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Golf in the Hills

Did you know that since the early years of settlement the hills people have constructed golf courses on which to play.               

      

The first course was constructed in Darlington in 1923 by a group of residents . As stated in A Place in the Hills by Trea Wiltshire “there were a lot of professional people – doctors, solicitors and architects – living in Darlington at the time , and by their own labour  they turned the area into a very good little golf course”

There was a tin shed used for the clubhouse and the ladies would bring along afternoon teas and it became quite a social event.


The club closed in the 1940s and the land was later subdivided in the area bordered by Coulston Road and Saw Drive.


A golf course was started in 1957 on land north of Mundaring Weir that was originally owned by Walter Jecks. Later purchased by the Jacoby Brothers who named it Portagabra . By 1963 the Jacoby Park Golf Club  boasted more than a hundred members . The original Jecks homestead was used as the clubhouse. The fairways were called “tiger country” as it was a very challenging uneven ground with long grass, bracken and a deep creek to negotiate.



In 1969 both the bowling club that was where the ambulance station is now and the golf club joined forces and a new club was constructed at Mundaring Oval. It is called Mundaring Sporting Club.


Bowls and golf are not the only game now played on these courses, there is a newer sport called Disc Golf. It is played with a disc shaped item and hit into wire baskets set around a course. Later this year an international event of Disc Golf will be played at the Mundaring Sporting Club from Wednesday the 6th to Saturday the 9th November.



 
 

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Because History Matters

Mundaring and Hills Historical Society 

Mundaring Station Master's House

3060 Jacoby Street

Mundaring 6073

Western Australia

08 9295 0540

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Mundaring District Museum

Old Mundaring School

Great Eastern Highway

Mundaring 6073

Western Australia

08 9295 0540

OPENING HOURS

Monday to Saturday 9.30am to 4.00pm

Sunday & Public Holidays 10.30am to 2.30pm

MHHS wish to acknowledge the Traditional Owners of this Country and pay our respects to Elders past and present. We acknowledge the Whadjuk people who are part of the Noongar nation, the country on which we live and work, and we acknowledge their ownership and custodianship

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