Mosman Park

Mosman Park Perth, Western Australia
View of the Swan River and sign of Mosman Park, Western Australia
Mosman Park
Coordinates	32°00′58″S 115°45′43″E / 32.016°S 115.762°E / -32.016; 115.762Coordinates: 32°00′58″S 115°45′43″E / 32.016°S 115.762°E / -32.016; 115.762
Population	8,598 (2011 census)
• Density	2,000/km2 (5,180/sq mi)
Established	1890
Postcode(s)	6012
Area	4.3 km2 (1.7 sq mi)
Location	11 km (7 mi) SW of Perth CBD
LGA(s)	Town of Mosman Park
State electorate(s)	Cottesloe
Federal Division(s)	Curtin
Suburbs around Mosman Park: Cottesloe Peppermint Grove Swan River Indian Ocean Mosman Park Swan River North Fremantle Swan River Swan River

Mosman Park is a western suburb of Perth, Western Australia on the north bank of the Swan River in the local government area of the Town of Mosman Park. It was historically known as Buckland Hill (1889-1909), then Cottesloe Beach (1909-1930) and again Buckland Hill (1930-1937). From 1937 it was named Mosman Park, derived from Mosman in Sydney, the birthplace of Richard Yeldon, a member of the Buckland Hill Road Board. Mosman Park is now considered an affluent suburb, but prior to the 1970s was one of Perth's major industrial centres.

In 2010 the Australian Bureau of Statistics announced that Mosman Park had the second highest average value for private sector houses in 2008-09, at $1.579 million, ahead of Mosman in Sydney, which had the highest average value houses in New South Wales at $1.373 million.

Mosman Park is bounded by the Indian Ocean and the Fremantle railway line to the west, a line south of Johnston Street to the north, and the Swan River to the east and south with approximately 5 km of river frontage. To the west of the railway line Mosman Park includes a section of approximately 600 metres of ocean frontage, south of the extension of Boundary Road and north of the extension of McCabe Street.

Mosman Park was established with the first survey of town lots in 1889 as Buckland Hill, taking its name from the prominent local hill that was a major maritime navigation mark for shipping from the earliest days of colonization.

Mosman Park was a major industrial centre for the state with a General Motors car and truck assembly plant (1926-1972), the Colonial Sugar Refinery, the Mt Lyell Farmers' Fertilisers superphosphate works, the W.A. Rope and Twine Works and the West Australian Brushware Co. factory (one of the largest of its kind in Australia). All were closed by the 1970s. Today, almost all of Mosman Park is residential, with significant parklands at Buckland Hill and along the river.