Mount Pleasant, Western Australia
| Mount Pleasant Perth, Western Australia | |||||||||||||
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  Mount Pleasant | |||||||||||||
| Coordinates | 32°01′37″S 115°50′53″E / 32.027°S 115.848°ECoordinates: 32°01′37″S 115°50′53″E / 32.027°S 115.848°E | ||||||||||||
| Population | 6,423 (2006 census)[1] | ||||||||||||
| Established | 1911 | ||||||||||||
| Postcode(s) | 6153 | ||||||||||||
| LGA(s) | City of Melville | ||||||||||||
| State electorate(s) | Bateman and Riverton[2] | ||||||||||||
| Federal Division(s) | Tangney | ||||||||||||
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Mount Pleasant is a suburb of Perth, Western Australia, located within the City of Melville on the Canning River. It is bounded by Canning Highway to the north, the Canning River to the east, Cranford Avenue, Moolyeen Road and Canning Avenue to the south, and Rogerson Road, Coomoora Road, Henley Road and Ardross Street to the west.[1]
Mount Pleasant Primary School is located entirely within the boundaries of Mount Pleasant, and Brentwood Primary School abuts Mount Pleasant in the south west of Mount Pleasant just south of Blue Gum Park. A high school, Applecross Senior High School, is located in the suburb of Ardross to the west of Mount Pleasant.
Mount Pleasant hosts the Head of the River Rowing event, as part of the Public Schools Association, an elite boys schools association in Perth.
Photos of the suburb
Canning Bridge and Perth CBD as viewed from Mount Pleasant
Queens Street shopping precinct
Mount Henry Bridge, taken from Deep Water Point
References
- 1 2 Australian Bureau of Statistics (25 October 2007). "Mount Pleasant (State Suburb)". 2006 Census QuickStats. Retrieved 2016-05-03.
- ↑ "2015 Final Boundaries by Region and District (South Metropolitan Region)" (PDF). The Electoral Distribution Commissioners. Retrieved 3 May 2016.