The New Heart for Perth Society was a community association which advocated for the redevelopment of land on and around Perth Railway station as a civic centre for the city of Perth.[1] The society was formed in 1968 and was active until the mid-1970s.[2] City Planner Paul Ritter was a founding member.[3] Historian Robert Freestone describes the Society as one of the more "sophisticated" community groups that arose around Australia in the late 1960s and exerted considerable political influence through the 1970s.[4] The society was an active participant in public debate around proposals to sink the railway line[5][6] and widen Forrest Place.[7] It was a vigorous opponent of the state government's plan to allow a private company to sink the railway in exchange for development rights over the land.[8]
New Heart for Perth Society | |
| Formation | 1968 |
|---|---|
| Dissolved | 1975 |
| Type | Community organisation |
| Purpose | Public advocacy |
See also
editReferences
edit- ^ Stephenson, Gordon (1992). On a Human Scale: A Life in City Design. Fremantle Arts Centre Press. p. 212.
- ^ "New Heart for Perth Society" (2011), State Library of Western Australia, Private Archives Manuscript Note
- ^ Gregory, Jenny (2003). City of Light: a history of Perth since the 1950s. City of Perth. p. 152. ISBN 0-9594632-6-7.
- ^ Freestone, Robert (2010). Urban Nation: Australia's Planning Heritage. CSIRO Publishing. p. 28. ISBN 9780643096981.
- ^ Perth City Link Bus Masterplan (March 2010), report by the Public Transport Authority of Western Australia, page 18.
- ^ Thomas, Athol (15 February 1973). "Planning a new heart for Perth". The Canberra Times.
- ^ Thomas, Athol (27 February 1974). "Threat to Perth vista". The Canberra Times.
- ^ Thomas, Athol (11 December 1969). "Western Australia abandons underground railway proposal". The Canberra Times.
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