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{{Short description|Suburb of the city of Mandurah, Western Australia}} |
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{{Use Australian English|date=December 2014}} |
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{{Use dmy dates|date=October 2020}} |
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{{Infobox Australian place | type = suburb |
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| name = Falcon |
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| city = [[Mandurah, Western Australia|Mandurah]] |
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| state = wa |
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| image = File:Falcon-bay-western-australia.jpg |
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| caption = Falcon Bay |
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| lga = City of Mandurah |
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| coordinates = {{coord|-32.579|115.659|type:city(3807)_region:AU-WA_scale:30000|format=dms|display=inline, title}} |
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| map_type = nomap |
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| local_map = yes |
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| zoom = 12 |
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| postcode = 6210 |
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| est = |
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| pop = <!--leave blank to draw the latest automatically from Wikidata--> |
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| area = {{cvt |input=P2046}} |
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| stategov = [[Electoral district of Dawesville|Dawesville]] |
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| fedgov = [[Division of Canning|Canning]] |
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| near-nw = |
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| near-n = [[Halls Head, Western Australia|Halls Head]] |
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| near-ne = [[Erskine, Western Australia|Erskine]] |
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| near-e = [[Erskine, Western Australia|Erskine]] |
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| near-s = [[Wannanup, Western Australia|Wannanup]] |
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'''Falcon''' is a southern suburb of [[Mandurah, Western Australia|Mandurah]], located southwest of Mandurah's central area and with frontage to the Indian Ocean. Originally known as Miami, the suburb was renamed after Falcon Bay on 13 November 1967. Many of the streets in the adjoining estate were named after yachts; "Falcon" itself was the name of a yacht, the crew of which won a silver medal in the [[Sailing at the 1956 Summer Olympics – 12 m2 Sharpie|12 m<sup>2</sup> Sharpie yacht races]] at the [[1956 Summer Olympics|1956 Melbourne Olympics]]. |
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==History== |
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The first school within the City of Mandurah local government area boundary was built at Pleasant Grove in 1906, predating the Central Mandurah public school on Hackett Street by 30 years. It closed in 1916. |
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In the late-90s, the band [[Turnstyle]] made several visits to Falcon to write music in solitude at the holiday home of guitarist [[Adem K]] on Philante Street. Most of the album [[Turnstyle Country]] was written here including the top 20 single "Spray Water on the Stereo" which directly references the home in its lyrics. |
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==Geography== |
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Falcon is one of four Mandurah suburbs that lie on an island bound by the Mandurah Estuary to the north, the [[Peel-Harvey Estuary]] to the east, the [[Dawesville Channel]] to the south and the [[Indian Ocean]] to the west. It is also bisected by [[Forrest Highway|Old Coast Road]], which connects Falcon to nearby [[Mandurah, Western Australia|Mandurah]] and [[Bunbury, Western Australia|Bunbury]]. |
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==Public transport== |
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Falcon, like neighbouring suburbs [[Wannanup, Western Australia|Wannanup]] and [[Dawesville, Western Australia|Dawesville]], is serviced by Transperth routes 592 and 594. 592 runs six days a week through Falcon via Galatea and Yeedong Roads while 594 goes straight through the suburb via Old Coast Road, but runs 7 days a week. |
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==References== |
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{{reflist}} |
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{{Suburbs of Mandurah}} |
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{{Towns Peel WA}} |
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[[Category:Suburbs of Mandurah]] |
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Revision as of 14:12, 3 May 2024
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