Craigie is a northern suburb of
Perth
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 ...
. Craigie was chosen as a suburb name in 1970 and honours an early councillor of the City of Wanneroo who did work in developing the City. Craigie is one of the four "Whitfords" suburbs that resulted from the State Government rezoning a large area of coastal land for development in 1969.
The suburb once had a senior high school,
Craigie Senior High School, which was opened in 1976 only to be closed again in 2003 following a decline in student enrolments. Students were shifted into
Padbury Senior High School or
Belridge Senior High School. Padbury itself closed in 2011.
Transport
Bus
* 463
Whitfords Station to
Joondalup Station – serves
Whitfords Avenue,
Marmion Avenue
Marmion Avenue is a arterial road in the northern coastal suburbs of Perth, Western Australia, linking Trigg, Western Australia, Trigg in the south with Yanchep in the north. It forms part of List of road routes in Perth, Western Australia#71, ...
, Coral Street, Camberwarra Drive and Craigie Drive
* 464
Whitfords Station to
Joondalup Station – serves
Whitfords Avenue, Eddystone Avenue and Craigie Drive
Bus routes serving
Whitfords Avenue:
* 441, 442, 443 and 444
Whitfords Station to
Warwick Station
* 460, 461 and 462
Whitfords Station to
Joondalup Station
References
Suburbs of Perth, Western Australia
Suburbs in the City of Joondalup
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