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Electoral District Of Oakford
Oakford is an electoral district of the Western Australian Legislative Assembly. The seat was created at the 2023 redistribution. Oakford was first contested at the 2025 state election and was notionally held by the Labor Party on a 27.7% margin. Yaz Mubarakai was elected as Oakford's first MP following a switch of electorates from Jandakot. Mubarakai would be succeeded by Stephen Pratt in Jandakot. Geography Oakford was created in response to significant population growth in the corridor between the outer southern Perth cities of Cockburn and Armadale. The district was named for the semi-rural locality of Oakford which takes up around one-third of the area. As of 2025 Oakford is composed of * City of Armadale: Brookdale, Doobarda, Forrestdale, Haynes, Hilbert, Piara Waters, part of Harrisdale * City of Cockburn: Aubin Grove, part of Banjup * City of Kwinana: Anketell, Casuarina, Wandi * Shire of Serpentine-Jarrahdale: Oakford, part of Darling Downs The Da ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
WA Election 2025 - Oakford
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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 rising into the Darling Scarp to the east, and had a population of almost 80,000 as at the 2016 Census. At the 2021 census, the population had risen to 94,184. History Prior to European settlement, the area now known as the City of Armadale was part of the land that was occupied by the Aboriginal Noongar people. Prior to 1894, the area was part of the Canning Road District. The City of Armadale originated as the Kelmscott Road District, which was created on 14 December 1894 out of parts of Fremantle and Jandakot Road Districts. On 24 March 1910, it was renamed the Armadale-Kelmscott Road District. On 1 July 1961, it became the Shire of Armadale–Kelmscott following the enactment of the ''Local Government Act 1960''. On 1 July 1977, its ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Wandi, Western Australia
Wandi is a suburb of Perth, Western Australia in 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 ... at its northern border. The suburb was approved on 14 March 1978. The suburb is zoned Special Rural, which prevents the loss of trees from clearing. The area is mainly divided into lots. The land of Wandi is bushland, and some of it is part of the Jandakot Regional Park. The Western boundary is the Kwinana Freeway. Market gardens in the western area bounded by the freeway and Lyon Road are being developed into a residential area name Honeywood. The suburb is approximately from Perth city. Wandi was named after a highly regarded Aboriginal stockman, who drove northwest cattle from Robb Jetty to nearby holding paddocks, as well as driving sheep into paddoc ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Casuarina, Western Australia
Casuarina is a suburb of Perth, Western Australia and located within the City of Kwinana. Casuarina is one of the Kwinana suburbs named after a ship. , under the command of Louis de Freycinet, was a 30-ton cutter used in the French exploration of the Western Australian coast in 1802–03. The suburb name was also chosen because a type of casuarina tree is found in the area. Casuarina Prison is located in the suburb. Opened in June 1991, it is the main maximum-security prison for male prisoners, particularly long-term prisoners, in Western Australia. It replaced the 130-year-old Fremantle Prison Fremantle Prison, sometimes referred to as Fremantle Gaol or Fremantle Jail, is a former Australian prison and World Heritage Site in Fremantle, Western Australia. The site includes the prison cellblocks, gatehouse, perimeter walls, cottages, ... as the State's main maximum-security prison. Aside from an 18-hole public golf course, "Marri Park Golf Course", and some nature reserve ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Anketell, Western Australia
Anketell is a suburb of Perth, Western Australia, located within the City of Kwinana. Anketell was part of early settler Thomas Peel's land grant, used for the 1920s Group Settlement Scheme in Peel Estate Peel or Peeling may refer to: Places Australia * Peel (Western Australia) * Peel, New South Wales * Peel River (New South Wales) Canada * Peel Parish, New Brunswick * Peel, New Brunswick, an unincorporated community in Peel Parish * Pee .... It is named after Peel Estate's surveyor, Richard John Anketell. References External links Suburbs of Perth, Western Australia Suburbs in the City of Kwinana {{PerthAU-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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 Freeway. Kwinana maintains 287 km of roads and had a population of 45,867 at the 2021 Census. History Kwinana is a Kimberley Aboriginal word meaning either "young woman" or "pretty maiden". The ship was wrecked on Cockburn Sound in 1922 and blown onto Kwinana Beach. The nearby area acquired the name and it was officially adopted for a township in 1937. Some of its suburbs take their names from the sailing ships that first brought immigrants to Western Australia, for example, Medina, Calista and Parmelia. The Kwinana Road District was formed out of part of Rockingham on 15 February 1954 as a result of the passage of the ''Kwinana Road District Act 1953''. Section 4 of the Act stated that "there shall not be a duly elected Road B ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Banjup, Western Australia
