East Cannington is a southeastern

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, Western Australia. Its

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is the

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History

East Cannington, previously part of Queens Park Road Board District and once incorporating present day

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, was largely a semi-rural area, with only the area near the railway used for housing. In 1959, the suburb was gazetted as a postal district. Many farms and horse agistment properties once populated East Cannington until developers realised its potential in the 1990s and thus almost all available land has now given way to suburban housing. In Fred Carden's book ''Along the Canning'' East Cannington had a few notable industries, including a jam factory near the site of the old Cannington Train Station and a garment manufacturer in Lacey Street. Evidence of the early retail trade can still be gleaned from the weatherboard shops now making up the East Cannington General Store opposite the old Cannington Railway Station site.

Geography

East Cannington is bounded by the

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to the southwest, Thomas and Gibbs Streets to the northwest,

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to the north and Lacey Street to the southeast. It is at the eastern fringe of urban settlement in the City of Canning, with only semi-rural parts of Kenwick and Wattle Grove between the suburb and the Lesmurdie section of the

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Facilities

East Cannington is a residential suburb, with a small neighbourhood shopping centre in Gerard Street (now closed and houses are being built where it was) and relying on the nearby

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shopping centre in Cannington boundary for other commercial services. The suburb contains a primary school (Gibbs Street), and Saint Francis Catholic Primary School in Renou Street.

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is nearby. The eastern end of the

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industrial area borders the suburb to the north. A large park along the Welshpool Road border includes a nature reserve of indigenous species and a

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. A few other small parks throughout the suburb provide recreational facilities.

Transport

East Cannington is served by the Cannington train station at its western corner, linking the area to the

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. The suburb is also served by buses from Cannington, including a circular route. All services are operated by the Public Transport Authority.

Bus

* 202

– Clockwise Circular Route, serves Renou Street, Gibbs Street and Elizabeth Street * 203

– Anti-Clockwise Circular Route, serves Renou Street, Elizabeth Street and Gibbs Street * 229

to Maddington Central – serves Renou Street * 280

to High Wycombe Station – serves Renou Street, Lacey Street, Elizabeth Street, Station Street,

and Orrong Road * 282 and 283

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– serve Orrong Road

Rail

* Armadale/ Thornlie–Cockburn lines **

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References

{{City of Canning suburbs Suburbs of Perth, Western Australia Suburbs in the City of Canning