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15-513: Wooroloo is a town on the outer fringe of the Perth metropolitan region , located off Great Eastern Highway in the eastern part of the Shire of Mundaring . At the 2021 census , Wooroloo had a population of 2,613. The name comes from a Noongar word that was first recorded in 1841, with other spellings also used. A timber mill operated by Byfield Brothers commenced operations in the 1880s, and Byfield's Mill

30-484: A booking railway station from 1897 to 1965 on the Eastern Railway . Wooroloo currently has the 328 Transperth bus three times weekdays from Midland , with a journey time of approximately 50 minutes; also has two 331 trips during weekdays from Mundaring, with a journey time of approximately 35 minutes. All services are operated by Swan Transit . Perth metropolitan region The Perth metropolitan region or

45-624: A different land use. These amendments are typically informed by regional strategies prepared on a periodic basis, commencing with the 1955 Plan , followed by the Corridor Plan in 1970, the Metroplan of 1990 and Directions 2031 in 2010. In 2006 the Planning and Development Act 2005 superseded the MRTPS Act 1959 and allowed for the creation of new region schemes outside the metropolitan area. The MRTS

60-717: Is a special purpose tax recommended by Gordon Stephenson's report, and introduced in 1959. The MRS is funded by a levy on taxable land value above $ 300,000 excluding primary residences. This tax is collected by the Department of Finance but falls wholly under the control of the WAPC. The tax funds the acquisition of land reserves under the scheme for public purposes including public open space, road and railway reserves and environmental conservation. One estimate calculates that MRTS has funded more than $ 1 billion of land acquisitions since 1963 (unadjusted for inflation). The MRTIS applies only to

75-628: Is funded by a hypothecated land tax called the Metropolitan Region Improvement Tax. The MRS derived from Hepburn and Stephenson 's 1955 Plan for the Metropolitan Region, Perth and Fremantle and has been in operation since 1963. Hepburn and Stephenson were commissioned by the Government of Western Australia to develop the plan in 1953. The completed report recommended that a regional planning authority be established for

90-463: Is the site of two major prisons in the Western Australian prison system, the minimum-security Wooroloo Prison and the medium-security Acacia Prison . The pool at Wooroloo Prison is open to local residents. The population in 1991 was 761, and in 1996 was 853. The water course and catchment of the same name has its source in the locality. Wooroloo, at 36 miles and 40 chains from Perth, was

105-500: The Department of Planning, Lands and Heritage . Detailed land use planning within the area of the MRS is undertaken by local governments and other statutory authorities which prepare one or more local planning schemes within their administrative boundaries. Local plannings schemes must be consistent with the MRS and require the approval of the WAPC. The acquisition of land reserved under the MRS

120-563: The Perth metropolitan area is the administrative area and geographical extent of the Western Australian capital city of Perth and its conurbation . It generally includes the coastal strip from Two Rocks in the north to Singleton in the south, and inland to The Lakes in the east, but its extent can be defined in a number of ways: The Perth metropolitan region is grouped with the Peel region in some urban planning documents including

135-602: The Western Australian Planning Commission 's Directions 2031 and Beyond and the Perth and Peel@3.5 million suite of documents. Together, the Perth and Peel regions stretch 158 kilometres (98 mi) from Two Rocks in the north to Herron in the south and are currently home to more than two million people. According to the Metropolitan Region Scheme , the Perth metropolitan region comprises

150-681: The 1960s the sanatorium was no longer required and the institution became a general hospital for the surrounding district. The facility was subsequently converted into a prison after Corrective Services took over the site in 1972. In 1970, Ray Williams, a Perth businessman, travelled around the world looking for what he considered to be the perfect horse to breed and cross with Australian horses. He decided upon Andalusian horses after seeing them at an equestrian show in London, and subsequently travelled to Jerez de la Frontera , Spain and in September 1971 bought

165-739: The following 5 subregions and 30 local government areas (20 cities, 3 shires, and 7 towns): According to a 2019 report from the Ipsos Life in Australia project, Perth's Inner Metro Area was rated the most livable metropolitan area in Australia. In 2023, the City of Subiaco was ranked the most livable local government area in Australia in the 2023 Australian Liveability Census. Metropolitan Region Scheme 31°57′S 115°51′E  /  31.950°S 115.850°E  / -31.950; 115.850 The Metropolitan Region Scheme ( MRS ) provides

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180-464: The legal basis for land use planning within the Perth metropolitan region . It classifies land into broad zones and reservations and is administered by the Western Australian Planning Commission . It is one of three regional schemes in Western Australia. The MRS is updated via an ongoing process of amendments. Amendments to the MRS are typically informed by a series of strategic plans prepared by

195-426: The purpose of implementing a regional planning scheme—a recommendation that was passed into law with the MRTPS Act of 1959. The Act centralised sub-division control, keeping it in the hands of the state government, but delegated many local planning responsibilities to local governments. Since 1963 the MRS has been continuously updated via a series of amendments which change the zoning or reservation of land to allow for

210-459: The stallion "Bodeguero" and five purebred mares. He then started the first Andalusian stud in Australia at Wooroloo, "Bodeguero Stud", which in 1974 was incorporated into El Caballo Blanco , now El Caballo Resort. Wooroloo contains a community hall, liquor and general store, post office and primary school (1903), and was also home to El Caballo Resort , with a convention centre and 18-hole golf course, as well as horse dressage displays. The town

225-414: Was established as a railway stopping place for the Eastern Railway in 1893, being renamed to Wooroloo in 1897. A school opened on 22 August 1903 with 22 children and one teacher, and a community hall was built with help from residents of nearby Chidlow in 1904; the townsite of Wooroloo was declared in 1913. The Wooroloo Sanatorium for people with tuberculosis and leprosy was built in 1915, but by

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