Faces of Nedlands

Pubs and football – great community meeting places and tribal gatherings. Both create a sense of belonging to a place and a group of like-minded people.

Blair Morgan places bags of groceries into the boot of a woman’s car on a bright winter’s day. They’re on first-name terms and he chats awhile, asking after her family and pets. He takes the shopping trolley and tells her not to worry, he’ll wheel it back to the shop.

Judy Denton, Senior Customer Services Officer at the City of Nedlands, is often inundated with chocolates from appreciative residents.

Judy has worked at the City of Nedlands for almost 20 years and in that time has become the familiar face of the City for many people. In her time, she has seen people grow up, grow old, move out of Nedlands and move back again.

When Karrakatta Cemetery decided to build a crematorium on the bushland at Hollywood Reserve, Trish Hewson sprung into action.

With the community up in arms about the possible loss of the 6.41 hectare site, bounded by Karrakatta Cemetery, Smyth Rd, Karella St and Dalkeith Rd in Nedlands, Trish Hewson and her husband David mobilised the community, enlisting children of all ages to write letters and draw pictures to send to the state government, organising protests, and arranged to show the minister of the day around the bushland.

Sustainability is a basic common sense way of living – it always has been and always will be. 

That’s the message from founding member and former Mayo Community Garden President Gail Stubber, also a member of the Nedlands Sustainable Committee.

She is a strong advocate for sustainable living and has been heavily involved with the Mayo Community Garden in Swanbourne over the past four years.