Doobarda, Western Australia
Doobarda is a rural south-eastern suburb and locality of Perth, Western Australia, located in the local government area of the City of Armadale, adjacent to the Tonkin Highway.
The suburb was created by splitting the south-eastern corner of the suburb of Forrestdale as a new, separate industrial area. Two proposed options for the suburb name existed, Salmeri, after Steve Salmeri, an organiser of the local progress association and sports club, and Doobarda, a Noongar name for the Banksia flower. The name South Forrestdale was also proposed for the new suburb at one point but did not meet Landgate naming requirements and therefore could not be used.
References
- ^ "SLIP Map". maps.slip.wa.gov.au. Landgate. Retrieved 27 January 2024.
- ^ "NationalMap". nationalmap.gov.au. Geoscience Australia. Retrieved 27 January 2024.
- ^ "City of Armadale Minutes: Suburb Renaming – A Portion of Forrestdale" (PDF). www.armadale.wa.gov.au. City of Armadale. Retrieved 27 January 2024.
- ^ "Proposal - New Suburb from a Portion of the Forrestdale Locality". engage.armadale.wa.gov.au. City of Armadale. Retrieved 27 January 2024.