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4 unusual facts about Maylands


Constable Care

Based in Maylands WA, they travel the state visiting over 500 schools a year including remote indigenous community schools.

Goldfields Water Supply Scheme

Mephan Ferguson was awarded the first manufacturing contract and built a fabrication plant at Falkirk (now known as the Perth suburb of Maylands) to produce half of the 60,000 pipes required.

West Australian Ballet

In April 2012, during WAB's 60 year celebrations, the company moved all operations and rehearsals to the West Australian Ballet Centre, a custom designed facility in Maylands, Western Australia.

The West Australian Ballet or WAB is the State ballet dance company of Western Australia and is based in Perth at the Western Australian Ballet Centre in Maylands.


Electoral district of Maylands

After the 1961 redistribution, Toms elected to contest the new seat of Bayswater at the 1962 election, whilst Oldfield, who had since joined the Labor party, won Maylands, but narrowly lost it three years later.

Maylands Airport

Between 6 April 1942 and 5 August 1943, No. 35 Squadron, flying Avro Ansons, was based at Maylands to transport supplies and passengers to Allied units throughout Western Australia, as well as supporting the Royal Australian Navy and the Australian Army.


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