Morley, Western Australia
Morley | |||||||||||||
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Bishop Street, Morley | |||||||||||||
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| Coordinates: 31°53′13″S 115°54′25″E / 31.887°S 115.907°E | |||||||||||||
| Country | Australia | ||||||||||||
| State | Western Australia | ||||||||||||
| City | Perth | ||||||||||||
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| Established | 1918 | ||||||||||||
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• Total | 10.5 km2 (4.1 sq mi) | ||||||||||||
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| • Total | 22,539 (SAL 2021) | ||||||||||||
| Postcode | 6062 | ||||||||||||
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Morley is a suburb of Perth, within the City of Bayswater local government area, situated approximately 10 kilometres (6 mi) northeast of the Perth central business district. It contains the Galleria Shopping Centre, one of Perth's larger shopping centres. Galleria bus station is located in the car park of the shopping centre. From the late 1950s, Morley (originally known as Morley Park) began to develop as a major shopping and commercial centre.
The name Morley began appearing on maps around the beginning of the twentieth century and was adopted when the Morley Park Estate was subdivided for urban development after the First World War. The most likely explanation for its use is that it commemorates Charles William Morley, who is known to have farmed in the area during the 1860s and 1870s.