Bassendean, Western Australia

Infobox Australian Place | type = suburb
name = Bassendean
state = wa
city = Perth
area = 7.3


caption =
lga = Town of Bassendean
postcode = 6054
pop = 8,777 (2006 census)Census 2006 AUS|id=SSC51096|name=Bassendean (State Suburb)|quick=on|accessdate=2008-10-05]
est =
stategov = Bassendean
fedgov = Perth
near-nw = Morley
near-n = Eden Hill
near-ne = Caversham
near-w = Bayswater
near-e = Guildford
near-sw = Ashfield
near-s = Redcliffe
near-se = South Guildford
dist1 = 12 |location1 = Perthcoord|-31.905|115.949|type:city(8777)_region:AU-WA_scale:30000|format=dms|display=title

Bassendean is a northeastern suburb of Perth, Western Australia. Its Local Government Area is the Town of Bassendean.

Bassendean is home to the Western Australian Rail Transport Museum. The display has a collection of Steam and Diesel Locomotives, most of these have been restored to operating conditions. Also as part of the collection are a number of carriages and other equipment associated including the Zanthus station and a signal box from the Perth city station. The West Australian Model Rail association is also housed within the complex, the centre piece of the model rail display is a working scale model, complete with all the characters from the children's series Thomas the Tank Engine.

Cyril Jackson Senior High School was built in 1962, and was converted into Cyril Jackson Senior Campus in 1990 to provide specialised study for post high school students gaining entrance into university study.

Rolf Harris was born in Bassendean, and attended the Bassendean Primary School.

ee also

*Town of Bassendean

References

Further reading

* Carter, Jennie."Bassendean : a social history 1829-1979" Perth, W.A : Town of Bassendean, 1986. ISBN 1-86252-478-5

External links

* [http://www.bassendean.wa.gov.au/ Town of Bassendean Website]
* [http://www.cyriljackson.wa.edu.au/ Cyril Jackson Senior Campus Website]