Mueller Park is a park in Subiaco, Western Australia , situated next to Bob Hawke College between Perth Modern School and Subiaco Oval . It originally comprised the land area which included Subiaco Oval and in the early 1900s housed tennis, croquet, bowls, cricket and football clubs.
2-566: The park is named after German-Australian botanist Ferdinand von Mueller who described several hundred species of Australian flora and who participated in and promoted the exploration of Australia in the mid-nineteenth century. The Subiaco Municipal Council announced the name in July 1906. In December 1916 the park was renamed Kitchener Park in response to war-time sensitivities. Present day Roberts Road and Winthrop Avenue ( Nedlands ) were renamed from Mueller Road and Ferdinand Street respectively at
4-511: The same time. The park currently comprises 4.3 hectares (11 acres). In 1981 the park was renamed back to its original name when the two-tier stand redevelopment of Subiaco Oval was completed. 31°56′41″S 115°50′04″E / 31.9446°S 115.8344°E / -31.9446; 115.8344 German Australian Too Many Requests If you report this error to the Wikimedia System Administrators, please include
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