes
  1. 1 2 3 4 5 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. 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. Retrieved 11 January 2015.
  3. 1 2 3 4 Lisa Chalmers, Water and Rivers Commission (September 1997). "Swan River System Landscape Description". Perth, Western Australia, Australia: Swan River Trust. Retrieved 11 January 2015.
  4. "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.
  5. City of Belmont (2010). "Walking Maps" (PDF). Retrieved 11 January 2015.
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