Discover Multicultural Perth Office of Multicultural Interests
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Sep 2018 Department of Local Government, Sport and Cultural Industries Discover Multicultural Perth Office of Multicultural Interests Gledden Building Western Australia’s many culturally and linguistically diverse (CaLD) Acknowledgement of Nyoongar land communities have contributed The Office of Multicultural Interests respectfully significantly to Perth’s development acknowledges the past and present traditional and have helped make it the vibrant owners of the land depicted in this Discover city it is today. As communities evolve, Multicultural Perth map and trails. our shared cultural heritage will continue to grow and be enriched. The Office of Multicultural Interests would like Many locations around Perth have to thank: City of Perth, Heritage Perth, Chung historical or current significance to Wah Association, Department of Aboriginal WA’s CaLD communities. Affairs, National Trust of Western Australia, New Norcia Monastery, Royal Western Australian Explore the suggested trails on this Historical Society, Swan Genealogy, The Colour H map to discover some of Perth’s Photography, Western Australian Museum and the abundant and diverse heritage. State Library of Western Australia. The information and advice within this document is provided in good faith and is derived from sources believed to be reliable and accurate. The State of Western Australia, the Department of Local Government, Sport and Cultural Industries and the Office of Multicultural Interests expressly disclaim liability for any act or omission occurring in reliance on this document or for any consequences of such act or omission. Office of Multicultural Interests Discover Department of Local Government, Sport and Cultural Industries Phone: (08) 6552 1607 Email: [email protected] Multicultural Maps available at www.omi.wa.gov.au/trails.cfm Perth Jewish War Memorial Cover: Hyogo Friendship Garden Kings Park to CBD trail The Old Conservatory Hay St 02 03 05 Milligan St Harvest Tce Malcolm St Mount St 04 06 King St Hay St Kings Park Rd Mill St St Georges Terrace Cliff St William St Mount St Mercantile Lane London Court FraserAve William St Barrack St Hyogo Friendship Garden Mounts Bay Road Mounts Bay Road 07 Bellevue Tce Edie Hoy Poy OAM Sherwood Crt Mounts Bay Road Stirling Garden St Georges Terrace 08 His Majesty’s Theatre Council House State Library of WA, 362677PD Council House Gardens Afghan cameleer Francis Burt Law Government House State Library of WA, 001312D Education Centre and Museum Supreme Court Gardens Riverside Dr Dom Rosendo Salvado Kaarta Gar-up 01 JEWISH WAR MEMORIAL 04 COMMEMORATIVE PLAQUE: 06 GLEDDEN BUILDING FraserAve Erected in 1920, the Jewish War Memorial RABBI DAVID ISAAC FREEDMAN The Gledden Building (1937) was one of many designs by honours those Jewish Western Australians who Rabbi Freedman was the Perth Jewish community’s architect and Jewish community leader Harold Boas, who died in World War I. A further plaque was unveiled in first Rabbi, arriving in 1892. He was an active leader in the was also a Perth city councillor and a founder of Temple David. 1953 to remember those who lost their lives in WWII. community, making the Perth congregation a focus for the approximately 1200 Jews in WA. 07 COMMEMORATIVE PLAQUE: 01 JAPANESE HYOGO FRIENDSHIP DOM ROSENDO SALVADO Kings Park War 02 Memorial GARDEN 05 HIS MAJESTY’S THEATRE Dom Salvado was one of a band of Spanish Benedictine Marking 30 years of the Sister State relationship Building contractor Friederich Gustav Liebe (1862–1950) missionaries who came to WA in 1846 to evangelise Aboriginal between Hyogo Prefecture in Japan and Western was born in Wittenberg, Germany. He erected some of people. He set up the New Norcia mission in 1847. Australia, the tranquil Hyogo Friendship Garden is a gift Perth's most imposing buildings including His Majesty's Theatre from the people of Hyogo. in 1904 and the Peninsula Hotel in Maylands in 1906. 08 COMMEMORATIVE PLAQUE: EDIE HOY POY OAM 03 COMMEMORATIVE PLAQUE: Edie Hoy Poy OAM was a multicultural leader who spent FAIZ AND TAGH MAHOMET COMMEMORATIVE PLAQUES her life helping Chinese and other migrant communities in Perth. Brothers Faiz and Tagh Mahomet were camel Commemorative plaques set into the St Georges Terrace owners and drivers from Afghanistan. Their vital work pavement celebrate the lives of Western Australians who helped open up the interior of WA in the 1890s before have left their mark on WA. APPROXIMATELY 3.5 KM 45 MIN the building of the railway..