The text of the entry was: Did you know ... that Mertome Village in Bayswater, Western Australia was the first aged care complex to be built by a local government in Australia?
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Overall:
A most comprehensive (if not the most comprehensive) history of the origins and development of a suburb of Perth and the genesis of a local government authority battling with floods, inundations and uneven development of housing, industry and education, along with serious erosion on the riverbank. A very well written article.
That said, the history sections are long in the tooth and some truncation has been recommended. Other minor issues may be resolved quickly.
Happy to discuss issues raised. --
Whiteguru (
talk) 08:24, 27 June 2021 (UTC)reply
On hold
I will crack on with the history section soon. I aim to get it down to slightly longer than
Hamersley, Western Australia#History (a featured article), as Bayswater has existed for longer than Hamersley.
Reference 76 covers all electoral districts in WA. Scroll down. The 2001 state election doesn't have results on a webpage like the more recent elections.
I have put in a new link for reference 33 that isn't dead. Annoying that that website seems to change its url every year.
For the local government section, I put the year of expiry for each councillor's term.
Added references for the train section. I can't believe I didn't realise that paragraph had no references before.
I have now cut down the history section. I've cut down the section on European colonisation considerably instead of the other sections as I decided it had the least important information in it. Each section has had paragraphs trimmed.
Steelkamp Thank you for your edits. Very pleasing work. It's a good read, this article. --
Whiteguru (
talk) 01:02, 28 June 2021 (UTC)reply
Passed
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The result was: promoted by
SL93 (
talk) 01:44, 25 July 2021 (UTC)reply
... that when the
Fremantle–Guildford railway line opened in 1881, people would get off at Bayswater, Western Australia, hike through
bushland, and take a boat across the
Swan River to get to
Perth Racecourse? Source: May, Catherine (2013). Changes they've seen: the city and people of Bayswater 1827-2013. Morley, W.A.: City of Bayswater. p. 31.
ISBN9780646596082. – "Racegoers used the [Fremantle–Guildford railway] line to travel as far as the point opposite the racecourse, which happened to be Location U, and then to make the route march through the bush to the riverbank, where enterprising boatmen were waiting."
ALT1:... that an 1885 advertisement in the Daily News for an estate in Bayswater, Western Australia was probably the largest ever real estate advertisement in Western Australia at the time? Source: May, Catherine (2013). Changes they've seen : the city and people of Bayswater 1827-2013. Morley, W.A.: City of Bayswater. p. 33.
ISBN9780646596082. – When we next hear of Location U in July 1885, Rogers has transformed it, at least for publicity purposes, into a rural paradise of five-acre lots named 'The Bayswater Estate', and presented it to the public in probably the largest land sale advertisement to appear in the conservative Western Australia press.18 Endnotes: 18. Daily News, 9 July 1885.
ALT2:... that Mertome Village in Bayswater, Western Australia was the first aged care complex to be built by a local government in Australia? Source: May, Catherine (2013). Changes they've seen : the city and people of Bayswater 1827-2013. Morley, W.A.: City of Bayswater. p. 280.
ISBN9780646596082. – Mertome Village was the first aged care persons complex in Australia to be built by a local government body, with the aid of newly available Commonwealth funding.
ALT3:... that 33 houses were resumed for railway marshalling yards in Bayswater, Western Australia during the 1950s, but the marshalling yards were never built? Source: May, Catherine (2013). Changes they've seen : the city and people of Bayswater 1827-2013. Morley, W.A.: City of Bayswater. p. 236.
ISBN9780646596082. – Shortly afterwards, Bayswater was threatened with the placement of the railway marshalling yards about to be relocated from East Perth within its boundaries ... Nevertheless, the land was resumed, thirty-three houses demolished or shifted to other places ... After several years more suburban growth, the Stephenson Plan recommended that the planned site be changed.46 This was no doubt a happy development for the district...
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Improved to Good Article status by
Steelkamp (
talk). Self-nominated at 10:35, 28 June 2021 (UTC).reply
Other problems: - "Road" section is not sourced, but appears to have been derived from an accurate map
Hook: Hook has been verified by provided inline citation
Cited: - Offline/paywalled citation accepted in good faith
Interesting:
QPQ: - Not done Overall: Waiting for QPQ. I think ALT2 is the best hook. It refers to a subject that is probably more interesting to a broad international audience than the other hooks, and is also topical due to the Covid pandemic.
Bahnfrend (
talk) 12:23, 6 July 2021 (UTC)reply