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Casuarina

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City of Kwinana WA, PO Box 21, Casuarina, WA 6167
08 9439 0200

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Casuarina is a suburb of Perth, Western Australia and located within the City of Kwinana.

Casuarina is a suburb of Perth, Western Australia and located within the City of Kwinana.

Casuarina is one of the Kwinana suburbs named after a ship. Casuarina, under the command of Louis De Freycinet, was a 30-ton cutter used in the French exploration of the WA coast in 1802–03. The suburb name was also chosen because a type of casuarina tree is found in the area.

Casuarina Prison is located in the suburb. Opened in June 1991, it is the main maximum-security prison for male prisoners, particularly long-term prisoners, in Western Australia. It replaced the 130-year-old Fremantle Prison as the State's main maximum-security prison.

Aside from an 18-hole public golf course, "Marri Park Golf Course", and some nature reserve the balance of the suburb is divided into small lots classified as "special rural". Land owners may build dwellings on their lots but are required to maintain a designated minimum amount of natural vegetation on their lots.

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Type: Suburbs

Population: 1001-10000

Time zone: UTC +08:00

Area: 10.018 km2

Elevation: 11-50 metres

Town elevation: 24 m

Population number: 1,741

Local Government Area: City of Kwinana

Location

City of Kwinana WA, PO Box 21, Casuarina, WA 6167

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This article contains content imported from the English Wikipedia article on Casuarina, Western Australia

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