Craigie is a northern suburb of

Perth Perth is the list of Australian capital cities, capital and largest city of the Australian states and territories of Australia, state of Western Australia. It is the list of cities in Australia by population, fourth most populous city in Aust ...

. Craigie was chosen as a suburb name in 1970 and honours an early councillor of the City of Wanneroo who did work in developing the City. Craigie is one of the four "Whitfords" suburbs that resulted from the State Government rezoning a large area of coastal land for development in 1969. The suburb once had a senior high school,

Craigie Senior High School , motto_translation = , established = 1976 , closed = 2003 , status = Closed and demolished , coordinates = , type = Public co-educational high day school , location = Arawa Place, Craigie, Perth , state = Western ...

, which was opened in 1976 only to be closed again in 2003 following a decline in student enrolments. Students were shifted into

Padbury Senior High School Padbury Senior High School was a government, co-educational, secondary day school located in Padbury, a suburb north of Perth, Western Australia. Padbury Senior High School offered a comprehensive education to students from Year 8 to Year 12. ...

Belridge Senior High School Belridge Secondary College is a comprehensive independent public co-educational high day school, located in Beldon, south of Joondalup in the northern suburbs of Perth, Western Australia. Opening in 1990 as the Belridge Senior High School, t ...

. Padbury itself closed in 2011.

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Suburbs of Perth, Western Australia Suburbs in the City of Joondalup {{PerthAU-geo-stub