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Cottesloe

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Town of Cottesloe WA, PO Box 606, Cottesloe, WA 6011
08 9285 5000

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Cottesloe is a western suburb of Perth, Western Australia, within the Town of Cottesloe.

Cottesloe is a western suburb of Perth, Western Australia, within the Town of Cottesloe. Cottesloe was named for Thomas Fremantle, 1st Baron Cottesloe, a prominent Tory politician and the brother of Admiral Sir Charles Fremantle for whom the city of Fremantle was named. The nearby suburb of Swanbourne was named for the Fremantle family seat, Swanbourne House, in Swanbourne, Buckinghamshire.

Cottesloe was home to Australian Prime Minister John Curtin. The house he built still stands in Jarrad Street. It is now vested jointly in the National Trust of Australia (WA) and Curtin University.

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Type: Suburbs

Population: 1001-10000

Time zone: UTC +08:00

Area: 3.751 km2

Elevation: 11-50 metres

Town elevation: 34 m

Population number: 7,375

Local Government Area: Town of Cottesloe

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Town of Cottesloe WA, PO Box 606, Cottesloe, WA 6011

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This article contains content imported from the English Wikipedia article on Cottesloe, Western Australia

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