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Shearn Memorial Park

Carrington and Coode Streets, Sixth and Central Avenues, Maylands

Heritage Council:
90 Central Avenue Maylands
City of Bayswater Place Number 26751
Reserve 13991
Constructed from 1912
Statement of Significance
The place has aesthetic value as a well maintained park in an urban setting.
The place has historic value for its association with the development of amenities for the new communities being established in Maylands and Mount Lawley in the early 20th century.
The place has social value for the many members of the community who have used the park for organised sport or passive recreation.
Physical Description
An open public park on Central Avenue, bound by Carrington Street, Sixth Avenue and Coode Street. Shearn Memorial Park encompasses a large open grassed area that has been largely levelled to create playing fields with the high point at the corner of Carrington Street and Sixth Avenue, these two sides incorporate limestone retaining walls. Also located within the park are cricket nets, a basketball hoop, clubrooms, public toilets, a playground, bench seating, rose gardens and large mature trees.
History
This reserve was transferred to the Perth Road Board in 1912 and was known as Maylands Oval until being formally named Shearn Park in 1951 in honour of Harry Vivian Shearn (1892-1951), Member of Parliament for Maylands between 1936 and 1951. He was also a member of the Perth Road Board from 1930 to 1951, as was his father Michael Shearn, and both were real estate agents in Maylands and Mount Lawley. In 1913-14, the Perth Road Board spent over £828 on the maintenance and construction of recreation grounds, including the future Shearn Memorial Park. The oval has been the venue for cricket and football for many years and the retaining wall on the north western end of the oval provides a good vantage for spectators. Club Rooms have been present on the grounds since the 1930s.
Condition: Good

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This page incorporates material from Garry Gillard's Freotopia website, that he started in 2014 and the contents of which he donated to Wikimedia Australia in 2024. The content was originally created on 23 June, 2020 and hosted at freotopia.org/parks/shearn.html (it was last updated on 3 April, 2024), and has been edited since it was imported here (see page history). The donated data is also preserved in the Internet Archive's collection.