Kent Street in Perth

Perth, Western Australia

Perth is the capital and largest city of the Australian state of Western Australia and the fourth most populous city in Australia. The Perth metropolitan area has an estimated population of almost 1,700,000....

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Australia

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 is a major access road to many facilities and places like Curtin University and the Perth Hockey Stadium

Perth Hockey Stadium

Perth Hockey Stadium is a field hockey stadium in Perth, Australia. It hosted matches for the 1985 Champions Trophy and also the 2002 Women's Hockey World Cup. The stadium is located at Curtin University and holds 6,000 people. Starting in Late 2009 Perth Hockey Stadium replaced the turf with...

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Kent Street is approximately 7.5 kilometres in length, running south-west from Albany Highway

Albany Highway

Albany Highway is a generally northwest-southeast highway in the south of Western Australia which links the state's capital Perth with its oldest settlement, Albany. The highway is approximately in length, is designated State Route 30 and separates Western Australia's Great Southern region from...

 through to Manning Road. Kent Street forms the boundary between the City of South Perth and the Town of Victoria Park.

Significant buildings

The Park Recreation Centre (Leisurelife Centre) is located at the northern end of the road, at its intersection with Gloucester Street. The Park Recreation Centre being the main indoor recreation centre for the Town of Victoria Park. Kent Street is also the street address for Kent Street Senior High School

Kent Street Senior High School

Kent Street Senior High School is a government high school located in the suburb of Kensington, Western Australia. Over 50 percent of students attending Kent Street live in neighbouring or other school districts...

, which was the first state government school to be built south of the Swan River

Swan River (Western Australia)

The Swan River estuary flows through the city of Perth, in the south west of Western Australia. Its lower reaches are relatively wide and deep, with few constrictions, while the upper reaches are usually quite narrow and shallow....

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Kent Street also runs through the centre of the Western Australian Technology Park, which houses a number of innovative Research and Development based organisations, including Perth's CSIRO building and one of Australia Post

Australia Post

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's major freight factories.

Curtin University is also located on Kent Street. Curtin University is Western Australia's largest university with over 40,000 students.

The Karawara

Karawara, Western Australia

Karawara is a suburb of Perth, Western Australia.-History:Formerly the southern portion of the Collier Pine Plantation, Karawara is an Aboriginal word meaning green. The suburb name was approved in 1973.-Geography:...

(Village Green) Shopping Centre is located at the southern end of Kent Street, on the north-western side of its intersection with Manning Road.

Significant parks & reserves

A number of parks and reserves front onto Kent Street, including John McMillan Park, Harold Rossiter Park, Barblett Oval and Endiburgh Oval. The Collier Park Golf Course is also located along Kent Street.

Kent Street is a dual carriageway road between Manning Road and Hayman Road, with a major round-about at that intersection. Road verges in some parts of Kent Street have been set aside for future widening.