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{{Short description|Proposals for north shore of Perth Water, Perth, Western Australia}}

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[[File:Elizabeth Quay April 2013.jpg|thumb|right|300px|2013 development underway]]

The north shore of [[Perth Water]] on the [[Swan River (Western Australia)|Swan River]] frontage to the city of [[Perth, Western Australia|Perth]] in [[Western Australia]] has been frequently changed since the arrival of Europeans in 1829. Various forms and structures have appeared and been removed over the last 190 years. Jetties, ports and various forms of reclamation have moved the shore considerably into [[Perth Water]].

The main eras of reclamation were in the 1870s, 1900s, 1920s-1937, 1955–1959, and 1967.<ref>{{Citationcite Q |Q135222492 author1|last1=Seddon, |first1=George | author2author1-link=Ravine,George David,Seddon 1955–(academic) |last2=Ravine title|first2=A city and its setting : images of Perth, Western AustraliaDavid | publication-date=1986 | publisher=Fremantle Arts Centre Press | isbn=978-0-949206-08-4 | url-access=registration | urlaccess-date=https://archive.org/details/cityitssetting00sedd2025-07-06 }}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.historycouncilwa.org.au/events/forums-and-debates/more-than-grass-exploring-the-esplanade |title=Lise Summers, ''Reclamation for recreation'' |access-date=8 April 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150102044325/http://www.historycouncilwa.org.au/events/forums-and-debates/more-than-grass-exploring-the-esplanade |archive-date=2 January 2015 |url-status=dead }}</ref>

Since the 1980s various proposals have been mooted by government and others to redevelop the foreshore area. These proposals are sometimes referred to as the '''Perth waterfront developments''' and have generally focused on areas around [[Barrack Square]] and the [[The Esplanade (Perth)|Esplanade Reserve]].

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==CityVision, 1988==

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|image1=[http://www.cityvision.org.au/wp-content/uploads/2011/03/Foreshore-2.jpg CityVision 1988]

|image2=[http://citygatekeepers.com.au/wp-content/uploads/2012/02/Picture11.jpg City of Perth 2005–2030]

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The proposal included realignment of Riverside Drive.

He stated that work would start before 2012 if his government was re-elected. The opposition leader [[Colin Barnett]] objected to the plans, saying "people did not want skyscrapers on the city foreshore and the plan would create an exclusive enclave for corporations and rich apartment owners".<ref>{{Citation | author1=Weller, Richard | author-link=Richard Weller | title=Boomtown 2050 | year=2009 | publication-date=2009 | publisher=UWA Publishing | isbn=978-1-921401-21-3 }} - quotes David Hatch, ''[[The West Australian]]'', 3 September 2008 : "The Perth Waterfront Project and the State Government's Network City planning policy would be scrapped under a Liberal government, Colin Barnett said yesterday. The Liberal leader said people did not want skyscrapers on the city foreshore and the plan would create an exclusive enclave for corporations and rich apartment owners."</ref>

The Carpenter government was defeated at the [[2008 Western Australian state election|2008 election]].

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==References==

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==Further reading==

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*{{cite book|last1=Bolleter|first1=Julian|title=Take me to the River: The story of Perth's foreshore|year=2015|publisher=UWA Publishing|___location=Crawley, WA|isbn=9781742586489}}

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