Nedlands is an affluent western suburb of

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, the

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. It is a part of the

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of the

City of Nedlands The City of Nedlands is a local government area in the inner western suburbs of the Western Australian capital city of Perth, about west of Perth's central business district. The City is situated within the western suburbs of the metropolit ...

and the

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. It is about from the

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via either Thomas Street or

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Features

Nedlands is a mixed-character suburb. It contains: * Low-cost housing for students at the neighbouring

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* Wealthy homes and a golf course (Nedlands Golf Club) in the southern half of the suburb * A commercial area (located next to the

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), restaurants and a small cinema ( Windsor Cinema) along both sides of Stirling Highway * The

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, a major centre of research into eye disease,

Sir Charles Gairdner Hospital Sir Charles Gairdner Hospital (SCGH) is a teaching hospital in Nedlands, Western Australia. Opened in 1958 as the Perth Chest Hospital and later named in honour of Sir Charles Gairdner, governor of Western Australia from 1951 to 1963, it is pa ...

, one of Perth's major public hospitals, and

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(the former Repatriation General Hospital) and its neighbouring aged care facilities The hospital and Stirling Highway are well served by the

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and other bus routes. Nedlands also contains some grocery shops and a library. It also contains the

Perth Children's Hospital Perth Children's Hospital (PCH) is a specialist children's hospital in Nedlands, Western Australia, located at the corner of Winthrop Avenue and Monash Avenue on the Queen Elizabeth II Medical Centre (QEII) site. It is Western Australia's sp ...

, adjoining the Sir Charles Gairdner Hospital, as part of the

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complex.

Parks

The

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on Stirling Highway commemorates lives lost in war. It was developed by the Rose Society and the Nedlands Road Board in the 1950s. It was dedicated in 1951.

Transport

Nedlands is served by the

and other services along

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, Hampden Road, Broadway and Princess Road. All services are operated by

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Politics

Nedlands is part of the federal division of Curtin. The federal seat is held by the conservative

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. It is regarded as a safe seat as it has been continually retained by the Liberal Party with the exception of former Liberal member

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as an Independent politician between 1996 and 1998. For the parliament of Western Australia, the state electoral district of Nedlands is held by

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member

Katrina Stratton Katrina Stratton (born 6 January 1973) is a member of the Western Australian Legislative Assembly for the electoral district of Nedlands for the Australian Labor Party (Western Australian Branch), Australian Labor Party. She won her seat at t ...

. Its easternmost booth near the university is marginal at both levels of government, and all parts of the suburb exhibit a strong

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vote (and historically environmental concerns have also resulted in a strong primary vote for

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Climate

Due to its elevation, Nedlands is slightly cooler and wetter than the

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Notable people

* David Indermaur, clinical psychologist

References

External links

City of Nedlands official website
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