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DARLINGTON VILLAGE

The village of Darlington, Western Australia, is located in the hills at the edge of the Darling Ranges, some 20 km east of and overlooking the City of Perth. A picturesque suburb with a natural landscape of hills and valleys, it is surrounded almost entirely by excellent natural bushlands, which provide wonderful displays of wildflowers. For some 50,000 years indigenous people inhabited and nurtured this land. During the 1880s and 1890s, the building of the Eastern Railway attracted early settlers who started to farm the land. Since then it has gradually changed its character, becoming an attractive residential suburb. Not surprisingly, Darlington has a rich and interesting history.

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Cape Horn, 1899.
Courtesy Rottest Island Auth.

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Darlington Vineyard 1908.
Courtesy Battye 723P.

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Mixed train entering Darlington station, 1925.
Courtesy S.A. State Library.

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Rosendale Guest House, 1940's.
Courtesy Anne Charleston.

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Darlington's first Store & Post Office.
Courtesy Thelma Rhodes.

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Rev L.S. Quinlin, circa 1940's.
Courtesy Anne Charleston.

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Nyaania Creek bridge, Leithdale Rd, 1935.
Courtesy Carol Fischer.

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Rose cottage with Fiat car, 1950.
Courtesy Max Law.

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Brewer house, 1980's.
Courtesy Thornton Hicks.

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Cairngorm house, 1946.
Courtesy Lyn Myles.

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Holmesdale house, 1984.
Courtesy Bruce Callow.

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Leithdale house, 1984.
Courtesy Bruce Callow.

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GET INVOLVED

The group is currently involved in the Darlington Heritage Walk Trail project which has 3 stages with the first two ready to commence in 2024.
In addition to this project, there are other projects on the go ‐ click on 'Current Projects' in the menu above to learn more about these.
You can attend any of the Talks (panel below, right) or contact the group ('Contact Us' below) to learn more about its activities and projects. We would welcome your assistance and your presence at any meeting held by the Group. To learn about our activities, take the time to browse through this website. We are sure you'll find many interesting articles and items.

NEWSLETTERS & DARLINGTON REVIEW

The Group’s news and events are reported in the local Darlington Review journal, so click here or, for past articles, go to 'About Us > Darlt'n Review articles' on the menu bar above and select a year.
To receive the Group’s regular Newsletters, please send a request to: promotions@dhg.org.au.
Our quarterly newsletter contains important up coming information, photographs of previous events and much more.
Why not sign up?

EVENTS & MEETINGS

The Darlington History Group hold regular meetings usually on the second Wednesday of each month. We run 6 speaker evenings each year ‐ 3 in the autumn months (March, April and May) and 3 in the spring months (September, October and November). They are (generally) all held in the Darlington Lesser Hall and usually start at 7:15 pm for a 7:30 pm start. We welcome anyone who enjoys learning about history, people, interesting places and events.

TALKS

More info will be provided in the new year!

MEMBERSHIP

For only $5 per person you can join with us and help to keep Darlington's history alive
Payment details can be found here. Go on ‐ you know you want to !. There is also a Nomination Form here for Committee positions!
pdf icon Membership Form Nomination Form

Co-Chairperson: Val Shiell : admin@dhg.org.au (08) 9299 6868.
Co-Chairperson: Lyn Myles: dhgarchivist@gmail.com (08) 9298 8604.

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The Darlington History Group is honoured to be located on the ancestral lands of the Whadjuk Noongar people.
The History Group acknowledges the First Australians as the traditional custodians of these lands and pays respects to their Elders both past and present.