Henderson is a 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 ...

, Western Australia, located within the

City of Cockburn The City of Cockburn ( ) is a local government area in the southern suburbs of the Western Australian capital city of Perth about south of Fremantle and about south of Perth's central business district. The City covers an area of and had a po ...

History

The suburb of Henderson, along with the suburb of

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to its south, comprises land resumed by the Commonwealth Government in 1915 for defence purposes. In 1913–1920, a large naval base called Henderson Naval Base, named after Reginald Henderson, was partially constructed before being cancelled in 1920 and eventually replaced by in 1978. The name of ''Henderson'' was approved for the suburb in 1973. In 2019, the City of Cockburn approved a split of the neighbouring suburb Munster, whereby the north-western part of the suburb would become the new suburb of Lake Coogee while another part, in the south-west, would be added to Henderson. The changes came into effect on 30 March 2020, thereby enlarging the suburb of Henderson.

Geography

Henderson is bounded by Russell Road to the north, Cockburn Sound to the west, the Perth freight railway line to the east, and Dalison Avenue and the municipal boundary with the

City of Kwinana The City of Kwinana is a local government area of Western Australia. It covers an area of approximately 118 square kilometres in metropolitan Perth, and lies about 38 km south of the Perth central business district, via the Kwinana F ...

to the south.

Naval Base Shacks

Privately owned holiday shacks have existed in the area now part of the south-west of the suburb and known as ''Naval Base Holiday Park'', between the beach and Cockburn Road, since 1933. Each shack may be used by their owner for a maximum of 120 days per year, and may not be leased, hired nor used by anyone else. Situated on leased crown land, these 173 shacks are known as the ''Naval Base Shacks'' and are a designated heritage site.

Australian Marine Complex

The Australian Marine Complex is located on Cockburn Sound and is considered one of the largest ship building precincts in Australia. It contains

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facilities and Australia's second largest ship-lift (nominal lifting capacity of 8065 tonnes). Some of the companies located in the complex include ASC,

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, BAE Systems Australia and Civmec. In 2002 the Government proposed to use Garden Island and the facilities at Henderson for the "sea-swap" program with the

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Transport

Bus

* 548 Fremantle Station to Rockingham Station – serves Cockburn Road and Sparks Road * 549 Fremantle Station to Rockingham Station – serves Rockingham Road

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{{Authority control Suburbs of Perth, Western Australia Suburbs in the City of Cockburn