Orange Grove, Western Australia

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Orange Grove
PerthWestern Australia
File:Bickley Dam panorama Western Australia SMC.jpg
Bickley Dam and Reservoir panorama
Orange Grove is located in Perth
Orange Grove
Orange Grove
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Population 544 (2006 census)[1]
Postcode(s) 6109
LGA(s) City of Gosnells
State electorate(s) Kalamunda
Federal Division(s) Hasluck
Suburbs around Orange Grove:
Wattle Grove Forrestfield Lesmurdie
Kenwick Orange Grove Carmel
Maddington Martin Canning Mills

Orange Grove is a suburb of Perth, Western Australia in the City of Gosnells.

In 2006, the local primary school, Orange Grove Primary School,[2] became the first school in Western Australia to produce a podcast, with its show entitled Podkids Australia.[3]

Despite the name, Bickley Dam is situated within Orange Grove. It was constructed in 1921 on Bickley Brook, a tributary of the Canning River. This created Bickley Reservoir, which has a capacity of 0.06 gigalitres (GL). It is a source of drinking water for the Integrated Water Supply System (IWSS) which services Perth, Mandurah, Pinjarra, Harvey and the Goldfields and Agricultural regions. It was used as a direct source of water for Perth until 1994. Since 1994, however, it has operated as a pumpback for Victoria Reservoir due to low pipeline pressure and poor water quality.[4]

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  1. Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
  2. Orange Grove Primary School www.ogps.wa.edu.au. Retrieved 12 February 2007.
  3. Podkids Australia www.podkids.com.au. Retrieved 12 February 2007.
  4. Bickley Reservoir Catchment Area Drinking Water Source Protection Plan Water Resource Protection Report Series. REPORT NO.61 JUNE 2006. Retrieved 12 February 2007.