Mundijong is an outer suburb of the

Western Australia Western Australia (WA) is the westernmost state of Australia. It is bounded by the Indian Ocean to the north and west, the Southern Ocean to the south, the Northern Territory to the north-east, and South Australia to the south-east. Western Aust ...

n capital city 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 ...

. Originally named Jarrahdale Junction, it was at the junction of the Jarrahdale to Rockingham railway line and the government railway line from Perth to Bunbury, which was built in 1893. At the 2016 census, Mundijong had a population of 1,232. A town grew up around the junction, and a timber depot, which included a large

planing mill A planing mill is a facility that takes cut and Wood drying, seasoned Wood, wooden boards from a sawmill and turns them into finished dimensional lumber. Machines used in the mill include the Thickness planer, planer and matcher, the Moulding plan ...

, was constructed. The town was first declared as "Manjedal" in 1893 as it was thought to be the Aboriginal name of the area. In 1897 this was found to be incorrect, and the name was changed to Mundijong. It was officially gazetted as a locality on 1 May 1997.

Transport

Bus

* 252 Mundijong to Armadale Station – serves Paterson Street and Soldiers Road * 253 Jarrahdale to Armadale Station – serves Watkins Road, Paterson Street and Soldiers Road

References

Towns in Western Australia Shire of Serpentine-Jarrahdale {{WesternAustralia-geo-stub