   north beach is a northern coastal suburb of perth, the capital city of western australia  from perth's central business district via mitchell freeway and reid highway. its local government area is the city of stirling. ==history== the name north beach began as a descriptive name, derived from the suburb being at the time the most northerly of perth's beaches. it was assigned in 1888 when surveyor charles crossland referred to the pastoral leases of samuel richard hamersley as his "north beach coastal run". the area originally formed part of the hamersley estate, which also included the suburbs now known as carine, north beach and hamersley. these areas were owned by the hamersley family, who arrived from europe to settle in the swan river colony in 1837 and built a summer home, called "the castle" in 1865, where their large family as well as the perth elite congregated for summer holidays. "the castle" was later converted into the castle hotel, but after 75 years was demolished and subdivided in 1998. originally set aside as a timber reserve, the area was first settled by pastoralists in the 1860s. it served as a stopping point and watering hole along the coastal stock route between dongara (near geraldton) and fremantle. cattle drovers frequented the area and afghan camel drivers were a common sight after the opening of the goldfields in the 1890s - the area also served as a qu
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