Churchlands is a
suburb
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of
Perth
Perth is the capital and largest city of the Australian state of Western Australia. It is the fourth most populous city in Australia and Oceania, with a population of 2.1 million (80% of the state) living in Greater Perth in 2020. Perth is ...
, Western Australia approximately 8 km north-west of the
central business district
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; it lies within the
local government area
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of the
City of Stirling
The City of Stirling is a local government area in the northern suburbs of the Western Australian capital city of Perth about north of Perth's central business district. The City covers an area of and has a population of over 223,000, makin ...
. Churchlands is an expensive suburb with most homes built after the 1980s. Its
post code
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is 6018.
History
This suburb became known as "Churchlands" after being purchased by the
Roman Catholic Church
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in 1891 from the Trigg family.
Education and sporting facilities
Schools in the area include Churchlands Primary School,
Churchlands Senior High School
Churchlands Senior High School is an independent public secondary school located in Churchlands, a suburb of Perth, Western Australia, approximately northwest from the Perth central business district. It is the largest school in Western Aus ...
,
Hale School
Hale School is an independent, Anglican day and boarding school for boys, located in Wembley Downs, a western suburb of Perth, Western Australia.
Named after the school founded by Bishop Mathew Blagden Hale in 1858, Hale School claims to b ...
and
Newman College.
Newman College has its years 3 to 6 and years 7 to 12 located in two campuses in Churchlands.
Subiaco Marist Cricket Club
Subiaco Marist Cricket Club (''SMCC'') is a cricket club based in Churchlands, Western Australia. The club fields men's teams in the ''Western Australian Suburban Turf Cricket Association'' (WASTCA) and women's teams in Western Australian Cricket ...
is headquartered at Newman college.
Edith Cowan
It was formerly home to the Churchlands campus of
Edith Cowan University
Edith Cowan University (ECU) is a public university in Western Australia. It is named in honour of the first woman to be elected to an Parliaments of the Australian states and territories, Australian parliament, Edith Cowan, and is the only Aust ...
, which closed in 2008.
The campus had been the Churchlands Teachers College (1972-1981) and the Churchlands campus of the Western Australian College of Advanced Education (1982-1990) prior to the founding of Edith Cowan University in 1991, and was the location of the university's headquarters until 2003.
The site was subsequently redeveloped as the Churchlands Green housing estate, while a small section of the site, including the campus amphitheatre, was set aside as Edith Cowan Reserve, serving as a memorial to the former campus.
Geography
On the eastern border of Churchlands is the large
Herdsman Lake
Herdsman Lake ( nys, Njookenbooro), also known as Herdsmans Lake, is a freshwater lake located on the Swan Coastal Plain, north-west of Perth, Western Australia, in the suburb of Herdsman. The main shared use path around the lake is approxima ...
, which is populated by many bird,
amphibian
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and
freshwater fish
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species. Picnic and bird-watching areas are accessible from the suburb.
See also
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Local government areas of Western Australia
There are 137 local government areas of Western Australia (LGAs), which are areas, towns and districts in Western Australia that manage their own affairs to the extent permitted by the ''Local Government Act 1995''. The ''Local Government Act ...
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List of Perth suburbs
There are more than 350 suburbs in the Perth metropolitan region (colloquially known as Perth, the capital city of Western Australia) The name and boundary of a locality (commonly referred to as a suburb in the metropolitan region) is determin ...
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List of postal codes in Australia
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References
Suburbs of Perth, Western Australia
Suburbs in the City of Stirling
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