24 Facts About Mandurah

Mandurah is a coastal city in the Australian state of Western Australia, situated approximately 72 kilometres south of the state capital, Perth.

Mandurah's central business district is located on the Mandurah Estuary, which is an outlet for the Peel Inlet and Harvey Estuary.

Mandurah is sometimes grouped together with Perth for statistical purposes, especially since the extension of the Kwinana Freeway and the completion of the Mandurah railway line in the late 2000s.

Mandurah has grown from isolated holiday communities along the shores of the Peel-Harvey Estuary to a major regional city in just over a decade, in a similar vein to the Gold Coast in Eastern Australia.

Mandurah has become a popular lifestyle alternative for Perth retirees and its connection with the Perth CBD has been strengthened with the opening of the Perth-Mandurah railway line in December 2007 and a direct road connection to the Kwinana Freeway built by late 2010.

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Mandurah has a number of suburbs built around artificially created canal systems that extend from the Peel Inlet, such as Halls Head, Dudley Park and Wannanup.

Mandurah is the closest city to Yalgorup National Park which is home to modern thrombolites as well as an array of flora and fauna.

Mandurah is covered by shoreline and dune deposits from the Pleistocene and Holocene that overlie Paleozoic and Neogene deposits of the Perth Basin.

Mandurah is typically considered a marginal area for the major parties in Australian politics.

Mandurah has a typical Mediterranean climate with hot dry summers and mild wet winters.

Mandurah had financed the trip in exchange for a grant of land in the Swan River Colony.

Thomas Peel died in 1865 but Mandurah continued to grow, albeit very slowly, over the years leading to the 20th century.

Mandurah was administered under the Murray Road Board until 1949, when the Mandurah Road Board was established.

Industrial development at Kwinana, a mining boom in nearby Jarrahdale and Wagerup, with the associated industrial boom in Pinjarra, combined with an idyllic lifestyle by the coast, saw Mandurah grow rapidly, and on 1 July 1987 it became the Town of Mandurah.

Three years later, on 14 April 1990, Mandurah became the fifth non-metropolitan settlement in Western Australia to be named a city.

Much of Mandurah's economy is based on construction, tourism, professional, scientific and technical services, and retail trade, and to a lesser extent on mining and agriculture.

Mandurah is considered the unofficial gateway to the South West and possesses a variety of tourist attractions, most of which are located near the water.

Mandurah is home to WA's largest population of Bootlenose Dolphins, currently estimated at 120.

Mandurah is just one hour away from the Boddington Gold Mine, which has recently become Australia's largest producing gold mine.

Public transport within Mandurah is provided by Transperth, due to its proximity to Perth itself, with eleven bus routes servicing the city.

Mandurah is a stop on Transwa bus services between Perth and the South West.

Mandurah is at the centre of a water recycling project known as the Halls Head Indirect Water Reuse Project.

Mandurah is home to the Peel Thunder Football Club in the West Australian Football League, Mandurah City in the Football West State League and the Pirates Rugby Union club in the RugbyWA competition.

Mandurah was featured in the 1986 film Windrider, starring Nicole Kidman.