Shenton Park, Western Australia

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Shenton Park
Perth, Western Australia

Population:

4,252 (2001 census)^[1]

Postcode:

6008

Area:

3.4 km²

Property Value:

AUD $685,000 (Q2 2006)^[2]

Location:

4 km from Perth

LGA:

City of Subiaco
City of Nedlands

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 (31°57′32″S, 115°48′21″E; post code: 6008) is a suburb of Perth, Western Australia, located within the City of Subiaco and 4 km west of the CBD. Its postcode is 6008. The suburb is named after the park that it contains; Shenton Park.

1 Facilities
- 1.1 Hospital
2 Transport
3 See also
4 External links

[edit] Facilities

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.

[edit] Hospital

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.

[edit] Transport

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

[edit] See also

Lake Jualbup, formerly Shenton Lake
Shenton Park railway station, Perth

[edit] External links

Coordinates: -31.959° 115.806°

Maps and aerial photos
- Street map from Street Directory, MSN Maps and Multimap.
- Satellite image from Google Maps, WikiMapia and Terraserver.

Western suburbs of Perth, Western Australia
City Beach \| Claremont \| Cottesloe \| Crawley \| Daglish \| Dalkeith \| Floreat \| Jolimont \| Karrakatta \| Mosman Park \| Mount Claremont \| Nedlands \| North Fremantle \| Peppermint Grove \| Shenton Park \| Subiaco \| Swanbourne \| Wembley \| Wembley Downs \| West Leederville