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:''This article details the colonial town plans that guided the development of the initial Perth town site in the Swan River Colony. This is now the central city area of the Perth Metropolitan Region.'' The 1829 town plan of Perth, Western Australia was an elongated grid pattern that reflected the urban planning principles of the day, and was typical of colonial Williamsburg (1699)〔Statham, Pamela (1990), ''The Origins of Australia's Capital Cities'', Cambridge University Press, p. 144〕 and the Edinburgh "new town" (1768).〔Proudfoot, Helen (1996). ''Town plans their impact on the settlement process of Australia (1788 - 1849)'', Macquarie University, PHD Thesis〕 The plan expressed enlightenment principles, and the ideal of a town conceived as the seat of power within a large and productive agricultural hinterland. It has remained relatively unchanged to the present day. ==Instructions for the planning of Perth== Land settlement in Australia generally followed the following process: Land was claimed by the crown, then surveyed by the colonial authorities, and either granted, sold or leased to settlers.〔Siksna, Arnius (2006), ''The Study of Urban Form in Australia'', Urban Morphology (2006) 10(2), pp. 89-100.〕 During the initial stages of settlement and consequent planning, there was no common set of regulations. However, in 1829, as the number of towns began expanding in New South Wales, Governor Darling issued regulations for the dimensions of streets and allotments. These regulations were not in force in Western Australia, but a copy of them was included in George Murray's instructions to Governor Stirling with a comment that they should be adhered to as closely as circumstances would permit. Murray's directives for Perth's town plan were quite general: The chosen site was to be suitable as the seat of government in Western Australia. It was to be surrounded by an area of three square miles as a reserve for future expansion, and allotments within the town were to be granted on only twenty year leases, leaving scope for future developments should they be necessary. Land was to be marked out and reserved for public purposes and all the other requirements essential for the future welfare of the settlement: In laying the foundations of any such Town, care must be taken to proceed upon a regular plan, leaving all vacant spaces which will in future times be required for thoroughfares, and as the sites of Churches, Cemeteries, and other Public Works of utility and general convenience.〔Lieutenant-Governor Stirling's Instructions 30 December 1828 (1828) by George Murray〕 Governor Stirling in turn gave instructions to the Surveyor-General, John Septimus Roe, who was responsible for surveying and laying out of the town site. This work was conducted from a tent camp in the vicinity of the modern Supreme Court gardens in August 1829. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Colonial Town Plans of Perth」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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