Belhus, Western Australia

Belhus is a suburb of Perth, Western Australia. It is in the City of Swan local government area. It was named after Belhus Estate, the original English estate owned by the family of Edmund Barrett-Lennard, one of the pioneers of the Swan Valley table grape industry, who bought a property in the area in 1897 and named it "Belhus".[2]

Belhus
Perth, Western Australia
Belhus
Coordinates31.781°S 116.010°E / -31.781; 116.010
Population278 (2016 census)[1]
Postcode(s)6069
LGA(s)City of Swan
State electorate(s)West Swan
Federal Division(s)Pearce
Suburbs around Belhus:
Upper Swan
Aveley Belhus Brigadoon
Henley Brook Millendon Baskerville

References

  1. Australian Bureau of Statistics (27 June 2017). "Belhus (State Suburb)". 2016 Census QuickStats. Retrieved 23 March 2020.
  2. Western Australian Land Information Authority. "History of metropolitan suburb names – B". Retrieved 10 October 2008.


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