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St James, Western Australia

Coordinates: 32°00′04″S 115°54′40″E / 32.001°S 115.911°E / -32.001; 115.911
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St James
PerthWestern Australia
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Coordinates32°00′04″S 115°54′40″E / 32.001°S 115.911°E / -32.001; 115.911
Population4,894 (SAL 2021)[1]
Established1957
Postcode(s)6102
Area1.8 km2 (0.69 sq mi)
LGA(s)
State electorate(s)Victoria Park
Federal division(s)Swan
Suburbs around St James:
East Victoria Park East Victoria Park Welshpool
Bentley St James Bentley
Bentley Bentley Bentley

St James is a suburb of Perth, Western Australia, shared between the Town of Victoria Park and the City of Canning in the city's inner south-east.

St James is almost wholly residential, with a small commercial strip along Albany Highway and scattered businesses elsewhere. Boundary Road defines the boundary between the City of Canning and Town of Victoria Park and is the main east-west thoroughfare in the suburb. The main north-south counterparts are Albany Highway in the east and Berwick Street/Chapman Road in the west.

Name

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The name "St James Park" was proposed by the Canning Road Board in 1939 for the area bounded by Boundary Road, Albany Highway, Welshpool Road, the Armadale railway line, Ewing Street, Bedford Park, and Taree Street. It was apparently named after St James's Park in London. The name was initially rejected by the state government's Nomenclature Committee, as it had no historical significance to Western Australia. However, it remained in local use and in 1957 the northern portion of Bentley was officially gazetted as the new suburb of St James.[2]

A number of streets in the suburb are named after notable UK Prime Ministers and Members of Parliament (including Palmerston, Walpole and Pitt Streets).[3]

History

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Prior to European settlement, St James was occupied by the Beeloo subgroup of the Noongar people. Until World War II, most of St James was vacant bushland with some portions used for agricultural purposes. In the post-war period a significant amount of public housing was built by the State Housing Commission in St James and Bentley. Hundreds of blocks were also made available to war veterans by the War Service Homes Commission.[2]

In the 1990s the State Housing Commission began a process of redeveloping its public housing assets in St James and neighbouring suburbs, with the homes built in the 1950s demolished and either sold to private owners as vacant lots or rebuilt at higher densities.[4]

Transport

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Bus

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Bus routes serving Hill View Terrace:

References

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  1. ^ Australian Bureau of Statistics (28 June 2022). "St James (WA) (suburb and locality)". Australian Census 2021 QuickStats. Retrieved 28 June 2022. Edit this at Wikidata
  2. ^ a b Gallop, Geoff (1989). "Know Your Suburb: Bentley and St James" (PDF) – via Town of Victoria Park.
  3. ^ "Perth and surrounds suburb names". Landgate. Retrieved 30 October 2020.
  4. ^ Stephen Carrick Architects (2021). "Local Heritage Survey 2021: Town of Victoria Park" (PDF). Town of Victoria Park. p. 54.
  5. ^ "Route 34". Bus Timetable 19 (PDF). Transperth. 11 July 2024 [effective from 11 August 2024].
  6. ^ "Route 177". Bus Timetable 9 (PDF). Transperth. 17 May 2024 [effective from 15 July 2024].
  7. ^ "Route 178". Bus Timetable 9 (PDF). Transperth. 17 May 2024 [effective from 15 July 2024].
  8. ^ "Route 179". Bus Timetable 13 (PDF). Transperth. 11 June 2024 [effective from 15 July 2024].
  9. ^ "Route 201". Bus Timetable 14 (PDF). Transperth. 16 July 2024 [effective from 11 August 2024].
  10. ^ "Route 220". Bus Timetable 3 (PDF). Transperth. 15 August 2024 [effective from 8 September 2024].
  11. ^ "Route 930". Bus Timetable 208 (PDF). Transperth. 26 September 2024 [effective from 13 October 2024].
  12. ^ "Route 37". Bus Timetable 90 (PDF). Transperth. 29 August 2024 [effective from 6 October 2024].
  13. ^ "Route 998". CircleRoute Timetable 200 (PDF) (CircleRoute). Transperth. 12 June 2024 [effective from 15 July 2024].
  14. ^ "Route 999". CircleRoute Timetable 200 (PDF) (CircleRoute). Transperth. 12 June 2024 [effective from 15 July 2024].