Point Walter
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Point Walter is a point on the Swan River, Western Australia, notable for its large sandbar that extends into the river. It is located on the southern shore of Melville Water, and forms its western en
The sandbar as viewed from Point Walter
Point Walter foreshore, c. 1924
View of the sandbar from the shore
Image looking east across Point Walter and Melville Water taken from Mosman Park. The sandbar can be seen in the middle, leading from Point Walter on the right.
Blackwall Reach
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Blackwall Reach is a section of the Swan River in Western Australia.
Point Walter
…Aboriginals. They believe the sandbar was the hair of the Dreamtime figure Djunda (alternatively spelt Junda), the Charnok woman, and the nearby cliffs at Blackwall Reach were her footprints. Djunda is said to have carried spirit children in her hair, who, when they fell out, formed rocks. According to Dreamtime stories…
Blackwall Reach east shore cliffs viewed from the north, from Freshwater Bay, Claremont
Blackwall Reach east shore cliffs viewed from the west