Lake Coogee is a suburb of
Perth
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, 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 ...
, and named after
Lake Coogee, located within the suburb.
History
In 2019, the City of Cockburn approved a split of the suburb of
Munster
Munster ( or ) is the largest of the four provinces of Ireland, located in the south west of the island. In early Ireland, the Kingdom of Munster was one of the kingdoms of Gaelic Ireland ruled by a "king of over-kings" (). Following the Nor ...
, whereby the north-western part of the suburb became the new suburb of Lake Coogee, while another part, in the south-west, was added to the suburb of
Henderson. Only the eastern part of Munster remained part of the existing suburb. The changes came into effect on 30 March 2020.
Prior to being part of the suburb of Munster from 1954, the district had been known as ''South Coogee'' since the 1870s and this earlier name remains in use by older settlers of the area. The district is one of the earliest parts of Western Australia to be settled by Europeans and the remains of the cottages built by the
Pensioner Guards in the 1880s can still be seen around the Lake Coogee reserve.
Geography
The suburb is bounded by Troode and Barrington Streets to the north,
Stock Road and Rockingam Road to the east, Frobisher Avenue to the south and the
Beeliar Regional Park Lake Coogee reserve to the west. after which the suburb takes its name.
Facilities
There is one school in the area, Saint Jeromes School, a Catholic primary school.
The main recreational area in the suburb is Santich Park, which was named after Arthur Santich for his volunteer work within the Council (whose descendants still live in the area), is the home of the Yangebup
Little Athletics Club and the South Coogee Junior Football Club.
Transport
Bus
* 114 Lake Coogee to
Elizabeth Quay Bus Station – serves Asquith Street, Marvell Avenue and Shelley Way
* 530
Fremantle Station to
Cockburn Central Station – serves
Rockingham Road and
Beeliar Drive
* 531
Fremantle Station to
Cockburn Central Station – serves Marvell Avenue,
Rockingham Road and
Beeliar Drive
* 532
Fremantle Station to
Cockburn Central Station – serves Hamilton Road, Mayor Road and
Beeliar Drive
* 549
Fremantle Station to
Rockingham Station – serves
Rockingham Road,
Beeliar Drive and
Stock Road
References
External links
City of Cockburn suburbs maps
{{City of Cockburn suburbs
Suburbs of Perth, Western Australia
Suburbs in the City of Cockburn