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Lesmurdie, Western Australia

Lesmurdie, Western AustraliaSuburbs in the City of KalamundaSuburbs of Perth, Western AustraliaUse Australian English from March 2014
Perth Panorama from Lesmurdie Falls SMC
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Lesmurdie is a suburb of Perth, Western Australia, located within the City of Kalamunda. It was established in 1897 by Archibald Sanderson, a politician and journalist, who began buying properties in the area from the Canning Jarrah Timber Company to build up a rural retreat and fruit-growing property. He named it after Lesmurdie Cottage, a shooting box near Dufftown, Scotland that his father had rented. It was officially gazetted on 8 June 1959.It is viewed as being a rival suburb to the neighbouring suburb of Kalamunda directly to the north. The main access to the suburb from the Swan Coastal Plain is via Welshpool Road East, which snakes its way up the side of the Darling Scarp from the suburb of Wattle Grove. Lesmurdie can also be accessed from Kalamunda, Walliston, Carmel and Bickley, primarily through Canning Road. The shopping centres in the area are the Lesmurdie Village on Sanderson Road and the Lesmurdie Road Shopping Centre on the corner of Rooth Road and Lesmurdie Road. Lesmurdie has three high schools within its boundaries, the government operated Lesmurdie Senior High School as well as the privately operated Mazenod College for boys and St Brigid's College for girls. There are two government primary schools in Lesmurdie, Lesmurdie Primary School and Falls Road Primary School as well as a privately operated primary school at St Brigid's.

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Lesmurdie, Western Australia
Silver Road, City Of Kalamunda

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N -31.994 ° E 116.05 °
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Silver Road 7
6076 City Of Kalamunda, Lesmurdie
Western Australia, Australia
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Kanyana Wildlife Rehabilitation Centre

Kanyana Wildlife Rehabilitation Centre is a not-for-profit organisation and establishment located in Lesmurdie, Western Australia, dedicated to wildlife conservation by caring for sick, injured, orphaned and displaced native animals, breeding threatened native species, animal care training, research, and education through schools and local communities. Established in the 1970s by June and Lloyd Butcher in their home laundry in Gooseberry Hill, Kanyana quickly expanded and took over the whole of their home. In 1986 a basic hospital and enclosures were designed and built by Lloyd to June's specifications in the backyard of their three hectare property. In that same year Kanyana admitted seventy animals. In 1989 the hospital doubled in size again. In 1993 captive breeding of western barred bandicoots began and Kanyana was incorporated as a voluntary organisation with about 20 volunteers. In 1994 their education program started with nocturnal tours of the centre and visits to schools in the greater Perth area. In 1996 captive breeding of bilbies began. In the early 2000s a formal research program in conjunction with Murdoch Veterinary School began. Kanyana began conducting training programs for other organisations. In 2006 when a parasite was discovered during research into the papilloma/polyoma virus affecting western barred bandicoots it was named eimeria kanyana in commendation for Kanyana's dedicated work with the bandicoots (and many other animals). By 2008 admissions to the centre exceeded 1,800 per year. In 2010 Kanyana moved to Paxwold, the purpose built facility funded by Lotterywest with support received from the Western Australian Department of Environment of Conservation and Kalamunda Shire. In 2012 Kanyana's Wildlife Discovery Centre was established with funding from Chevron Australia, and Kanyana is supported by more than 300 volunteers. By 2014 admissions exceeded 2,400 for the year and Kanyana was awarded the Kalamunda Chamber of Commerce Business Excellence Awards: The President's Award and the Staff Training and Development Award. In 2015 the Zoo and Aquarium Association admitted Kanyana as an Associate Institutional Member after a glowing report from the Association's Accreditation Program. In 2016 it was awarded the Zoo and Aquarium Association In-situ Conservation Award for its woylie breeding program, as well as the Western Australian Small Business Environment Award the following year. Kanyana offers volunteers training, education programs and advance-booked public tours of its facilities such as its conservation area(s), wildlife hospital and rehabilitation centre.