Hazelmere is a suburb of
Perth
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, east of the
Perth central business district
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, in the
City of Swan
The City of Swan is a local government area of Western Australia. It is in the eastern metropolitan region of Perth and includes the Swan Valley and 42 suburbs. It is centred approximately 20 km north-east of the Perth central business ...
.
Bordered by
Roe Highway
Roe Highway is a limited-access highway and partial freeway in Perth, Western Australia, linking Kewdale with the city's north-eastern and south-western suburbs. The northern terminus is at Reid Highway and Great Northern Highway in Middle ...
to the east, and the
Great Eastern Highway Bypass
Great Eastern Highway Bypass is a limited-access dual carriageway linking Great Eastern Highway and Roe Highway in Perth, Western Australia. Together with a section of Roe Highway, it bypasses the historical Guildford and Midland localities, t ...
to the south, Hazelmere is at the northern edge of
Perth Airport
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It is the fourth busiest airport in Australia measured by passenger movements and falls within the boundaries of ...
land.
History
Hazelmere is part of the Woodbridge land grant given to
Captain James Stirling
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in 1829.
When a Guildford auctioneer bought the land in 1883, he subdivided the property into smaller lots, and one was named Hazelmere after the English town of
Haslemere
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near
Guildford
Guildford ()
is a town in west Surrey, around southwest of central London. As of the 2011 census, the town has a population of about 77,000 and is the seat of the wider Borough of Guildford, which had around inhabitants in . The name "Guildf ...
,
Surrey
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.
[
Formerly an extensive rural buffer between Midland and the airport it now consists of a mix of residential land at the Guildford end, rural land in the center and industrial land to the east.
]
Bushmead rifle range
The former Commonwealth-owned land of the Bushmead rifle range
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that bordered on the formation of the former Upper Darling Range Railway
The Upper Darling Range Railway (also known as the Upper Darling Range Branch) was a branch railway from Midland Junction, Western Australia, that rose up the southern side of the Helena Valley and on to the Darling Scarp via the Kalamunda Z ...
was sold in 2010 to property developer Cedar Woods Properties Limited - more specifically its subsidy Dunlan Property Pty Ltd.
Rezoning of residential areas
The strategic location of the residential lots in Hazelmere is considered by the City of Swan to be appropriate for higher density housing, and as a result a number of lots are currently under consideration for increased zoning. The rezoning of lots to the upper coding of R25 or R35 is considered appropriate due to the location of the Hazelmere lots that are located between 1 and 1.5 km from the Woodbridge and East Guildford railway stations, and are within 2 km of the strategic metropolitan centre of Midland.
The location of the lots that are proposed to be rezoned include the area generally bounded by Bushmead Road, Stirling Crescent, Eric Street and Wingate Avenue. Also included are lots on the east side of Wingate Avenue, lots fronting Mary Street and Anthea Street and the freight rail line to the west. The City of Swan have prepared two maps that show the current and proposed zoning respectively.[Ordinary Meeting of Council 25 September 2013 'Final Adoption LPS 17 Scheme Amendment 93 - Hazelmere Village Precinct'. Item 3.4 Attachment. Pdf document at http://www.swan.wa.gov.au/files/bd758b93-1b53-48aa-b892-a24600a3e91f/b3-4att.pdf ]
See also
* Helena Valley, Western Australia
Helena Valley is the name of a river valley and a locality in the foothills of the Darling Scarp in Perth, Western Australia.
Geology
The river valley is the centre of the catchment of the Helena River and extends from the edge of the Darling S ...
Notes
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Suburbs of Perth, Western Australia
Suburbs and localities in the City of Swan