Whiteman Park
Bushland park on a former cattle run, with a swimming hole, walking trails and a heritage tramway.
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About this audio guide
This guide to Whiteman Park in Perth follows Lew Whiteman, heir to a Middle Swan brickworks, who traded the family trade for a cattle run in the bush north-east of the city. You'll hear how a working grazing property slowly filled with the machinery and vehicles he began collecting in his spare hours. It's a story of one man's daily work, decades of it, on land most Perth families had never even heard of. Look for the tramway and vintage motor museum just down the track from Mussel Pool.
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