Peron, Western Australia

{{Use dmy dates|date=March 2014}} {{Use Australian English|date=March 2014}} {{Infobox Australian place| type = suburb | name = Peron | city = | state = wa | image = File:Rockingham, WA, seen from Point Peron, June 2019.jpg | caption = Point Peron Camp School | local_map = yes | zoom = 13 | lga = City of Rockingham | map_type = nomap | coordinates = {{coord|32.279|S|115.701|E|display=inline,title}} | postcode = 6169 | est = | pop =  | area = 1.9 | area_footnotes = <ref>{{Census 2016 AUS|id=SSC51217|name=Peron (State Suburb)|access-date=26 November 2021}}</ref> | stategov = [[Electoral district of Rockingham|Rockingham]] | fedgov = [[Division of Brand|Brand]] | near-nw = | near-n = ''[[Cockburn Sound]]'' | near-ne = | near-w = ''[[Indian Ocean]]'' | near-e = [[Rockingham, Western Australia|Rockingham]] | near-sw = ''Shoalwater Bay'' | near-s = [[Shoalwater, Western Australia|Shoalwater]] | near-se = [[Shoalwater, Western Australia|Shoalwater]] | dist1 = | location1= }}

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

The suburb was gazetted in 1974.<ref>{{Gazette WA | title = Naming of Localities in the Shire of Rockingham | file = 13014/02 V4 | page = 1974:1206 | date = 5 April 1974}}</ref> 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]].<ref name="Kbattery">{{cite web |url=http://inherit.stateheritage.wa.gov.au/Admin/api/file/4f15cb0f-5a6f-4664-8914-e2084271c227|title=Cape Peron K Battery Complex Assessment Documentation|author= |date= |website=inherit.stateheritage.wa.gov.au|publisher=[[State Register of Heritage Places]] |access-date=7 May 2020 |quote=}}</ref>

==Transport==

===Bus=== *{{legend2|#E35400}} 551 [[Shoalwater, Western Australia|Shoalwater]] to [[Rockingham railway station, Perth|Rockingham Station]] – serves [[Safety Bay Road]]<ref>{{Cite Transperth bus|551}}</ref>

==References== {{reflist}}

==External links== * {{Gazetteer of Australia | name = Peron | id = 278142}}

[[Category:Peron, Western Australia| ]] [[Category:Suburbs of Perth, Western Australia]] [[Category:Suburbs in the City of Rockingham]]