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Mandurah
Mandurah ( ) is a coastal city in the Australian state of Western Australia, situated approximately south of the state capital, Perth. It is the state's second most populous city, with a population of 90,306. Mandurah's central business district is located on the Mandurah Estuary, which is an outlet for the Peel Inlet and Harvey Estuary. The city's name is derived from the Noongar word ''mandjar'', meaning "meeting place" or "trading place". A townsite for Mandurah was laid out in 1831, two years after the establishment of the Swan River Colony, but attracted few residents, and until the post-war boom of the 1950s and 1960s it was little more than a small fishing village. In subsequent years, Mandurah's reputation for boating and fishing attracted many retirees, including to the canal developments in the city's south. Along with four other local government areas ( Boddington, Murray, Serpentine-Jarrahdale, and Waroona), the City of Mandurah is included in the wider Peel ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mandurah Railway Line
The Mandurah line, also known as the Southern Suburbs Railway, is a suburban railway line and service in Western Australia, linking Perth's central business district (CBD) with Mandurah to the south. Operated by the Public Transport Authority (PTA) as part of the Transperth system, the Mandurah line is long and has thirteen stations. It commences as a through service with the Yanchep line in the William Street tunnel under the CBD, where two stations are. South from there, the line enters the median strip of the Kwinana Freeway, where five of the line's stations are. The line diverges from the freeway for the southernmost six stations in the cities of Kwinana, Rockingham and Mandurah. Planning for the Mandurah line commenced during the construction of the Yanchep line in the early 1990s. By the late 1990s, the plan was for the Mandurah line to branch off the Armadale line at Beckenham and follow the Kwinana freight railway to reach the Kwinana Freeway. After the electio ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mandurah (suburb)
Mandurah is the central suburb of the city of Mandurah in Western Australia's Peel region. At the 2016 census, it had a population of 7,837. Transport Bus * 584 Mandurah Station to Lakelands Station – serves Allnutt Street, Scott Street, Peel Street, Mandurah Terrace and Gordon Road * 585 Mandurah Station to Lakelands Station – serves Allnutt Street and Park Road * 586 Mandurah Station to Lakelands Station – only serves Mandurah Station * 588 Mandurah Station to Mandurah Station – Clockwise Circular Route, serves Allnutt Street, Dower Street, Pinjarra Road, Sutton Street, Mandurah Terrace, Peel Street and Scott Street * 589 Mandurah Station to Mandurah Station – Anti-Clockwise Circular Route, serves Allnutt Street, Scott Street, Peel Street, Mandurah Terrace, Gibson Street, Sutton Street, Pinjarra Road and Dower Street * 592 Mandurah Station to Wannanup – serves Allnutt Street, Dower Street, Pinjarra Road and Anstruther Road * 593 Mandurah Station ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
City Of Mandurah
The City of Mandurah is a local government area of Western Australia, covering both Mandurah proper and an additional area reaching down as far south as Lake Clifton. The city has a total area of approximately . The city is located in the Peel region, just beyond the southern boundary of metropolitan Perth, and lies about south of the Perth central business district. It is bordered by the City of Rockingham to the north, the Shire of Murray The Shire of Murray is a local government area of Western Australia. It has an area of and is located in the Peel Region about south of the Perth CBD. The Shire extends across the Peel Inlet and the Swan Coastal Plain into the Darling ... to the east (the border being for the most part the Harvey Estuary and Serpentine River), and Shire of Waroona to the south. History The area that is now Mandurah was part of the Murray Road District until 1949. The City of Mandurah originated as the Mandurah Road District, establishe ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Electoral District Of Mandurah
Mandurah is an Electoral districts of Western Australia, electoral district of the Western Australian Legislative Assembly, Legislative Assembly in the Australian state of Western Australia. The district is based on the coastal satellite city of Mandurah, Western Australia, Mandurah to the south of Perth. The seat has switched between the major parties on a couple of occasions, but has recently become stronger for the Australian Labor Party (Western Australian Branch), Labor Party. Geography The district is a compact coastal electorate lying just to the south of the Metropolitan Region Scheme and north of the Peel Inlet. It includes the communities of Coodanup, Western Australia, Coodanup, Dudley Park, Western Australia, Dudley Park, Greenfields, Western Australia, Greenfields, Mandurah, Western Australia, Mandurah, Meadow Springs, Western Australia, Meadow Springs, Parklands, Western Australia, Parklands, San Remo, Western Australia, San Remo, Silver Sands, Western Australia, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kwinana Freeway
The Kwinana Freeway is a freeway in and beyond the southern suburbs of Perth, Western Australia, linking central Perth with Mandurah to the south. It is the central section of State Route 2, which continues north as Mitchell Freeway to Alkimos, and south as Forrest Highway towards Bunbury. A section between Canning and Leach highways is also part of National Route 1. Along its route are interchanges with several major roads, including Roe Highway and Mandjoogoordap Drive. The northern terminus of the Kwinana Freeway is at the Narrows Bridge, which crosses the Swan River, and the southern terminus is at Pinjarra Road, east of Mandurah. Planning for the Kwinana Freeway began in the 1950s, and the first segment in South Perth was constructed between 1956 and 1959. The route has been progressively widened and extended south since then. During the 1980s, the freeway was extended to South Street in Murdoch, and in June 2001, it reached Safety Bay Road in Baldivis. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pinjarra, Western Australia
