Darlington Map 1895.
Map courtesy of the State Library of WA, item 224c.

Darlington EstateThis land was previously owned by the late Dr Waylen and Hon. Amherst (Darlington Vineyard owners).
The auction date was 28th June, 1907.
No buildings or residences shown. Sandover Road was previously named Chipper St. and 'Government Road' became Pine Terrace and View Tce. Note that the lots are smaller than a 1/2 acre (0.2.0 is the traditional 1/2 acre). 1907.
The old vineyard land.
Poster courtesy of the State Library of WA, item 78C/D6.

Darlington ReserveThe auction date was 20th December, 1912.
The map shows Darlington Vineyard and orchard boundary, picnic grounds near Glen Road and Lukin Ave (at bottom) and Sir Walter James's property.
Some land area corrections and land values are shown in pencil (enlarged view only). Estate 1912.
Poster courtesy of the State Library of WA, item 100C/12.

Hillsden EstateThe land was owned by Mrs J. F. Stone. Included were 2 small cottages (69 Darlington Road & Mrs Stone's residence). The auction date was 27th September, 1913.
Several other labelled residences are also shown on the map. Hillsden, Darlington and Dalry Roads are labelled 'Government Roads' and the first two are noted as 'metalled'. Coulston Road (originally known as Boya Road) was not constructed. A track is shown (labelled 'R. O. W.' - right-of-way) that continued to Mr Ranger's dairy. Poster 1913.
Poster courtesy of the State Library of WA, item 102C/111.

"Crown of the Hill"The land was owned by Mr Nelson and Mr Mosey. The map is dated 1st September, 1915.
'Dick Street' is now Dalry Road, a track to Smiths Mill (Glen Forrest) leads from Bertram Road and there is a track from Lionel Road to the railway station. 1915.
Poster courtesy of the State Library of WA, item 102C/187.

Darlington StationThe map is dated 1923. Several buildings are shown. Darlington Road was previously Ferguson Road. Note 'telephone wires' and 'electric light wires' marked on Allestree Road and Dalry Roads. Neilson Crescent was previously named Hillsden Crescent. There is no railway crossover near the post office, that was located on Owen Road. Estate, 1923.
Poster courtesy of the State Library of WA, item 102C/132.

Clayton EstateWell, this is not strictly Darlington, it is the next suburb, Boya. The land was owned by the widow of William Frederick Samson Snr, a Wine and Spirits merchant of Fremantle.
William died in Fremantle on 5th March 1900, at a relatively young age of 45.
Read more about him here.
The reserve marked 2101, 'Park' (under the lettering: 'Viv Keane') later became Koongamia. Note that most of the proposed roads were altered - Clayton Road is shown running left to right from (above) Lot 27 toward the east, terminating at Victor Road. 'Katherine St' is named after William's widow, Katherine. The 1922 rates book have Katherine owning all the subdivision blocks. The 'Quarry Reserve' is the Boya Quarry. Sub-division June 1920.
Poster courtesy of Mundaring Shire.

Helena View EstateA companion to the adjacent 'Clayton Estate' subdivision poster.
This is 'Plan 3' on that poster.
Notes: The lot abutting the Quarry is sold to the 'Quarry Manager', Lot 263 has "V. Reilly 1937" annotated and there are other annotations such as Lot 271 ("Stone House"), Lot 24 ("Old Stone" - house), Lot 233 ("Stone Shed, Musgrove"), Lot 245 ("Rental Roy Johns") and Lot 230 has "Holmes?" against it.
Lots 281 - 293 were presumably never sold for housing as they became part of 'Mountain Quarry'.
Michael Cres & Coulston Rds were not yet named and Coulston ended short of the railway station.
Click on the image to enlarge and read the pencilled notes. Sub-division October 9th, 1920.
Poster courtesy of Geoffrey Binckes.

1955 MetropolitanThis map is stitched together from separate pages in the Perth 1955 Metro Road Guide. Crown Copyright is acknowledged. Metalled roads are orange, unmade roads/dirt roads are uncoloured. Note that Glen Road did not then cross the (now closed) railway line. Road Guide.
Courtesy of Rob Borsje.

1970 MetropolitanThis map courtesy of Ken Harris,'Lost Darlington' from 'Perth Reflects',(Warren Duffy) 2020. Note that even in 1970, Glen Road still did not cross the closed railway line. Road Map.