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Photographs of Perth, Western Australia Home | Locality A-Z | Notes Swanbourne Just a little south of Claremont is Swanbourne - off the main road and nice and quiet! |
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Swanbourne - Apartments These apartments "The Beaumont" are on Claremont Crescent and a little to the south of the shops. On this site, up until about 15 years ago, was the Swanbourne Hotel. January 2011 |
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Swanbourne - Shops A view of some of the shops along Claremont Crescent. Seems like time and development has forgotten about this bit of Perth. It's sort of hidden away and still looks more or less the same as it did 30-40 years ago. Fabulous! January 2011 |
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Swanbourne - Shops Further north along Claremont Crescent is Swanbourne Cellars. The young fellow in here was very helpful in providing information about the old Swanbourne Hotel site. January 2011 |
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Swanbourne - Shops This is a view of the Swanbourne shopping strip from the railway over-pass bridge. Those Norfolk Island pines are an outstanding feature, as indeed they are right down through Cottesloe. January 2011 |
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Swanbourne - Train Station One of the original 'A' class (ABB Walker) electric sets stops at Swanbourne on its way to Perth. This is only a 2-car set on a quiet Sunday afternoon. These units commenced operating in about 1986-7 between Fremantle and Midland. January 2011 |
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Swanbourne - Railway Overpass Sitting outside the shops on Claremont Crescent and looking over the road that forms a bridge over Swanbourne train station. Nice to sit here and enjoy a cool drink on one of the many benches and watch the world go by. January 2008 |
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Swanbourne - Windsor House Windsor House is on the east side of the train tracks, on the corner of Railway and Windsor Streets. It's a business building - it looks like it houses a gallery of some sorts, plus Panache Massage. January 2011 |
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Swanbourne - Shenton Street Cute small row of shops on Shenton Street. A rather pleasant looking Choux Cafe is flanked by the Swanbourne Dental Clinic and John Burridges's Military Antique shop. I wonder what history these shops could tell us? January 2011 |
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Swanbourne - Scotch College This very attractive building is the mainstay of the prestigious Scotch College of which Swanbourne is the proud home. More modern buildings - classrooms and the like - are located to the left and rear of this one. It's on Shenton Avenue. This is part of the senior school. The junior school is a little to the north and on the other side of the road. January 2011 |
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Swanbourne - Scotch College Scotch College opened in February, 1897, and in those days was located on Beaufort Street in Perth and there it remained until February, 1905 when the college relocated to Swanbourne. The foundation stone of this building was laid by the Governor of Western Australia, Major General Michael Jeffery in February 1997 although I daresay this building pre-dates this stone by many years. January 2011 |
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Swanbourne - Scotch College A view along the verandah of this fine Scotch College building. You can see the 1997 Foundation Stone on the wall on the left. January 2011 |
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