Brixton Street Conservation Area

Statement of Significance

The place has social value to the community as demonstrated by the effective and ongoing campaign to establish the reserve led by the Friends of Brixton Street Wetlands Group.

The place has aesthetic value for its qualities of undisturbed wetland with the associated fauna and flora.

Physical Description

Brixton Street Wetlands lie on a very flat waterlogged Pinjarra Plain that lies at the base of the Darling Range. The reserve is 19 hectares and is bound by Brixton street, Alton Street, Roe Highway and a portion of the government rail network.

The site contains a mixture of wetlands containing over 320 plant species, more than 20% of Perth's flora in just 0.005% of Perth's area. The wetlands hosts plant communities and species that are rare and endangered.

The reserve contains many different vegetated wetlands with fringing vegetation in or near to its condition prior to settlement of the area.

Of particular interest are the over 80 special wildflowers that are rare and endangered on the site which have only recently been discovered by botanists and are uncommon on the Swan Coastal Plain.

The reserve is also the habitat for the Quenda (Southern Brown Bandicoot), water birds and many native terrestrial and aquatic animals.

History

Preservation of this natural heritage grew out of a campaign by the Waterbird Conservation Group in the late 1980′s, leading to the founding of the Friends of Brixton Street Wetlands group in 1994.

In 2004, in recognition of its conservation significance the Wetlands were vested in the Conservation Commission of Western Australia as a nature reserve for conservation of flora and fauna managed by the Department of Environment and Conservation. A management committee with representation from the Friends, DEC and the City of Gosnells has been responsible for management of the Wetlands. Management actions include weed management and bushland restoration, the upgrading of fences, placement of signs and rubbish removal.

Landgate designated the reserve in 2007. The Friends of Brixton Street Wetlands continue to manage and promote the reserve.

Condition

Good

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