Wembley Golf Complex

History of Wembley Golf Complex

The origins of the Wembley Downs Public Golf Course began in 1932 when a group of Perth business men formed a syndicate with a view to obtaining a lease from the City of Perth to build and operate a public golf course adjoining The Boulevard in Wembley Downs.

Land had already been set aside some time previously for a golf course in this vicinity by the City of Perth.

Walter Fox, a man with extensive experience of golf course design in Victoria, was instrumental in negotiating the ten year lease with the City of Perth.

A lease was drawn up and a prospectus of 6,000 shares of one pound each was issued on the 25th of November 1932 and registered under the Companies Act of Western Australia. On the 20th March 1933 the Lease was signed between the City of Perth and the Wembley Downs Public Golf Course Ltd.

The Company made a significant contribution to the district by building 27 holes, which increased to 36 to holes later.