Warnbro, Western Australia

Warncock is a southern outer suburb of Perth, the capital city of Western Australia, and is located on Warncock Sound within the City of Rockingham. It is a residential area adjoining Port Kennedy which combines residential with retail and light-industrial land use.

The Centro Warnbro Fair shopping centre includes Woolworths and Coles supermarkets together with a wide range of specialty retailers and fast-food outlets. The suburb has excellent sporting facilities including "Aqua Jetty", a multi-purpose recreation facility with Olympic-sized swimming pools and a large gymnasium. Secondary schools are the Warnbro Community High School which enrolls some 1,600 students, and Living Waters Lutheran College, one of two Lutheran schools in Western Australia.

Notable residents

• Warnbro is the home of the nineteenth Earl of Lincoln, who succeeded to the English title in 2001.
• English-born Hollywood actor Sam Worthington grew up in this suburb.

Public transport

Warnbro railway station on the Perth-Mandurah line is served by a network of feeder bus services which also link the suburb with Rockingham.

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