Parkwood, Western Australia
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 Parkwood Shopping Centre at Vellgrove Avenue. | |||||||||||||
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| Coordinates: 32°02′52″S 115°54′54″E / 32.0477841°S 115.9149833°E | |||||||||||||
| Country | Australia | ||||||||||||
| State | Western Australia | ||||||||||||
| City | Perth | ||||||||||||
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| Established | 1965 | ||||||||||||
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• Total | 3.6 km2 (1.4 sq mi) | ||||||||||||
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| • Total | 5,995 (SAL 2021)[1] | ||||||||||||
| Postcode | 6147 | ||||||||||||
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Parkwood is a southeastern suburb of Perth, the capital city of Western Australia. Its local government area is the City of Canning.
Parkwood was first settled by Henry Willett of Willett & Co, who was granted Canning Location 21 on the Canning River (which included nearby Lynwood) and settled in the area in June 1832. In November 1964, the Shire of Canning proposed the names Burtsdale and Willetton for Willetton and Lynwood/Parkwood respectively, the name Burtsdale honouring Septimus Burt, who purchased the land in 1882. In August 1965, developers at Lynwood requested the name Clovercrest Estate, but finally agreed to Lynwood. The name Willetton was shifted westwards and Lynwood was gazetted in December 1965.[2]
Parkwood became its own suburb in 1993, and Lynwood still exists north of High Road.[3]
Geography
Parkwood is bounded by High Road to the north and northeast, Nicholson Road to the east, Roe Highway to the south and Willeri Drive to the west.[4]
