Mount Claremont, Western Australia
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Mount Claremont is a suburb of Perth
, Western Australia
, Australia
, located within the Town of Cambridge and the City of Nedlands. It consists mostly of residential estates which were built in the late 1980s and early 1990s. It was known as Graylands until 1988, but was renamed due to association with the Graylands psychiatric hospital.
Mount Claremont contains the Challenge Stadium
and the Western Australian Institute of Sport
, as well as John XXIII College
, Wollaston Theological College and lands owned by the University of Western Australia
. It is served by various buses, and the southeast of the suburb is on the railway line between Karrakatta and Loch Street.
Mount Claremont consists of four sectors:
Perth, Western Australia
Perth is the capital and largest city of the Australian state of Western Australia and the fourth most populous city in Australia. The Perth metropolitan area has an estimated population of almost 1,700,000....
, Western Australia
Western Australia
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, Australia
Australia
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, located within the Town of Cambridge and the City of Nedlands. It consists mostly of residential estates which were built in the late 1980s and early 1990s. It was known as Graylands until 1988, but was renamed due to association with the Graylands psychiatric hospital.
Mount Claremont contains the Challenge Stadium
Challenge Stadium
Challenge Stadium is a sports complex in the suburb of Mount Claremont, west of Perth, Western Australia, Australia. It was opened in 1986 and is home to the Western Australian Institute of Sport. The main indoor arena holds 4,500 people...
and the Western Australian Institute of Sport
Western Australian Institute of Sport
The Western Australian Institute of Sport is an elite sports institute set up in 1983 by the Government of Western Australia to support athletes in Western Australia...
, as well as John XXIII College
John XXIII College, Perth
John XXIII College is a Catholic co-educational school in Perth, Western Australia. The school provides education from kindergarten to year twelve students....
, Wollaston Theological College and lands owned by the University of Western Australia
University of Western Australia
The University of Western Australia was established by an Act of the Western Australian Parliament in February 1911, and began teaching students for the first time in 1913. It is the oldest university in the state of Western Australia and the only university in the state to be a member of the...
. It is served by various buses, and the southeast of the suburb is on the railway line between Karrakatta and Loch Street.
Mount Claremont consists of four sectors:
- "Zamia Gardens" - the newest estate of Mount Claremont, still in the process of construction.
- "St Johns Wood" - a newer estate with many new residences on larger blocks of land and many gaining views to the city. The older parts of St Johns Wood border John XXIII College and Graylands Hospital.
- "St Peters Square" - a higher density development similar to Subiaco Centro with townhouses situated around a central park.
- Old Mount Claremont - This section was the original development with most homes being built in the 1940-1950's, some properties border Cottesloe golf course.