Rockingham, Western Australia
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Rockingham as seen from Palm Beach Jetty | |||||||||||||
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| Coordinates: 32°16′52″S 115°43′37″E / 32.281°S 115.727°E | |||||||||||||
| Country | Australia | ||||||||||||
| State | Western Australia | ||||||||||||
| City | Perth | ||||||||||||
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| Established | 1847 | ||||||||||||
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• Total | 12.8 km2 (4.9 sq mi) | ||||||||||||
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| • Total | 15,312 (SAL 2021) | ||||||||||||
| Postcode | 6168 | ||||||||||||
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Rockingham is a suburb of Perth, Western Australia, located 47 km south-south-west of the city centre. It acts as the primary centre for the City of Rockingham. It has a beachside location at Mangles Bay, the southern extremity of Cockburn Sound. To its north stretches the maritime and resource-industry installations of Kwinana and Henderson. Offshore to the north-west is Australia's largest naval fleet and submarine base, Garden Island, connected to the mainland by an all-weather causeway. To the west and south lies the Shoalwater Islands Marine Park.