Osborne Park, Western Australia

Osborne Park is a suburb of Perth, Western Australia in the local government area of the City of Stirling.HistoryOsborne Park was named after William Osborne, a butcher who owned an abattoirs on Wanneroo Road and was elected to the Perth Road Board, in 1875.The suburb was originally market gardens, due to rich peaty soil from the swamps between Lake Monger and Herdsman Lake. The area was popular among Chinese, Italian and Yugoslav settlers. The suburb was founded by a private trading concern and had a tram service in the early 1900s through an extension of the Perth tram system from the end of the Leederville line. The suburb is now served by Glendalough train station on the Joondalup line.Osborne Park became a residential suburb after World War II, but by the 1980s, it was predominantly an industrial area, with only the north-eastern area still residential.At presentMany warehouses and small businesses are located in Osborne Park, as well as larger retailers such as Harvey Norman, Officeworks, Kambo's, Rick Hart, IGA (formerly Supa Valu and Action Supermarkets) and Hungry Jack's. It has been noted by many commentators that it "is a culinary wasteland, where hopes and dreams go to die". The Acts 2 Bible College of Mission and Evangelisation is also located here.