Everyone knows of the location, Claise Brook in East Perth, but did you know it was named after a real brook of the same name? Discovered by Europeans in the 1820s, the brook was integral to the area.
Over the decades, the brook hosted a public abattoir turned convict depot, a mulberry plantation for silkworms, a homeless camp and finally a recreational ground called Haig Park.
As the area gradually industrialised, the brook became polluted and relegated to a drain—eventually completely underground. It's still there to this day, but is there anything tangible to see?
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