Shenton Park, Western Australia

Infobox Australian Place | type = suburb
name = Shenton Park
city = Perth
state = wa


caption =
lga = City of Subiaco
lga2 = City of Nedlands
area = 3.4
postcode = 6008
pop = 4,195 (2006 census)Census 2006 AUS|id=SSC52276|name=Shenton Park (State Suburb)|quick=on|accessdate=2008-10-05]
dist1 = 4
location1 = Perth
est =
fedgov = Curtin
stategov = Nedlands
near-nw = Floreat
near-n = Daglish
near-ne = Subiaco
near-w = Mount Claremont
near-e = Kings Park
near-sw = Karrakatta
near-s = Nedlands
near-se = Crawleycoord|-31.959|115.806|type:city(4195)_region:AU-WA_scale:30000|format=dms|display=title:"For the park within the suburb, see Lake Jualbup."

Shenton Park is a suburb of Perth, Western Australia, located within the City of Subiaco and 4 km west of the Central business district. Its postcode is 6008. The suburb is named after the park that it contains; Shenton Park, which was named after George Shenton who originally owned the land that is now the suburb of Shenton Park.

Facilities

On the western side is Shenton College, a purpose-built high school established in 2000, a teaching and rehabilitation hospital which includes a health science campus of Curtin University of Technology, two private hospitals, offices of numerous health advocacy associations and depots and processing plants associated with the Water Authority and various councils.

The eastern side is almost entirely residential, with a small commercial area on Onslow Road, a primary school and several churches and halls.

Hospital

During an outbreak of smallpox in 1893, the Royal Perth Hospital set up an isolation tent hospital in the bush at Shenton Park. Today the facility is home to the Rehabilitation Services and Spinal Unit of Royal Perth Hospital.

Transport

Shenton Park is divided by the Fremantle railway line and is served by the Shenton Park train station, the CircleRoute and numerous bus routes.

ee also

*Lake Jualbup, formerly Shenton Lake
*Shenton Park railway station, Perth
* Shenton Bushland
* Underwood Avenue Bushland

References