Shenton House is a historic building within the grounds of The University of Western AustraliainPerth. It is a two-story Georgian style building with surrounding verandas.
Originally called 'Crawley Park House', it is the oldest building on campus, built in 1846 by Henry Charles Sutherland. Sutherland was a surveyor who became Clerk to the Colonial Treasurer, then Secretary to the Executive and Legislative Councils, and later Collector of Inland Revenue and Colonial Treasurer.[1]
It was given to the university in 1914 to accommodate the Department of Mining and Engineering, which occupied it until 1960. Various alterations were made during this period to accommodate teaching requirements. In 1921, the university formally acquired the roughly 200-acre (0.81 km2) property, including the house, from the family of Sir George Shenton. It was then renamed in his honour.
Since 1988, the building has belonged to the School of Indigenous Studies.[2]
Ferguson, R.J. (1993). Crawley Campus. The planning and architecture of the University of Western Australia. Perth: University of Western Australia Press
