| Yangebup Perth, Western Australia | |||||||||||||||
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 The Mater Christi Catholic Church in Yangebup | |||||||||||||||
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| Coordinates | 32°07′44″S115°49′08″E / 32.129°S 115.819°E | ||||||||||||||
| Population | 7,631 (SAL 2021) [1] | ||||||||||||||
| Postcode(s) | 6164 | ||||||||||||||
| Area | 6 km2 (2.3 sq mi) [2] | ||||||||||||||
| Location | 26 km (16 mi) from Perth | ||||||||||||||
| LGA(s) | City of Cockburn | ||||||||||||||
| State electorate(s) | Cockburn | ||||||||||||||
| Federal division(s) | Fremantle | ||||||||||||||
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Yangebup is a southern suburb of Perth, Western Australia in the City of Cockburn. It takes its name from the nearby Yangebup Lake.
The name Yangebup was first recorded in 1841 and may be derived from the Aboriginal word, Yanget, for the species of native flax or bullrush found around the lake. It was approved as the name for the suburb in 1977. [3]
The suburb is located 26 kilometres (16 mi) from the Perth central business district. It is bounded by the freight rail line and North Lake Road to the north, Hammond Road to the east, Beeliar Drive to the south and Stock Road to the west. [4]
The Yangebup Progress Association is the local residents' group in Yangebup; it meets on a monthly basis at the Yangebup Family Centre.
Yangebup also has a child health nurse clinic located at the Yangebup Family Centre, which offers a range of services for families with babies and young children.
Yangebup has two primary schools: Yangebup Primary School and Mater Christi Catholic Primary School.
Yangebup Lake and Little Rush Lake, which forms part of the Beeliar Regional Park are located within the area. There are also several local parks in the area including:
Yangebup has a medical centre, chemist and dental clinic located at the shopping centre on Swallow Drive. There is also a Child Health Nurse located at the Yangebup Family Centre on Dunraven Drive.
Yangebup has a vet clinic at the shopping centre on Swallow Drive.
Thornlie railway station is a temporarily closed railway station on the Transperth network. It was the terminus of the Thornlie line, a spur of the Armadale Line, seventeen kilometres (11 mi) from Perth Station serving the suburb of Thornlie, Western Australia. Under construction is the Thornlie-Cockburn Link which will link to Cockburn Central railway station along the Mandurah line via two new stations, Nicholson Road railway station and Ranford Road railway station.
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Success Park 'n' Ride was a Transperth bus station located next to the current Cockburn Central Train/Bus Interchange. It was established on 21 March 1999 and decommissioned on 22 December 2007. After that it was superseded by its nearby station in Cockburn Central.
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