| East Rockingham Perth, Western Australia | |||||||||||||||
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 CBH Grain Terminal, East Rockingham | |||||||||||||||
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| Coordinates | 32°15′32″S115°46′12″E / 32.259°S 115.770°E | ||||||||||||||
| Population | 311 (SAL 2021) [1] | ||||||||||||||
| Postcode(s) | 6168 | ||||||||||||||
| Area | 8.8 km2 (3.4 sq mi) [2] | ||||||||||||||
| LGA(s) | City of Rockingham | ||||||||||||||
| State electorate(s) | Rockingham | ||||||||||||||
| Federal division(s) | Brand | ||||||||||||||
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East Rockingham is an industrial suburb within the Kwinana Industrial Area, part of Perth, and located within the City of Rockingham.
The suburb developed as a rural community in the 1850s when various pioneers took up land and settled in the area along Mandurah Road; however, the community declined following the opening of the port at Rockingham in 1872. [3] The Rockingham Road Board's offices were located in East Rockingham between 1905 and 1929. [4]
The Stephenson-Hepburn Plan for Perth and Fremantle (1955) identified the strategic importance of the locality for industrial development. The suburb today contains various industrial developments, with LandCorp making plans to release more land for industrial purposes. [5] The Water Corporation intends to construct a wastewater treatment facility in East Rockingham. [6]
The suburb was named Challenger for a period between 1992 and 1996. It is home to two caravan parks.
As of 2020, 113 places are heritage-listed in the City of Rockingham, [7] of which seven are on the State Register of Heritage Places, with five of those located in East Rockingham. [8]
Significant places:
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The Bell Cottage ruin is a State Register of Heritage Places-listed ruined Victorian Georgian style cottage in East Rockingham, Western Australia. The ruin is on one of the earliest land grants in the Rockingham area and is one of the oldest structures in the area. It is associated with the Bell family, especially James and Jane Bell, early pioneers in the region. Jane Bell gained public attention in 1840 after the death of her child, conceived after being raped; she was incarcerated for two years on Rottnest Island. In 1876 James Bell was an eyewitness to the Fenian escape from Fremantle Gaol and raised the alarm.
The Chesterfield Inn and its stables are State Register of Heritage Places-listed buildings in East Rockingham, Western Australia. The Inn was built in 1855 in the vernacular Queen Anne Revival style and is the oldest commercial building in its area.
