Sinagra is an outer northern suburb of

Perth Perth is the capital and largest city of the Australian state of Western Australia. It is the fourth most populous city in Australia and Oceania, with a population of 2.1 million (80% of the state) living in Greater Perth in 2020. Perth is ...

, Western Australia, located within the

City of Wanneroo The City of Wanneroo is a local government area with city status in the northern suburbs of Perth, Western Australia. It is centred approximately north of Perth's central business district and forms part of the northern boundary of the Perth ...

. This suburb, formerly part of the suburb of

Wanneroo Wanneroo is a suburb of Perth, Western Australia, located within the City of Wanneroo. Geography As it is on the Swan Coastal Plain, the Wanneroo wetlands stretch parallel to the coastline and to the north and south of the suburb. Education W ...

, is named after the Sinagra family, migrants from Italy who arrived in the Wanneroo area in the 1920s. The City of Wanneroo established a sister city relationship with

Sinagra, Sicily Sinagra is a ''comune'' (municipality) in the Metropolitan City of Messina in the Italian region Sicily, located about east of Palermo and about west of Messina. Sinagra borders the following municipalities: Castell'Umberto, Ficarra, Naso, Rac ...

as a large number of families migrated from there to make a new home in Wanneroo. Sam Sinagra owned a shop in Wanneroo, and the family were prominent citizens. The suburb name was approved on 3 April 1995. There are no bus routes directly serving the centre of the suburb. However, routes 467 and 468 operate along the western edge on

Wanneroo Road Wanneroo Road is a arterial highway in the northern suburbs of Perth, Western Australia linking Joondanna and Yokine in the south with Wanneroo and Yanchep in the north. As part of State Route 60, it begins from Charles Street in the inner ...

, while routes 389 and 467 also operate along the southern edge on Dundebar Road.

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Oral History Transcript - Nicholas Trandos explaining Sister City establishment

Oral History Transcript - Giuseppe (Joe) Sinagra Suburbs of Perth, Western Australia Suburbs of the City of Wanneroo {{PerthAU-geo-stub