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1930s Perth Western Australia Mounts Bay Road Swan River Aerial Panorama Photo

1930s Perth Western Australia Mounts Bay Road Swan River Aerial Panorama Photo

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1930s Perth Western Australia Mounts Bay Road Swan River Aerial Panorama Photo

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A sweeping elevated aerial panoramic view looking northeast along Mounts Bay Road in Perth, captured in the early-to-mid 1930s. The photograph offers a remarkable bird’s-eye perspective of the southern edge of the Perth city area where it meets the Swan River, showcasing the relatively undeveloped and semi-rural character of this part of the city at that time.

In the immediate foreground, a series of neatly planted market garden rows are clearly visible — rectangular plots of low-growing crops arranged in precise parallel lines, suggesting active horticultural use of the flat riverside land at the base of the escarpment. This market gardening activity along the lower slopes and riverside flats was common in early Perth, often carried out by Chinese and Southern European immigrant communities during this era. A small rustic shelter or garden shed structure is visible among the garden plots.

Mounts Bay Road itself runs as a straight tree-lined boulevard parallel to the river, with evenly spaced trees — likely plane trees or peppermints — planted along both sides of the carriageway, giving it an elegant promenade character. The road follows the gentle curve of the Swan River shoreline, with the dark calm waters of the river occupying the right half of the image. The riverbank appears natural and largely undeveloped at this point, without the formal foreshore parklands and cycle paths that exist there today.

Beyond the road, the residential suburbs of Perth spread northward across gently rising ground, comprising a mix of Federation and interwar-era bungalows, cottages, and two-storey houses set among trees and gardens. Church spires and larger institutional buildings punctuate the roofline in the mid-distance. The horizon stretches far into the distance toward the Darling Range, visible as a low ridge under a dramatic sky filled with large cumulus clouds.

Today, Mounts Bay Road remains a major arterial road running along the southern edge of the Perth CBD beside the Swan River. The market gardens are long gone, replaced by the Mitchell Freeway interchange, the Convention Centre, and the broader Elizabeth Quay and foreshore redevelopment precinct. The riverside parklands are now formally landscaped public open space. This photograph represents an exceptionally rare view of this corridor before its transformation into a modern urban freeway and entertainment precinct.

Mounts Bay Road, Perth. Produced in Australia by The Rose Stereograph Company, Printers and Photographic Publishers, Armadale, Victoria. Part of the Beauty Spots in Australia, 12 Real Photographs For Your Snapshot Album series.

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Unit of Sale: Single Unit
Type: Real Photo (RPPC)
Era: Pre-War (Pre-1914)
Theme: Abstract, Aerial View, Architecture, Art, Cities & Towns, Community Life, Countries, Cultures & Ethnicities, Domestic & Family Life, Exhibitions, Famous Places, Holiday, Hotel & Restaurant, Landscapes, Novelty, People, Photographs, Politics, Post, Religious, Social History, Tourism, Transportation, Travel, Universities
Year Manufactured: 1930
Original/Licensed Reprint: Original
Postage Condition: Posted
Subject: Tower
Country of Origin: Australia

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