Jandakot is a southern

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, Western Australia, located within the

City of Cockburn The City of Cockburn ( ) is a local government area in the southern suburbs of the Western Australian capital city of Perth about south of Fremantle and about south of Perth's central business district. The City covers an area of and had a po ...

local government area. It is best known for

Jandakot Airport Jandakot Airport is a general aviation (GA) airport in Jandakot, Western Australia that opened in 1963, about south-southwest of Perth Airport. Originally built on unproductive farm lands, it is now among residential suburbs in the south of ...

that is situated entirely within the suburb, the airport being "the busiest general aviation airport in Australia in terms of aircraft movements", the sixth-busiest civilian airport in Australia in the

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ending 30 June 2018, and in the 2011 fiscal year even the busiest civilian airport in Australia.

History

Jandakot was originally named after Lake Jandakot, which was renamed lake Forrestdale in 1973. Maps of the

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produced in the early 1830s show a lake of vast extent situated south west of

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. The name of the first European to find the lake remains unknown but, in February 1833, Surveyor-General

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found the size of the lake had been greatly exaggerated. It became well known as a watering place on the original track between the

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and Pinjarra and in 1844 its Aboriginal name was recorded as ''Jandacot'' by surveyor Gregory, brother of

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. During subsequent years, the name was recorded variously as ''Jandicott'', ''Jandakoot'' and ''Jandakott'', but the spelling eventually adopted was ''Jandakot''. The Aboriginal meaning of the word is said to be "place of the Whistling Eagle".

Geography

It is bounded to the north by the

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to the west, Johnston Road to the east and to the south by Fraser Road, Jandakot Road, Solomon Road and Armadale Road. The northeastern boundary of the suburb is also the municipal boundary of the

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and the eastern boundary is the municipal boundary of the

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Jandakot Airport

Jandakot is best known for

located within it. Jandakot Airport serves pilot testing and domestic plane flights. It is the busiest secondary airport in Australia. A popular feature is the cafe that overlooks the runway. The airport was opened in 1963. A land development company is keen to redevelop the land occupied by Jandakot Airport in exchange for a new airport more than from many airport customers. In contrast to the tens of thousands of people now living in its vicinity, there is stiff opposition from the aviation community. The aforementioned land development company received a further setback in 2006 when the Minister for Transport wrote advising them that the airport was to be operated in its current location and in accordance with their lease from the Federal Government. This will include major re-development of the airside facilities including a new parallel 12/30 runway.

Green hydrogen project

In 2018, the

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(ARENA), an independent government agency, announced million in funding for Australia's first

green hydrogen Green hydrogen (GH2 or GH2) is hydrogen produced by the electrolysis of water, using renewable electricity. Production of green hydrogen causes significantly lower greenhouse gas emissions than production of grey hydrogen, which is derived fr ...

project, called the ATCO Hydrogen Microgrid, at Jandakot. The project involved a trial by

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to produce, store, and use renewable hydrogen to power a

microgrid A microgrid is a local electrical grid with defined electrical boundaries, acting as a single and controllable entity. It is able to operate in grid-connected and off-grid modes.

and assess the feasibility of a similar process on a larger scale. After solar energy has been used to separate hydrogen molecules from water, the hydrogen was captured and injected into a micro-grid system at the Clean Energy Innovation Hub (CEIH) at Jandakot. The total project cost was m, with A$1.79m coming from ARENA, and the project was completed on 30 November 2019.

Transport

Bus

* 233

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to Gosnells Station – serves

Beeliar Drive Beeliar Drive is a major arterial road in the southwestern part of the Perth Metropolitan Area. It provides an important and unbroken east-west link between Kwinana Freeway and Stock Road providing access to residential developments in Beelia ...

and Armadale Road * 515 Jandakot to Murdoch Station – serves Berrigan Drive * 518

to Murdoch TAFE – serves

and Armadale Road * 523

to Treeby – serves

and Armadale Road * 527

to Aubin Grove Station – serves

and Armadale Road

Rail

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Climate

Jandakot gets the comfortable climate of the Perth area with cool, wet winters and hot, dry summers. Summer temperatures can get as high as , winter weather gets mild temperatures around . Jandakot holds the record for the lowest temperature in the Perth metro area, of , and regularly drops below freezing in winter.

References

External links

{{City of Cockburn suburbs Suburbs in the City of Cockburn Suburbs of Perth, Western Australia