Highgate, Western Australia

Highgate
Perth, Western Australia
Highgate; Perth, Western Australia
	The Queens Hotel, Highgate
Coordinates	31°56′24″S 115°52′08″E / 31.94°S 115.869°E
Population	2,326 (SAL 2021)
Postcode(s)	6003
Area	0.4 km2 (0.2 sq mi)
Location	2 km (1 mi) NNE of the Perth CBD
LGA(s)	City of Vincent
State electorate(s)	Perth
Federal division(s)	Perth
	Suburbs around Highgate:

Highgate is an inner metro suburb of Perth, Western Australia, located within the City of Vincent and north of the central business district of Perth. Highgate was named for the village of Highgate, Hawkhurst in Kent, England. Highgate is the smallest suburb in the Perth metropolitan region, with an area of just 0.4 km² (0.2 sq mi).

Among the landmarks of the area is the Lincoln Street Vent, a disused Art Deco sewerage vent, designed by Russell Dumas and completed in 1935, alongside the disused Highgate Hill Police Station (which is also the site of the WAPOL Historical Society's Police Museum) ^{[citation needed]}). The vent, which proved to be a "white elephant", was secretly used as an antenna base by the Police Wireless Service during World War II.^{[citation needed]}

St Mark's International College, an English as a second language (ESL) school operated between 1989 and 2010, at 375 Stirling Street, on the corner of Harold Street.^[2] The St Mark's buildings were constructed from 1936, as a Catholic Christian Brothers boys' high school. This was known as CBHS Highgate until 1978, when it merged with St Mark's in Bedford (previously CBHS Bedford) and received that school's students. The name of the school was changed to St Mark's College Highgate in 1982. St Mark's was closed and sold several years later, when all students were transferred to Chisholm College, in Bedford. St Mark's re-development into an apartment complex was completed in 2013.^[3]^[4]

The suburb has two primary schools: Sacred Heart (a Catholic school) and Highgate Primary School (the second oldest government primary school in the state). Highgate Primary School has students from over 50 different nationalities and backgrounds. The school also has a highly successful chess team and rock band. Highgate Primary participates actively in local sporting events and teaches the Indonesian language as a special LOTE.

Transport

Bus

40 Elizabeth Quay Bus Station to Morley Bus Station – serves Lord Street^[5]
41 Elizabeth Quay Bus Station to Bayswater Station – serves Lord Street^[6]
42 and 43 Elizabeth Quay Bus Station to Maylands Boat Ramp – serve Lord Street^[7]^[8]
67 and 68 Perth Busport to Mirrabooka Bus Station – serve Beaufort Street^[9]^[10]
950 Queen Elizabeth II Medical Centre to Morley Bus Station (high frequency) – serves Beaufort Street^[11]
980 Elizabeth Quay Bus Station to Morley Bus Station (high frequency) – serves William Street^[12]

References

^ Australian Bureau of Statistics (28 June 2022). "Highgate (WA) (suburb and locality)". Australian Census 2021 QuickStats. Retrieved 28 June 2022.
^ Welcome to the Highgate Old Boys Association (HOBA); CBHS Highgate (1936–1978); Christian Brothers High School Highgate
^ "Finbar buys Highgate college for $11.8 million". Business News. Perth. 8 February 2007. Retrieved 28 July 2022.
^ "St Marks Apartments". Finbar Group. 2022. Retrieved 28 July 2022.
^ "Route 40". Bus Timetable 103 (PDF). Transperth. 9 April 2024 [effective from 22 April 2024].
^ "Route 41". Bus Timetable 103 (PDF). Transperth. 9 April 2024 [effective from 22 April 2024].
^ "Route 42". Bus Timetable 103 (PDF). Transperth. 9 April 2024 [effective from 22 April 2024].
^ "Route 43". Bus Timetable 103 (PDF). Transperth. 9 April 2024 [effective from 22 April 2024].
^ "Route 67". Bus Timetable 106 (PDF). Transperth. 16 July 2024 [effective from 11 August 2024].
^ "Route 68". Bus Timetable 106 (PDF). Transperth. 16 July 2024 [effective from 11 August 2024].
^ "Route 950". Bus Timetable 202 (PDF). Transperth. 18 July 2024 [effective from 11 August 2024].
^ "Route 980". Bus Timetable 215 (PDF). Transperth. 18 July 2024 [effective from 11 August 2024].