Mount Hawthorn, Western Australia
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| Mount Hawthorn Western Australia |
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| Population: | 5,849 (2006) | ||||||||||||
| Postcode: | 6016 | ||||||||||||
| LGA: | Town of Vincent | ||||||||||||
| Federal Division: | Division of Curtin | ||||||||||||
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Mount Hawthorn is a suburb of Perth, Western Australia, located within the Town of Vincent. Its postcode is 6016, which is shared with neighboring suburb Glendalough.
The Mount Hawthorn area was first selected for urban development in 1887. In the late 1890's part of it was purchased by a syndicate of Edward Wittenoom, a politician and pastoralist; James Hicks and C. L. W. Clifton. When this group subdivided their land in 1903, Hicks called his portion of the subdivision Hawthorn Estate, as he had recently been in Melbourne and stayed at Hawthorn.
Mount Hawthorn's houses are mainly brickmade, and have large extensions to their two bedroom houses.
It is known as one of the fastest growing suburbs close to Perth city, the fastest growing city in Australia.
[edit] World War I heritage
- A notable former resident was war hero Thomas Axford, a recipient of the Victoria Cross (in 1918) and the Military Medal.
- "Anzac Cottage", the house at 38 Kalgoorlie Street, was built by local tradespeople in the space of 24 hours, for the use of returned veterans.
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