Shenton Park, Western Australia

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Shenton Park
PerthWestern Australia
Population: 4,252 (2001 census)[1]
Postcode: 6008
Area: 3.4 km² (1.3 sq mi)
Property Value: AUD $820,000 (Q4 2006)[2]
Location: km (2 mi) from Perth
LGA:
State District: Nedlands
Federal Division: Curtin
Suburbs around Shenton Park:
Floreat Daglish Subiaco
Mount Claremont Shenton Park Kings Park
Karrakatta Nedlands Crawley
For the park within the suburb, see Lake Jualbup.

Shenton Park is a suburb of Perth, Western Australia, located within the City of Subiaco and 4 km west of the Central business district. Its postcode is 6008. The suburb is named after the park that it contains; Shenton Park, which was named after George Shenton who originally owned the land that is now the suburb of Shenton Park.

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On the western side is Shenton College, a purpose-built high school established in 2000, a teaching and rehabilitation hospital which includes a health science campus of Curtin University of Technology, two private hospitals, offices of numerous health advocacy associations and depots and processing plants associated with the Water Authority and various councils.

The eastern side is almost entirely residential, with a small commercial area on Onslow Road, a primary school and several churches and halls.

During an outbreak of smallpox in 1893, the Royal Perth Hospital set up an isolation tent hospital in the bush at Shenton Park. Today the facility is home to the Rehabilitation Services and Spinal Unit of Royal Perth Hospital.

Shenton Park is divided by the Fremantle railway line and is served by the Shenton Park train station, the CircleRoute and numerous bus routes.

  1. ^ 2001 Census, Australian Bureau of Statistics
  2. ^ Real Estate Institute of Western Australia (2006). Suburb Profile - Shenton Park. Retrieved on 2007-04-25.

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