Hazelmere, Western Australia
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Hazelmere is a suburb of 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....

, Western Australia
Western Australia
Western Australia is a state of Australia, occupying the entire western third of the Australian continent. It is bounded by the Indian Ocean to the north and west, the Great Australian Bight and Indian Ocean to the south, the Northern Territory to the north-east and South Australia to the south-east...

. Bordered by Roe Highway
Roe Highway
Roe Highway is a limited access dual carriageway in Western Australia. It links Great Northern Highway and Middle Swan Road with Kwinana Freeway. It is one of the key heavy vehicle routes in the Perth metropolitan area. Aside from intersections, the speed limit is 100 km/h for most of its length...

 to the east, and the Great Eastern Highway Bypass
Great Eastern Highway Bypass
Great Eastern Highway Bypass is a limited-access dual carriageway linking Great Eastern Highway and Roe Highway in Perth, Western Australia.It was opened on 14 May 1988....

 to the south, Hazelmere is located at the northern edge of Perth Airport
Perth Airport
Perth Airport is an Australian domestic and international airport serving Perth, the capital and largest city of Western Australia. The airport itself is located in the suburb of Perth Airport....

 land.

It is in the City of Swan local government area
Local Government Areas of Western Australia
The Australian state of Western Australia is divided into 141 local government areas...

.

History

Hazelmere is part of the Woodbridge land grant given to Captain James Stirling in 1829. When a Guildford auctioneer bought the land in 1883, he subdivided the property into smaller lots, and one was named Hazelmere after the English suburb of Haslemere
Haslemere
Haslemere is a town in Surrey, England, close to the border with both Hampshire and West Sussex. The major road between London and Portsmouth, the A3, lies to the west, and a branch of the River Wey to the south. Haslemere is approximately south-west of Guildford.Haslemere is surrounded by hills,...

 in Guildford, Surrey.

Formerly an extensive rural buffer between Midland and the airport it is almost completely Industrial land.

Bushmead rifle range

The former Commonwealth owned land of the Bushmead rifle range that bordered on the formation of the former Upper Darling Range Railway has been sold to property developer Cedar Woods Properties Limited - more specifically its subsidy Dunlan Property Pty Ltd
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