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Ardross, Western Australia

Ardross is a suburb of Perth, Western Australia located within the City of Melville. It was once an area of land acquired by the Scotsman, Sir Alexander Percival Matheson in 1896. In Matheson's subdivision of the adjoining suburb of Applecross, he created "Ardross Street" naming it after either the town of Ardrossan on the Scottish west coast or Ardross Castle, located about 40km north of Inverness. The suburb derives its name from this street.

Location
Wireless Hill
Photos of the suburb
References

Location

Ardross, together with Applecross and Mount Pleasant is situated on a peninsula jutting into the Swan River. Ardross is roughly bordered by:

the aforementioned Ardross Street to the east
Canning Highway to the north
Wireless Hill Park to the west
Garden City shopping centre to the south

Wireless Hill

Wireless Hill Telecommunications Museum.

Within the suburb s boundaries are the Wireless Hill telecommunications museum and lookout, from where river vistas can be viewed. This is the landmark site of the first communications radio in Western Australia and now an oasis for wildflowers and rabbits. The hill was mostly denuded for its original telecommunication purpose and then left to the ravages of weeds. Since 1985, however, extensive replanting of mostly native species has resulted in an amazingly-diverse collection of 20,000 - 30,000 plants. The reserve is a good place to visit in late winter and spring when the visitor can even find a few orchids amongst the spread of the obligatory Geradlton wax, wattles, grevilleas, callistemon, kangaroo paws, etc.

Photos of the suburb

<gallery> Image:Almondbury Road, Ardross, Western Australia, April 2006.JPG|Almondbury Road, adjacent to Garden City Shopping Centre Image:Applecross Senior High School, April 2006.JPG|Applecross Senior High School, located in Ardross Image:Ardross Primary School, April 2006.JPG|Ardross Primary School Image:Shirley Strickland Reserve, April 2006.JPG|Shirley Strickland Reserve </gallery>