The Claremont Showground near

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, Western Australia is home to the annual

Perth Royal Show The Perth Royal Show is an annual agricultural show held in Perth, Western Australia at the Claremont Showground. It features informational exhibits, agricultural competitions and animal showcases, a sideshow alley and rides, and showbags. It ...

. In 1902, of land were reserved in the Perth suburb of

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for a new showground to replace the Guildford Showgrounds. The Royal Agricultural Show, of three days, was first held there in October and November 1905.

History

In 1929 a pavilion and other features were built for the Western Australia Centenary. The Claremont Showground is serviced by a special events

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on the Fremantle line. Opened on 20 September 1995, it has direct connection with the showgrounds. The original Showgrounds Station, opened in 1954, was located further east with platforms on either side of the line, and required negotiating road crossings to access the showgrounds.

Bruce Campbell Arena

The Bruce Campbell Arena, an enclosed grass field forms the focal point of events at the Showgrounds.

Speedway

From 1927 until 2000, the Claremont Speedway operated on a track around the edge of the arena. Its size made it the largest speedway in weekly operation in a state capital in Australia. With the closure of Claremont, speedway in Perth moved to the Perth Motorplex Speedway in

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Australian rules football

The arena has been the past been used for

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matches. In the

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(WAFL),

won its first premiership against

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there in 1907. They were the original home of Claremont-Cottesloe Football Club in its first year in the WAFL before moving to

Claremont Oval Claremont Oval, also known by naming rights sponsorship as Revo Fitness Stadium, is an Australian rules football stadium located in Perth, Western Australia. The stadium, opened in as "Claremont Recreation Ground", seats . It is the home of th ...

in 1927. On 19 March 2005, the venue was used to host a one-off WAFL match between

and West Perth, with Claremont winning in front of 7,812 spectators. Due to redevelopment of Claremont Oval, Claremont used the Showgrounds as its home ground between 2014 and 2016.

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