Mount Claremont, Western Australia

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| type = suburb

| name = Mount Claremont

| city = Perth

| state = WA

| image = Sign of the Mount Claremont Oval in Mount Claremont, Western Australia.JPG

| caption = Sign of the Mount Claremont Oval

| lga = City of Nedlands

| lga2 = Town of Cambridge

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| coordinates = {{coord|31.962|S|115.784|E|display=inline,title}}

| postcode = 6010

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| stategov = Cottesloe

| fedgov = Curtin

| near-nw = City Beach

| near-n = Floreat

| near-ne = Floreat

| near-w = Swanbourne

| near-e = Shenton Park

| near-sw = Swanbourne

| near-s = Claremont

| near-se = Karrakatta

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Mount Claremont, known previously as Graylands, is a suburb of Perth, Western Australia, located within the Town of Cambridge and the City of Nedlands.

Graylands underwent significant changes in the 1950s, with the post war downgrading of military and migrant facilities in the area.{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article47847178 |title=GRAYLANDS GROWTH |newspaper=The West Australian |volume=66 |issue=19,911 |location=Western Australia |date=12 May 1950 |accessdate=4 December 2016 |page=13 |via=National Library of Australia}}{{Citation | author1=Paul, Erin | author2=Tapper, Alan | author3=Borthwick, Marjory | author4=Bussell, Lorna | author5=Graylands Parents & Citizens Association | title=Growing up in Graylands : memories of Graylands Primary School, 1917-1960 | year=1992 | publication-date=1992 | publisher=Published for the Graylands Parents & Citizens Association by Personal Publishing Press Services | isbn=978-0-947260-08-8 }}{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article46326233 |title=ROADMAKING AT GRAYLANDS |newspaper=The West Australian |volume=63 |issue=19,033 |location=Western Australia |date=16 July 1947 |accessdate=4 December 2016 |page=6 (SECOND EDITION.) |via=National Library of Australia}}

Current establishments

The suburb contains the Perth High Performance Centre, the Western Australian Institute of Sport (WAIS), Graylands Hospital, John XXIII College, Wollaston College, and lands owned by the University of Western Australia.

Former institutions

It was the site of the former Swanbourne Hospital,{{Citation | author1=Western Australia. Mental Health Services | title=Swanbourne Hospital : inadequacies of the existing building as a hospital for the psycho-geriatric and intellectually handicapped patients : proposed stages and estimated cost of replacing the hospital | publication-date=1979 | publisher=The Service | url=http://trove.nla.gov.au/work/11573276 | accessdate=4 December 2016 }} Graylands Teachers College (1955–1979),{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article49874938 |title=Graylands to have college for teachers |newspaper=The West Australian |location= |date=19 August 1954 |accessdate=4 December 2016 |page=1 |via=National Library of Australia}} and Graylands Migrant Hostel (1952–1987).{{Citation | author1=Peters, Nonja | author2=Bush, Fiona | author3=Gregory, Jenny (Jennifer Anne) | author4=Australian Heritage Commission | author5=University of Western Australia. Centre for Western Australian History | title=Graylands & Swanbourne migrant reception centres | publication-date=1996 | publisher=Centre for Western Australian History, University of Western Australia | url=http://trove.nla.gov.au/work/15410420 | accessdate=4 December 2016 }}

Estates

Residential areas in the suburb consist of four estates:

Zamia Gardens – the newest area, still in the process of construction
St Johns Wood – a relatively new estate, bordering John XXIII College and Graylands Hospital, with many larger blocks of land and often including views of the city
St Peters Square – a higher density development, featuring townhouses oriented around a central park
Old Mount Claremont – the original subdivision, consisting mostly of homes built in the 1940–1950s, including some properties bordering Cottesloe Golf Course

Demographically, Mount Claremont is reported to have a higher proportion of university or other tertiary graduates (23.4%) than the average in Perth (13.5%).

The southeast of the suburb is on the railway line between Karrakatta and Loch Street. Mount Claremont is also served by Transperth buses.

References

External links

{{cite book|url=https://researchrepository.murdoch.edu.au/id/eprint/17198/2/02whole.pdf|title=Graylands: The Evolution of a Suburb (Honours thesis)|last=Mikus|first=Pamela|publisher=Murdoch University|year=2013|accessdate = 2020-12-09}}

Category:Suburbs of Perth, Western Australia