Scarborough, Western Australia
| Scarborough Perth, Western Australia |
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 Rendezvous Observation City |
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 Scarborough
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| Population: | 12,592 (2006 census)[1] | ||||||||||||
| Postcode: | 6019 | ||||||||||||
| LGA: | City of Stirling | ||||||||||||
| State electorate: | Scarborough | ||||||||||||
| Federal Division: | Stirling, Curtin | ||||||||||||
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Coordinates: 31°53′39″S 115°45′51″E / 31.8942°S 115.7642°E
Scarborough is a coastal suburb of Perth, Western Australia, located approximately 14 km northwest of the city centre in the City of Stirling local government area. It was named after the English beach resort Scarborough, North Yorkshire.
It has a population of about 12,000 people (2001 census), of whom about 25% were born overseas, mostly in the United Kingdom, and has a landmark high-rise hotel, the Rendezvous Observation City, originally built in 1986 for Alan Bond whose intention was to profit from anticipated accommodation demand when the 1987 America's Cup challenge was held at nearby Fremantle. Scarborough beach was the venue for the Australian Surf Life Saving Championships for the years 2007, 2008[2] and 2009.
[edit] Planning
Scarborough Beach is an entertainment precinct with restaurants, bars and a nightclub. Since 1999, the local council has developed a strategy for issues including traffic, parking, zoning, coastal landscape and recreation.[3] One of the issues was whether or not to allow further high-rise development on Scarborough Beach. (The 24-level Observation City development had been very controversial in the 1980s and was proceeded with in the face of a long and intense public campaign against high-rise beachfront development.[4]:p176) Subsequent amendments, in conformity with state-government planning policy, have specified a height limit of eight storeys.[5]
[edit] References
- ^ Australian Bureau of Statistics (25 October 2007). "Scarborough (State Suburb)". 2006 Census QuickStats. http://www.censusdata.abs.gov.au/ABSNavigation/prenav/LocationSearch?collection=Census&period=2006&areacode=SSC52256&producttype=QuickStats&breadcrumb=PL&action=401. Retrieved 2008-10-05.
- ^ Surf Life Saving Championships Scarborough 2008 at scarboro.info
- ^ Amendment 458 Context at City of Stirling, 2006-2009
- ^ Dale, Anthony In Quest of the Holy Grail: W.A. and the America's Cup pp. 171–185 in O'Brien, Patrick (editor) The Burke Ambush Nedlands, W.A. Apollo Press ISBN 978-0-949901-04-0
- ^ Lee, Astrid Scarborough Beach renovations at 3rd Degree, Vol.1, No.3, at Edith Cowan University
[edit] External links
- Informational site with links to local businesses and photographs
- Perth's Observation City Hotel Past Its Prime 4 June 2007 news item at Hotelchatter.com
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