Cannington is a southern

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Perth, Western Australia Perth () is the list of Australian capital cities, capital city of Western Australia. It is the list of cities in Australia by population, fourth-most-populous city in Australia, with a population of over 2.3 million within Greater Perth . The ...

. Its

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is the

City of Canning The City of Canning is a local government area in the southeastern suburbs of the Western Australian capital city of Perth, about southeast of Perth's central business district. The City covers an area of and had a population of approximately ...

History

Cannington's name derives from the

Canning River The Canning River ( or ) is a major tributary of the Swan River in the South West Land Division of Western Australia. It is home to much wildlife including dolphins, pelicans, swans and many other bird species. Source and route With headwate ...

, which forms part of the southwestern boundary of the suburb. It was first subdivided in 1882, and a railway station was constructed in the 1890s opposite Station Street in what is now East Cannington.Carden, F.G. Along the Canning: A History of the City of Canning, City of Canning, 1st Edition 1968, 2nd edition, 1991,

Waverley

For many years the areas of Cannington, East Cannington and Beckenham were known locally as "Waverley" and many buildings and businesses used the name Waverley to designate their locality, such as the Waverley Hotel and the Waverley Drive In Cinema. The origin of the alternative use of Waverley is designated to the Cecil Gibbs who first used it in naming the Waverley Hotel that was a distinctive landmark over many generations. Between 1860 and 1883, William Lacey Gibbs, gradually accumulated most of what is Cannington. His slaughter yards were located near the present-day Myer Department Store, Westfield. His brother built the 'Cecil/Waverley' Hotel on the corner of Cecil Road and Albany Highway. The hotel was altered many times over the years and was recently demolished for widening of the Albany Highway.

Geography

Cannington is bounded by Nicholson Road to the southeast, the

Armadale railway line The Armadale line is a partially-closed suburban railway service in Perth, Western Australia, operated by the Public Transport Authority as part of the Transperth system. The Armadale line is long, and starts at Perth station, heading south-e ...

to the northeast, Mills and Burton Streets to the northwest, and Fleming Avenue and the Canning River to the southwest.

Albany Highway Albany Highway links Western Australia's capital city Perth with its oldest settlement, Albany, Western Australia, Albany, on the state's South coast of Western Australia, south coast. The highway travels through the southern Wheatbelt (Weste ...

runs through the western part of the suburb.

Facilities

Cannington contains one of the Perth metropolitan area's largest shopping complexes,

Westfield Carousel Westfield Carousel is an Australian shopping centre in the Perth suburb of Cannington, Western Australia, Cannington. It is located approximately from the Perth central business district on the Albany Highway and approximately from Cannington ...

, first built in 1972 and extensively refurbished and expanded in the 1990s, which includes a

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cinema complex.

contains a range of shops and small warehouses, as well as the

council offices. Bentley Hospital is just beyond the northwestern boundary on Mills Street. Along the

is the Canning River Regional Park, which contains walking tracks and picnic facilities as well as the Woodloes Museum, a restored 1874 house built by architect and pioneer Francis Bird. Various sports and leisure facilities, including soccer fields, ten-pin bowling and an indoor athletics centre. The Canning showgrounds includes the Cannington Exhibition Centre and was home to the Cannington Raceway owned by the Western Australian Greyhound Racing Association from 1974 to 2015. The

greyhound racing Greyhound racing is an organized, competitive sport in which greyhounds are raced around an oval track. The sport originates from Hare coursing, coursing. Track racing uses an artificial lure (usually a form of windsock) that travels ahead of th ...

now takes place across the road on the north side on a new track which opened on 23 March 2016.

Cannington Community College Cannington Community College is a public co-educational primary and high day school, located on Wharf Street in Cannington, a suburb of Perth, Western Australia. Overview The school was initially established in 2001 and caters for students ...

, a public primary and junior high school (K-10), and

Sevenoaks Senior College Sevenoaks Senior College is a comprehensive public co-educational high day school, located in Cannington, southeast of Perth, Western Australia, close to the Cannington railway station. Opened in 2001, the school is a senior secondary campus ...

, a senior secondary college (Years 11 and 12) are located in Cannington.

Transport

Cannington is on

, a primary route into the

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, and lies to the southeast of

Leach Highway Leach Highway is a east-west arterial highway in the southern suburbs of Perth, Western Australia, primarily linking Kewdale, Western Australia, Kewdale and Perth Airport with the city of Fremantle. It is allocated State Route 7 and is a dual ...

and to the northwest of

Roe Highway Roe Highway is a limited-access highway and partial freeway in Perth, Western Australia, linking Kewdale with the city's north-eastern and south-western suburbs. The northern terminus is at Reid Highway and Great Northern Highway in Midd ...

