St James, Western Australia
St James is a suburb shared between the Town of Victoria Park and the City of Canning in the Perth metropolitan area.
| St James Perth, Western Australia | |||||||||||||||
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  St James | |||||||||||||||
| Coordinates | 32.001°S 115.911°E | ||||||||||||||
| Population | 4,905 (2016 census)[1] | ||||||||||||||
| Established | 1957 | ||||||||||||||
| Postcode(s) | 6102 | ||||||||||||||
| LGA(s) | Town of Victoria Park | ||||||||||||||
| State electorate(s) | Victoria Park | ||||||||||||||
| Federal Division(s) | Swan | ||||||||||||||
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It was gazetted in 1957 by the Canning Road Board (now City of Canning) and is named after St James's Park in London. A number of streets in the suburb are named after notable UK Prime Ministers and Members of Parliament (including Palmerston, Walpole and Pitt Streets).[2] 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.
References
- Australian Bureau of Statistics (27 June 2017). "St James (State Suburb)". 2016 Census QuickStats. Retrieved 30 October 2020.
- "Perth and surrounds suburb names". Landgate. Retrieved 30 October 2020.
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