St James, Western Australia facts for kids

St James is a suburb shared between the Town of Victoria Park and the City of Canning in the Perth metropolitan area.

It was gazetted in 1957 by the Canning Road Board (now City of Canning) and is named after St James's Park in London. A number of streets in the suburb are named after notable UK Prime Ministers and Members of Parliament (including Palmerston, Walpole and Pitt Streets). Boundary Road defines the boundary between the City of Canning and Town of Victoria Park and is the main east-west thoroughfare in the suburb. The main north-south counterparts are Albany Highway in the east and Berwick Street-Chapman Road in the west.

Transport

Bus

•        34 Perth Busport to Cannington Station – serves Holder Street, Walpole Street and Pollock Street
•        177 Elizabeth Quay Bus Station to Cannington Station – serves Berwick Street and Chapman Road
•        178 and 179 Elizabeth Quay Bus Station to Bull Creek Station – serve Berwick Street, Chapman Road and Walpole Street
•        201 Curtin University Bus Station to Cannington Station – serves Hill View Terrace, Holder Street, Walpole Street and Chapman Road
•        220 Perth Busport to Armadale Station – serves Albany Highway
•        930 Elizabeth Quay Bus Station to Thornlie Station (high frequency) – serves Albany Highway

Bus routes serving Hill View Terrace:

•        37 Curtin University Bus Station to Airport Central Station
•        998 Fremantle Station to Fremantle Station (limited stops) – CircleRoute clockwise
•        999 Fremantle Station to Fremantle Station (limited stops) – CircleRoute anti-clockwise