Kelmscott, Western Australia

Kelmscott
Goolamrup (Nyungar)
PerthWestern Australia
Kelmscott railway station
Map
Coordinates32°07′08″S 116°01′34″E / 32.119°S 116.026°E / -32.119; 116.026
Population10,575 (SAL 2021)[1]
Established1830
Postcode(s)6111
Area14.9 km2 (5.8 sq mi)
Location
LGA(s)City of Armadale
State electorate(s)Armadale
Federal division(s)Burt
Suburbs around Kelmscott:
Champion Lakes Martin Martin
Camillo Kelmscott Roleystone
Seville Grove Armadale Mount Nasura

Kelmscott is a southeastern suburb of Perth, Western Australian within the local government area of the City of Armadale. It is 23 kilometres (14 mi) southeast of Perth along the Albany Highway.

Bridge below the school, Kelmscott, Western Australia, 23 March 1928

Kelmscott was one of four initial townsites established in the Swan River Colony. It was named after Kelmscott, Oxfordshire, the birthplace of the first Anglican clergyman in the colony, Thomas Hobbes Scott (1783–1860).[2]

The suburb of Kelmscott is bisected by the Canning River. On the western side of the river is the flat coastal plain upon which most of Perth is situated. This area includes the Stargate Kelmscott and Kelmscott Village shopping areas along Albany Highway, the light industrial area, the Kelmscott Senior High School and a residential area. To the east, the suburb rises into the western Darling Scarp.

Kelmscott celebrated its 175th anniversary on 9 October 2005.

Kelmscott is home of the first Red Rooster restaurant.

  1. ^ Australian Bureau of Statistics (28 June 2022). "Kelmscott (suburb and locality)". Australian Census 2021 QuickStats. Retrieved 28 June 2022. Edit this at Wikidata
  2. ^ "Scott, Thomas Hobbes (1783–1860)". Australian Dictionary of Biography. National Centre of Biography, Australian National University.