:Crawley, Western Australia

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The Crawley Edge Boatshed is a well-recognised and frequently photographed site in Crawley.for example http://henrietta.liswa.wa.gov.au/record=b2545015~S2 {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131213033418/http://henrietta.liswa.wa.gov.au/record=b2545015~S2 |date=13 December 2013 }} and http://henrietta.liswa.wa.gov.au/record=b2546795~S2 {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131213033421/http://henrietta.liswa.wa.gov.au/record=b2546795~S2 |date=13 December 2013 }}. Re ownership see: - (2000) Who owns this shed? -Boatshed off Mounts Bay Road badly vandalised and needs repair. Subiaco post, 6 May 2000, p.20, http://henrietta.liswa.wa.gov.au/record=b1948481~S2 {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131213033338/http://henrietta.liswa.wa.gov.au/record=b1948481~S2 |date=13 December 2013 }} - then - (2002) Historic boat shed back in Nattrass hands.Historic Mounts Bay Road boatshed bought by the Nattrass family.Subiaco post, 2 Nov. 2002, p.64 http://henrietta.liswa.wa.gov.au/record=b2110979~S2 {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131213033423/http://henrietta.liswa.wa.gov.au/record=b2110979~S2 |date=13 December 2013 }} It is thought to have been originally constructed in the early 1930s. It has changed hands several times, and after being refurbished in the early 2000s, it was relaunched by triple solo-circumnavigator of the world, Jon Sanders, and single solo-circumnavigator David Dicks.

A statue called Eliza is also in Matilda Bay in the Swan River, in Crawley. Created by Tony and Ben Jones, the statue was unveiled on 15 October 2007 to commemorate Crawley Baths, Perth's prime competition and recreational swimming venue from 1914 to 1964. Eliza is often dressed up in clothing to represent special occasions.{{cite news|last1=Thomson|first1=Chris|title=Eliza statue gets set to have babies|url=http://www.watoday.com.au/wa-news/eliza-statue-gets-set-to-have-babies-20090224-8gir.html|accessdate=2 September 2017|publisher=WA news|date=February 25, 2009}}[https://www.flickr.com/photos/dcml/sets/72157604066582940/ Eliza on flickr]

The Royal Perth Yacht Club was reestablished on the shore of Pelican Point in Crawley after moving from Perth in 1953.

The Swan River at Crawley was utilised before the war as a flying boat landing location.{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article58760975 |title=FLYING BOAT ARRIVES AT CRAWLEY |newspaper=Sunday Times (Perth) |issue=1982 |location=Western Australia |date=19 January 1936 |accessdate=15 July 2016 |page=1 |via=National Library of Australia}}

During World War II, the bay in the Swan River at Crawley was the location of a flying boat base, for Patrol Wing 10,{{cite web |first= Allan |last= Alsleben |date= 2000 |title=US Patrol Wing 10 in the Dutch East Indies, 1942 | work= Forgotten Campaign: The Dutch East Indies Campaign 1941–1942 |url= https://warfare.gq/dutcheastindies/patrol_wing10.html }} which had to leave Surabaya in Java.{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article44986141 |title=FAREWELL TO "PATWING TEN" |newspaper=The West Australian |volume=60 |issue=18,208 |location=Western Australia |date=17 November 1944 |accessdate=15 July 2016 |page=2 |via=National Library of Australia}} The base was also known as Pelican Point due to the feature in the river being the defining and identifiable location from the air, at the end of the bay.

After the war the base was decommissioned,{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article46336983 |title=ONCE A FLYING-BOAT BASE |newspaper=The West Australian |volume=63 |issue=19,072 |location=Western Australia |date=30 August 1947 |accessdate=15 July 2016 |page=13 |via=National Library of Australia}} following opposition to a plan to redevelop and expand it.{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article50337098 |title=AIR BASE. |newspaper=The West Australian |volume=62 |issue=18,648 |location=Western Australia |date=20 April 1946 |accessdate=15 July 2016 |page=13 |via=National Library of Australia}}

It was also the start point for The Double Sunrise squadron, which was formed in 1943 to keep the air route between Australia and the United Kingdom open.{{cite news|last=Catanzaro|first=Joseph|title=Herois squadron loses last pilot|url=http://au.news.yahoo.com/thewest/a/-/mp/8570352/heroic-squadron-loses-last-pilot/|accessdate=28 December 2010|newspaper=The West Australian|date=28 December 2010|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120925070554/http://au.news.yahoo.com/thewest/a/-/mp/8570352/heroic-squadron-loses-last-pilot/|archive-date=25 September 2012|url-status=dead}}

In the 2016 census, there were 4,095 people in Crawley. 35.6% of people were born in Australia. The next most common countries of birth were China 15.8%, Singapore 7.1%, Malaysia 5.1%, England 3.5% and Indonesia 3.1%. 47.9% of people spoke only English at home. Other languages spoken at home included Mandarin 19.3%, Cantonese 3.6% and Indonesian 2.9%. The most common responses for religion were No Religion 42.0% and Catholic 11.9%. The median age is 24, much younger than WA's median as well as national, which are 36 and 38 respectively.{{Census 2016 AUS|id=SSC50352|name=State Suburbs: Crawley|quick=on|accessdate=2 December 2018}}50px Material was copied from this source, which is available under a [https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License].

These UWA residential colleges are in Crawley: St Catherine's College, St George's College, St Thomas More College, Trinity Residential College, and University Hall.

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• Williams, A. E. (1984) Nedlands : from campsite to city, Nedlands, W.A : City of Nedlands. {{ISBN|0-9590898-0-2}}

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