Pinjarra is a town in the Peel (Western Australia), Peel region of Western Australia along the South Western Highway, from the state capital, Perth and south-east of the coastal city of Mandurah. Its Local Government Areas of Western Australia, local government area is the Shire of Murray. At the 2016 Australian census, 2016 census, Pinjarra had a population of 4910. Pinjarra is an area rich in history, and is the home town of a former State Premier - Sir Ross McLarty. It is near the site of the Pinjarra massacre, where between 14 and 80 Noongar people were killed by British colonists in 1834. History The name was often shown spelt "Pinjarrup" on early maps, while the accepted spelling for many years was "Pinjarrah". There are conflicting theories regarding the meaning of the name, and it is usually said to mean "place of a swamp", as a corruption of the Aboriginal Australians, Aboriginal word "beenjarrup". However, Pinjarra is more likely to have been named after the Pindja ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Peel-Harvey Estuary
The Peel-Harvey Estuarine System () is a natural estuarine system that lies roughly parallel to the coast of Western Australia and south of the town of Mandurah. The strip of land between the Indian Ocean and the estuarine system carries the Old Coast Road and to the east is the Forrest Highway which is the main thoroughfare between Perth and the coastal towns of the south west corner of the state including Bunbury and Busselton. Description The estuarine system, which the Bindjareb Noongar people call , covers an area of approximately in total, with an average water depth of about . The Harvey River discharges into the extreme southern end of the elongated Harvey Estuary, which has an area of about . This in turn feeds into the south-western corner of the more northerly Peel Inlet which is roughly circular and occupies an area of about . The Serpentine River and Murray Rivers discharge into the eastern edges of Peel Inlet. A long channel, the Mandurah Estuary (also ca ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Electoral District Of Dawesville
Dawesville is a Western Australian Legislative Assembly, Legislative Assembly Electoral districts of Western Australia, electorate in the states and territories of Australia, state of Western Australia. Dawesville is named for the southwestern Mandurah suburb of Dawesville, Western Australia, Dawesville, which falls within its borders. History Dawesville was created at the 1994 redistribution due to the rapid population growth in the Mandurah region. It had previously been part of the seat of Electoral district of Murray-Wellington, Murray, with a small portion in Electoral district of Mandurah, Mandurah. Its initial member following its first contest at the 1996 Western Australian state election, 1996 election was Arthur Marshall (Australian politician), Arthur Marshall, the former member for Murray. At the 2005 Western Australian state election, 2005 election, it was won by former Court–Cowan Ministry, Court minister Kim Hames, who had been the member for Electoral district o ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rockingham, Western Australia
Rockingham is a suburb of Perth, Western Australia, located 47 km south-south-west of the city centre. It acts as the primary centre for the City of Rockingham. It has a beachside location at Mangles Bay, the southern extremity of Cockburn Sound. To its north stretches the maritime and resource-industry installations of Kwinana Beach, Western Australia, Kwinana and Henderson, Western Australia, Henderson. Offshore to the north-west is Australia's largest naval fleet and submarine base, Garden Island (Western Australia), Garden Island, connected to the mainland by an all-weather causeway. To the west and south lies the Shoalwater Islands Marine Park. History Rockingham received its name from the sailing ship , one of the three vessels that Thomas Peel had chartered to carry settlers to Western Australia (the others being and ). ''Rockingham'' arrived on 14 May 1830. ''Rockingham'' was blown ashore and eventually abandoned after failed attempts to refloat her. She eventuall ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Electoral District Of Murray-Wellington
Murray-Wellington is an electoral district of the Legislative Assembly in the Australian state of Western Australia. Originally known as Murray, it was one of the original 30 seats contested at the 1890 election. The district is a regional electorate situated between Mandurah and Bunbury. The seat has alternated between the names ''Murray'' and ''Murray-Wellington'' to reflect its geography. The seat has been a traditional stronghold for the Liberal Party, though the opposing Labor Party has won the seat three times in the last four decades. Geography In its present configuration, Murray-Wellington is a coastal electorate running from the eastern outskirts of Mandurah to the northern outskirts of Bunbury. It covers three local government areas – Shire of Murray, Shire of Waroona and the Shire of Harvey – including all of the latter two and the vast geographic majority of the former. Its major population centres include the towns of Dwellingup, Harvey, North Dandalu ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Peel (Western Australia)
The Peel region is one of the nine regions of Western Australia#regional, regional regions of Western Australia, as defined by the ''Regional Development Commissions Act 1993''. It is located on the west coast of Western Australia, about south of the state capital, Perth. It consists of the City of Mandurah, and the Shires of Shire of Boddington, Boddington, Shire of Murray, Murray, Shire of Serpentine-Jarrahdale, Serpentine-Jarrahdale and Shire of Waroona, Waroona. The total area of the region is . In 2017, Peel had a population of 136,854, of which over sixty percent lived in Mandurah. In June 2019 the total population for the constituent Local government areas of Western Australia, Local Government Areas (LGAs) was 142,960, Estimated resident population, 30 June 2019. within an area of . History Just like the rest of Western Australia, the Peel region was inhabited by Indigenous Australians, specifically the Pindjarup dialect group of the Noongar people, prior to European s ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
