Noranda is a

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, Western Australia, located in the

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. The suburb was named in 1977 after Noranda Park, a town in the U.S. state of

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. The portion north of Widgee Road was transferred to the City of Bayswater from the

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on 1 July 2016. The suburb is a middle- to upper-middle class area with some affluent pockets. The population consists largely of families of

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Facilities

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Noranda is serviced by bus routes (Routes 344, 346, 347 and 371) that run to

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, and two routes (371 and 344) that run to Warwick railway station. The main shopping centre in the suburb is Hawaiian's Noranda (formerly Noranda Palms Shopping Centre, and Noranda Square Shopping Centre). The suburb has a number of junior sporting clubs including the Noranda Hawks Football Club, Noranda Junior Cricket Club, Noranda City Football Club and serves as a district in the WA Netball Association. The netball association provides a number of clubs and this in turn supports a large number of young children from neighbouring suburbs. Lightning Swamp Bushland and Lightning Park Recreation Centre are both in Noranda.

Education

The suburb contains one high school –

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– and two state primary schools – Noranda Primary School and Camboon Primary School. Private schools located near the suburb include Chisholm Catholic College,

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and St Andrew's Grammar School.

References

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