Treeby is a southern suburb of

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, Western Australia, located within the

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. It is located on the east side of the

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, close to

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History

Treeby is primarily a rural area, originally part of Banjup but made a separate suburb in 2016 from the portion of Banjup that extended north of Armadale Road. Situated on land traditionally inhabited by the Beeliar

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of the

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people, it is named after Joseph and Emma Treeby, early colonial settlers of the area. Arriving from South Australia with plans for apple orchards, the Treeby family established a market garden on over growing mainly cauliflower and cabbage. In recent years, an area previously mined for sand was developed into a new residential estate called Calleya.

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has a large display village called Calleya with terraces, townhomes, house and land packages, and completed land.

has sold over 1,100 house and land packages in Treeby. There is also a new estate called Kara in the western part of the suburb.

Geography

Treeby is bounded in the north by the eastern border of the Jandakot Industrial Area, Dollier Street, Fraser Road, and the

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, and in the east by the

City of Armadale The City of Armadale is a local government area in the southeastern suburbs of the Western Australian capital city of Perth, about southeast of Perth's central business district. The City covers an area of , much of which is state forest risi ...

. The suburb is also bounded by Jandakot Road, Candelore Road and Acourt Road in the north, Warton Road in the east, Armadale Road in the south, and the suburb of Jandakot, Dollier Street and Solomon Road in the west.

Education

Treeby has one

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, Treeby Primary School, that opened in 2022 and caters for students from

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to Year 6. Its intake area encompasses southern parts of Treeby and Jandakot.

Transport

Road

Treeby is served by nearby roads including Jandakot Road, Armadale Road, and Warton Road. Access to Perth in the north and Rockingham in the south is via the Kwinana Freeway, accessible via interchanges at Armadale Road and Berrigan Drive.

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, the

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airport in its immediate northwestern vicinity, is reachable via Berrigan Drive, and Armadale Road is connected to North Lake Road via a bridge over Kwinana Freeway that opened in 2021. Major roads in the suburb include Clementine Boulevard, Ghostgum Avenue, Greensand Promenade and Sapphire Drive.

Public transport

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provides public bus services and trains for the Perth metropolitan area, and this includes regular bus services on route 523, which operates west to Cockburn Central station, located just outside the western boundary of Treeby, and Cockburn Gateway Shopping City in

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. Train services connect to Perth and

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. The suburb's closest railway stations are

and Aubin Grove, located in the suburbs of

and Atwell, respectively.

Bus

* 233 Cockburn Central Station to Gosnells Station – serves Armadale Road * 518 Cockburn Central Station to Murdoch TAFE – serves Armadale Road * 523 Cockburn Central Station to Treeby – serves Armadale Road, Ghostgum Avenue, Clementine Boulevard and Sapphire Drive * 529 Cockburn Central Station to Armadale Station – serves Armadale Road

References

External links

{{PerthAU-geo-stub Suburbs in the City of Cockburn