Mount Claremont, Western Australia

Mount Claremont
PerthWestern Australia
Sign of the Mount Claremont Oval
Map
Coordinates31°57′43″S 115°47′02″E / 31.962°S 115.784°E / -31.962; 115.784
Population4,999 (SAL 2021)[1]
Postcode(s)6010
Area4.3 km2 (1.7 sq mi)
Location9 km (6 mi) W of Perth CBD
LGA(s)
State electorate(s)Cottesloe
Federal division(s)Curtin
Suburbs around Mount Claremont:
City Beach Floreat Floreat
Swanbourne Mount Claremont Shenton Park
Swanbourne Claremont Karrakatta

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.[2][3][4]

  1. ^ Australian Bureau of Statistics (28 June 2022). "Mount Claremont (suburb and locality)". Australian Census 2021 QuickStats. Retrieved 28 June 2022. Edit this at Wikidata
  2. ^ "GRAYLANDS GROWTH". The West Australian. Vol. 66, no. 19, 911. Western Australia. 12 May 1950. p. 13. Retrieved 4 December 2016 – via National Library of Australia.
  3. ^ Paul, Erin; Tapper, Alan; Borthwick, Marjory; Bussell, Lorna; Graylands Parents & Citizens Association (1992), Growing up in Graylands : memories of Graylands Primary School, 1917-1960, Published for the Graylands Parents & Citizens Association by Personal Publishing Press Services, ISBN 978-0-947260-08-8
  4. ^ "ROADMAKING AT GRAYLANDS". The West Australian. Vol. 63, no. 19, 033. Western Australia. 16 July 1947. p. 6 (SECOND EDITION.). Retrieved 4 December 2016 – via National Library of Australia.