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. Beaconsfield is predominantly a low to medium density residential suburb with extensive community facilities including Fremantle College, several primary schools, and an array of open space recreation reserves and local shops.

Facilities and amenities

Parks and playgrounds

*Beacy Park *Davis Park *Dick Lawrence Oval *Hilton Park Soccer Fields *Ken Allen Field *James Moore Pioneer Park *Bruce Lee Reserve

Transport

Bus

* 114 Lake Coogee to

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– serves Carrington Street * 160 Fremantle Station to

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– serves

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* 511 and 513 Fremantle Station to Murdoch Station – serve

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, Lefroy Road and York Street * 532 Fremantle Station to

Cockburn Central Station Cockburn Central station ( ) is a bus and railway station on the Transperth network. It is located at the juncture of the Mandurah and Thornlie–Cockburn lines, from Perth station inside the median strip of the Kwinana Freeway serving the su ...

– serves

and Clontarf Road * 998 Fremantle Station to Fremantle Station (limited stops) –

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Clockwise, serves

* 999 Fremantle Station to Fremantle Station (limited stops) –

Anti-Clockwise, serves

Bus routes serving

: * 512 Fremantle Station to Murdoch Station * 520, 530 and 531 Fremantle Station to

* 548 and 549 Fremantle Station to Rockingham Station

Schools and education

There are a number of schools in the suburb including several primary and one high school. *Beaconsfield Primary School *Winterfold Primary School *Christ the King School * Fremantle College *Fremantle Peel District Education

Sporting clubs

*Hilton Park Junior Cricket Club *Hilton Park Bowling & Recreation Club *Fremantle City Dockers Junior Football Club Inc. *Fremantle Roosters Rugby League Football Club Inc *Excalibur Fencing Club

Shops and shopping centre

*Lefroy Road Shopping Centre

Notable citizens

Thomas Herman Andersen Thomas Herman Andersen (18941975) was Commissioner of Police for the state of Western Australia from 1951 to 1958. Thomas Andersen was born on 21 May 1894Headstone at grave of Thomas Herman Andersen and Marie Arthemise Andersen, Karrakatta Cem ...

, WA Commissioner of Police from 1951 to 1958 *

Peter Tagliaferri Peter Tagliaferri (born 2 November 1960) is an Australian politician. He is a former mayor of the City of Fremantle, a position he held for eight and a half years. Background Tagliaferri's grandfather migrated to Australia in 1932 and, after wo ...

, a former mayor of the

between 2001 and 2009

Gallery

Image:WTF Jim Owens Winterfold PS mural.jpg, Aboriginal mural at Winterfold Primary School Image:South Fremantle St Paul's Anglican Church 4.jpg, View alongside of St Paul's Anglican Church Image:WTF Jim Owens Beaconsfield PS murals 1.jpg, Murals at Beaconsfield Primary School Image:WTF Jim Owens Beaconsfield houses 2.jpg, House under construction on Moran Street

References

External links

{{City of Fremantle suburbs Suburbs of Perth, Western Australia Suburbs in the City of Fremantle Beaconsfield, Western Australia