Collingwood Heights, Western Australia

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Collingwood Heights Albany, Western Australia
Postcode:	6330
Property Value:	AUD $345,000 (Q3 2006)
Location:	5 km from Albany
LGA:	City of Albany
State District:	Albany
Federal Division:	O'Connor
Suburbs around Collingwood Heights Lange Bayonet Head Yakamia Collingwood Heights Emu Point Spencer Park Seppings Collingwood Park

Collingwood Heights (34°59′31″S, 117°55′19″E; post code: 6330) is an north-eastern suburb of Albany, Western Australia, between the Albany city centre and Emu Point. The suburb was known as Collingwood until the 1980s. Its Local Government Area is the City of Albany.

Contents 1 Geography 2 Facilities 3 Transport 4 References 5 External links

[edit] Geography

Collingwood Heights is bounded by the Yakamia Creek Diversion to the north, Martin and Ulster Roads to the west and Collingwood Road to the southeast. Most of the suburb's population is concentrated around a small residential estate at Breaksea Park.^[1]

[edit] Facilities

Collingwood Heights is a small residential suburb located within a wider open area in the creek's catchment area. A B&B and an information bay are located in the suburb.

Collingwood Heights contains a private school, Southlands Christian College, which was established in 1999 and teaches the ACE curriculum.^[2]. The nearest state primary school is two suburbs away in Mount Clarence. High school students have the option of going to St Joseph's College, a private Catholic school in Spencer Park, or Albany Senior High School.

[edit] Transport

Collingwood Heights is served by Route 401 from Albany operated by Love's Bus Service.

[edit] References

1. ^ Map A2-A3, 2006 StreetSmart directory, Department of Lands and Surveys, Perth.
2. ^ School listing, Association of Independent Schools (WA), accessed 2006-12-08

[edit] External links

Coordinates: -34.992° 117.922°

• Maps and aerial photos
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  • Satellite image from Google Maps, WikiMapia and Terraserver.

Localities in the Albany region
Suburbs: Albany | Bayonet Head | Centennial Park | Collingwood Heights | Collingwood Park | Emu Point | Gledhow | Lange | Lockyer | McKail | Milpara | Mira Mar | Mount Clarence | Mount Elphinstone | Mount Melville | Orana | Port Albany | Robinson | Seppings | Walmsley | Warrenup | Willyung | Yakamia
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