Banjup is a suburb of Perth, Western Australia, located within the City of Cockburn. Its postcode is 6164. It is approximately south of the Perth central business district. Banjup mainly consists of rural residential properties, with an average lot size of , together with a small number of agriculture-based businesses (horticulture such as plant nurseries and flower growing). The suburb has a mixture of small scale rural properties which have been used for hobby farms (for example to run horses) and "lifestyle" residents who prefer open space and more space when compared to normal Perth suburban blocks. Banjup is located on the Jandakot Water Mound. As part of the Western Australian State Government water resource protection policy development over the Jandakot Water Mound is limited to reduce the possibility of contamination from runoff from properties. As a consequence the number of animals per property is limited by the City of Cockburn zoning policies (for example 1 horse ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Aubin Grove, Western Australia
Aubin Grove is a suburb of Perth, Western Australia in the City of Cockburn. The suburb was approved in 2003. The suburb has grown rapidly, from a population of 351 at the 2006 census to a population of 6,786, as per the 2021 census.abs.gov.au. (n.d.). ''2021 Aubin Grove, Census All persons QuickStats , Australian Bureau of Statistics''. [online] Available at: https://abs.gov.au/census/find-census-data/quickstats/2021/SAL50037 [Accessed 3 Mar. 2024]. History Aubin Grove was formerly part of the rural locality of Banjup, Western Australia, Banjup. It is named after Henry John Aubin, who leased agricultural land in the area in 1897. Aubin is said to have taken Lot 212, a lot which very closely resembles the current shape and size of Aubin Grove. His land bordered Lyon Road and Gibbs Road (as it does today), and also a shared boundary with James Hammond's plot to the west. His plot was converted into modern-day Hammond Park, Western Australia, Hammond Park. Important Road ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Harrisdale, Western Australia
Harrisdale is a southeastern suburb of Perth, Western Australia and is one of the western suburbs of the City of Armadale. It was gazetted in 2007, and has a population of 9,076 as of the 2016 Australian census. The population of the developing area On 12 April 2008, a joint venture was announced between the Government of Western Australia and Cedar Woods Properties Limited to develop a site in the northwest of the suburb of Harrisdale with an emphasis on affordable housing and sustainable living. The development, known as Harrisdale Green, commenced construction in July 2010 and will accommodate up to 500 homes. The suburb is bounded by Warton Road to the northwest, Ranford Road to the northeast, Skeet Road to the southeast and Nicholson Road to the southwest. Carey Baptist College is a co-educational school that occupies a site in Harrisdale. It was established by the Carey Community Baptist Church in 1998 and provides education from kindergarten through to Year 12. Harr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Piara Waters, Western Australia
Piara Waters is a southeastern suburb of Perth, Western Australia within the City of Armadale. Previously part of Forrestdale and gazetted in 2007, Piara Waters is located approximately south-southeast of Perth. Demographics As a suburb that has been converted from small farms to residential lots, the population of Piara Waters has grown significantly from fewer than 100 in 2006 to over 14,000 as of 2021. To accommodate this growth, new community and sporting facilities have been built. Piara Waters Primary School was opened in February 2012 (catering for students from Kindergarten to Year 6), and Piara Waters Senior High School began accepting students in early 2023. The school commenced with Year 7 students and will add each year to its growing cohort, until it reaches Year 12 in 2028. In the latter half of 2023, the proposed Piara Waters Shopping Centre was opened to the public. For the older community, a new residential lifestyle resort between Southampton Drive and Warto ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hilbert, Western Australia
Hilbert is a suburb of Perth, Western Australia, located within the City of Armadale. This rural and semi-rural suburb is located on the city's fringe, and in the 2010s began to be subdivided for urban purposes. The name was derived from the Hilbert family who were dairy farmers within the area. A road was proposed through Wilhelm Hermann (known as Herman or Harry) Hilbert's property in 1899, and in 1966 the unconstructed road reserve was named "Hilbert Road". There is also a large wetland in the locality generally referred to as the Hilbert Road Swamp. The locality was formed from the suburb of Brookdale on 1 April 2008, and on 4 October 2011 the suburb's western boundary was amended to coincide with the centreline of Tonkin Highway Tonkin Highway is an north–south highway and partial freeway in Perth, Western Australia, linking Perth Airport and Kewdale, Western Australia, Kewdale with the city's north-eastern and south-eastern suburbs. As of April 2020, the northern ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Haynes, Western Australia
Haynes is a suburb of Perth, Western Australia, located within 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 .... This rural and semi-rural suburb is located on the city's fringe, and in the 2010s began to be subdivided for urban purposes. The suburb was named after Walter Alexander Birrell Haynes and his wife Margaret, who moved to the district sometime before 1910 and operated a dairy farm in the area for many years. Members of the Haynes family have made a significant contribution to local community organisations such as sporting clubs for many years, and helped establish many other groups. Walter Haynes was the Chairman of the Armadale-Kelmscott Road Board between 1938 and 1946. The locality was formed from Brookdale on 1 April 2008. The Haynes Shoppi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
