Gnangara is a suburb of Perth, Western Australia, located within the City of Wanneroo. Gnangara is also the name for an underground water mound with a 117-hectare surface feature called Lake Gnangara. The suburb is named after the lake, whose name is derived from the Aboriginal word Knangara.[2]
| Gnangara Perth, Western Australia | |||||||||||||||
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| Coordinates | 31°46′23″S 115°51′40″E / 31.773°S 115.861°E | ||||||||||||||
| Population | 1,347 (SAL 2021)[1] | ||||||||||||||
| Postcode(s) | 6077 | ||||||||||||||
| Area | 14 km2 (5.4 sq mi) | ||||||||||||||
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| LGA(s) | City of Wanneroo | ||||||||||||||
| State electorate(s) | Wanneroo | ||||||||||||||
| Federal division(s) | Pearce | ||||||||||||||
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Facilities
editMuch of the suburb's area is semi rural, with residential estate developed in the early 1990s by Midland Brick and centred on Lakelands Drive borders includes the private 18-hole golf course Lakelands Country Club, established in 1984 on 70 hectares.[3] The Perth International Telecommunications Centre is located near and often associated with Gnangara.
Location
editGnangara is bounded by Ocean Reef Road and Gnangara Road to the south, Badgerup Road and Ross Road to the west and the Gnangara Pine Plantation to the northeast and east. While the plantation is named for the suburb, only a few hectares of it are within the suburb's boundaries, with the majority in Lexia to the east.[4]
Education
editGnangara contained the Aboriginal Community College (K-12), founded in 1979 and closed in 2008. It was one of two independent Indigenous schools in the metropolitan area.[5]
Transport
editBus
edit- 355 Whitfords Station to Ellenbrook Central – serves Gnangara Road[6]
- 376 Whitfords Station to Mirrabooka Bus Station – serves Gnangara Road[7]
References
edit- ^ Australian Bureau of Statistics (28 June 2022). "Gnangara (suburb and locality)". Australian Census 2021 QuickStats. Retrieved 28 June 2022.
- ^ "History of metropolitan suburb names – G". Western Australian Land Information Authority. Archived from the original on 16 March 2022. Retrieved 16 July 2024.
- ^ Lakelands Country Club home page
- ^ Department of Land Information. StreetSmart Perth Street Directory (54th ed.). West Australian Newspapers Ltd. pp. Maps 252-253. ISBN 978-0-909439-67-5.
- ^ Association of Independent Schools (AICS Support Unit). "Aboriginal Community College". Archived from the original on 12 September 2009. Retrieved 13 September 2009.
- ^ "Route 355". Bus Timetable 98 (PDF). Transperth. 29 May 2024 [effective from 2024-17-15].
- ^ "Route 376". Bus Timetable 75 (PDF). Transperth. 9 May 2024 [effective from 15 July 2024].
