Peron, Western Australia Explained

Type:suburb
Peron
State:wa
Local Map:yes
Zoom:13
Lga:City of Rockingham
Map Type:nomap
Coordinates:-32.279°N 115.701°W
Postcode:6169
Area:1.9
Stategov:Rockingham
Fedgov:Brand
Near-N:Cockburn Sound
Near-W:Indian Ocean
Near-Sw:Shoalwater Bay
Near-S:Shoalwater
Near-Se:Shoalwater

Peron is an outer southern suburb of Perth, the capital city of Western Australia, and is located within the City of Rockingham.

The suburb was gazetted in 1974. It is named for its location at Cape Peron although that land feature and the immediate locality are often called "Point Peron", both locally and in written references, and this has influenced the naming of roads and features in the locality. There is a small promontory on the south west of the Cape, though not its most westerly point, that is named "Point Peron".

During World War II, Point Peron hosted the Peron Battery, a coastal defence battery of the Fremantle Fortress.[1]

Transport

Bus

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Cape Peron K Battery Complex Assessment Documentation. . inherit.stateheritage.wa.gov.au. . 7 May 2020 .