1900s - Sporting new uses

Throughout this time, the Grove Farm land was further subdivided.

From 1900 to 1908, the Perth Golf Club (predecessors of the Royal Perth Golf Club) operated a nine-hole golf course (Belmont Links) on what was known as Grove Farm. The golf grounds were renowned for flooding, which led to the club relocating to South Perth in 1908.

By 1909 the Belmont Park Road Board was reported as actively seeking land for recreation reserves.

According to The Swan Express newspaper: “…the secretary was instructed to communicate with several large landholders in the district asking that areas from 20 to 25 acres in extent in the various locations indicated be transferred to the Board to be held in trust for the people.”