Darling Downs, Western Australia

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Darling Downs
PerthWestern Australia
Population: 790
Established: 1997
Postcode: 6122
Area: 9.8 km² (3.8 sq mi)
Property Value: AUD $545,000 (Q1 2007) [1]
Location: 34 km (21 mi) SSE of Perth
LGA: Shire of Serpentine-Jarrahdale
State District: Serpentine-Jarrahdale
Federal Division: Canning
Suburbs around Darling Downs:
Brookdale Wungong Wungong
Oakford Darling Downs Bedfordale
Oakford Byford

Darling Downs is an outer southeastern suburb of Perth, Western Australia, within the Shire of Serpentine-Jarrahdale. The name, referring to the suburb's proximity to the Darling Scarp, was first used as an estate name in 1977, and adopted as a suburb name in 1997.[2]

[edit] References

  1. ^ Real Estate Institute of Western Australia (2007). Suburb Profile - Darling Downs. Retrieved on 2007-06-08.
  2. ^ Western Australian Land Information Authority. History of metropolitan suburb names - D. Retrieved on 2007-05-11.

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Towns and suburbs of the Shire of Serpentine-Jarrahdale

Byford | Cardup | Darling Downs | Hopeland | Jarrahdale | Karrakup | Keysbrook | Mardella | Mundijong | Oakford | Oldbury | Serpentine | Whitby