Point Belches
Template:Short description Template:DMCA Template:DMCA Template:Maplink Point Belches is a small point on the south side of Swan River, Western Australia, about 250 metres (820 ft) east of the Narrows within the area known as Perth Water.[1][2] The land is part of the South Perth Esplanade, and the water off the point is used as a commercial water skiing area.[1]
Captain James Stirling discovered Point Belches during the Swan River expedition of 1827. He named it in honour of Peter Belches, a member of the exploring party who was Third Lieutenant on Stirling's ship, Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'Module:WPSHIPS utilities/data' not found..[2][3]
While Point Belches now refers to a small feature on the eastern side of the peninsula, Stirling almost certainly intended the name to refer to the entire peninsula.[1][2][4] The Old Mill on the peninsula is identified in early sources as being on Point Belches.[2][5][6] Furthermore, historic plans mark Point Belches north of Miller's Pool[7]Template:Rp on the opposite side of Pool Neck to its contemporary location east of Miller's Pool.[4][8][9]
It was a stopping point for early ferries on Perth Water.[10] The peninsula itself is now commonly referred to as Mill Point, although strictly speaking this name also refers to a smaller feature, on the western side of the peninsula.[1][2]
References
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- ^ a b c d Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."Swan Canning Riverpark Boating Guide" (PDF). Department of Transport. Government of Western Australia. December 2017. Retrieved 4 August 2018.
- ^ a b c d e Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."Swan River System Landscape Description, Precinct 7 (South Perth – Canning Bridge to the Causeway)" (PDF). Department of Biodiversity, Conservation and Attractions. Government of Western Australia. September 1997. Retrieved 4 August 2018.
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- ^ a b c Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."Swan River, sheet 16, by R. Clint, Point Belches and Millers Pool [Tally No. 005127]". Department for Culture. Government of Western Australia. 1 January 1831. Retrieved 4 August 2018.
- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content.Parsons, Alan (2006). "Construction of Shenton's mills on Point Belches 1833-1837". A. Parsons. Retrieved 3 June 2012.
- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."The Old Mill". Western Mail (Perth, WA : 1885 - 1954). Perth: National Library of Australia. 4 July 1929. p. 32 Edition: The Western Mail CENTENARY NUMBER. Retrieved 3 June 2012.
- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content.Shardlow, Ross (March 1996). Buhagiar, Chris (ed.). "George McCarter, Barrack Street Boat Builder" (PDF). Maritime Heritage Association Journal. 7 (1). Fremantle: Maritime Heritage Association: 6–10. Retrieved 6 October 2023.
- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."File 020 - Survey of Mill Point, South Perth [Tally No. 005129]". Department for Culture. Government of Western Australia. 15 March 1833. Retrieved 4 August 2018.
- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content.Engineering Heritage Western Australia (October 2012). "Recognition of Perth's first Public Water Supply Scheme for an engineering heritage marker" (PDF). Engineers Australia. Retrieved 18 August 2018.
- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."SOUTH PERTH AND THE CITY". The West Australian. Vol. XXVII, no. 7, 775. Western Australia. 1 March 1911. p. 8. Retrieved 26 February 2023 – via National Library of Australia.
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