. Manning Road (State Route 26) provides access to

Curtin University of Technology Curtin University (previously Curtin University of Technology and Western Australian Institute of Technology) is an Australian public research university based in Bentley, Perth, Western Australia. It is named after John Curtin, Prime Minister ...

and

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 A ...

. Cannington is home to

Cannington railway station Cannington is a suburban railway station on the Armadale and Thornlie–Cockburn lines, serving the suburb of Cannington south of Perth, Western Australia. It is located from Perth Station, and is part of the Transperth commuter rail netwo ...

which serves the Armadale and Thornlie–Cockburn lines. The station is due to be upgraded in 2023 as part of

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. Cannington will be elevated and modernised as well as other stations on the Line. Cannington also has a bus interchange with 9 stands. The station has many bus routes like the 280 which operates to

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and connects the Armadale and Thornlie–Cockburn lines to the Airport line. Also there are routes like the 208 and 508 which connects Cannington to the

Mandurah 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 ( ...

. These bus routes are operated by

Swan Transit Swan Transit is an Australian bus company operating Buses in Perth, Transperth bus services under contract to the Public Transport Authority (Western Australia), Public Transport Authority. It is a subsidiary of Transit Systems. History On 21 ...

and

Path Transit Path Transit is an Australian bus company operating Transperth bus services under contract to the Public Transport Authority. It is a subsidiary of Keolis Downer. History On 29 September 1996, Path Transit commenced operating services in the ...

Bus

* 36 Cannington Station to Airport Central Station – serves Cecil Avenue * 51 Cannington Station to

Perth Busport Perth Busport is an underground central bus station in Perth, Western Australia, located underneath Wellington Street. It was officially opened by then Premier of Western Australia Colin Barnett and then Minister for Transport Dean Nalder o ...

– serves Cecil Avenue * 201 Cannington Station to

Curtin University Bus Station Curtin University bus station is a Transperth bus station located at Curtin University's Bentley campus. It has eight stands and is served by 11 Transperth routes operated by Path Transit, Swan Transit and Transdev WA Transdev WA is an ...

– serves Sevenoaks Street, Queens Park Station, Mills Street, Doust Street and

* 208 Cannington Station to Murdoch Station – serves Cecil Avenue,

, Grose Avenue and Carousel Road * 508 Cannington Station to Bull Creek Station – serves Cecil Avenue,

, Grose Avenue and Carousel Road * 907

to Armadale Station (high frequency / limited stops) – serves Cannington Station * 908 Cannington Station to Victoria Park Station (high frequency / limited stops) – serves Sevenoaks Street and Queens Park Station Bus routes serving

: * 220

to Armadale Station * 221

to Armadale Station (limited stops) * 230

Thornlie Station Thornlie railway station is a suburban railway station on the Transperth network. Located from Perth station, it serves the suburb of Thornlie, Western Australia. It was the original terminus of the Thornlie line, a spur of the Armadale line, ...

(limited stops) * 930

Elizabeth Quay Bus Station Elizabeth Quay bus station, formerly the Esplanade Busport, is a Transperth bus station, located at the southern edge of the Perth (suburb), Perth CBD in Western Australia, next to the Perth Convention Exhibition Centre and Elizabeth Quay rail ...

(high frequency) Bus routes serving Cecil Avenue,

and Manning Road: * 72 and 177 Cannington Station to

* 100 Cannington Station to Canning Bridge Station * 509 Cannington Station to Bull Creek Station Bus routes serving Cecil Avenue and

: * 34 Cannington Station to

* 206 Cannington Station to

Murdoch University Murdoch University is a public university in Perth, Western Australia, with campuses also in Singapore and Dubai. It began operations as the state's second university on 25 July 1973, and accepted its first undergraduate students in 1975. Its ...

* 507 Cannington Station to Bull Creek Station Bus routes serving Grose Avenue, Carousel Road, Cecil Avenue and Cannington Station: * 202

– Clockwise Circular Route * 203

– Anti-Clockwise Circular Route * 229

to Maddington Central * 280

to High Wycombe Station

Rail

* Armadale/ Thornlie–Cockburn lines ** Queens Park railway station **

Politics

Cannington has a broadly young, middle-class, mixed-ethnic population and supports the

Australian Labor Party The Australian Labor Party (ALP), also known as the Labor Party or simply Labor, is the major Centre-left politics, centre-left List of political parties in Australia, political party in Australia and one of two Major party, major parties in Po ...

at both Federal and state elections.

References

External links

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