Byford, Western Australia
- Byford, Western Australia
Infobox Australian Place | type = suburb
name = Byford
city = Perth
state = Western Australia
caption =
lga = Shire of Serpentine-Jarrahdale
postcode = 6122
est =
pop = 3,335 (2006 census)
area =
propval =
stategov = Darling Range
fedgov = Canning
near-nw = Darling Downs
near-n = Wungong
near-ne = Bedfordale
near-w = Oakford
near-e = Karrakup
near-sw = Cardup
near-s = Cardup
near-se = Jarrahdale
dist1 = 38 | dir1 = SSE | location1= Perth
dist1 = 8 | dir1 = S | location1= Armadalecoord|-32.222|116.001|type:city(3335)_region:AU-WA_scale:50000|format=dms|display=title
Byford, a suburb on the south eastern edge of Perth, was first gazetted as the townsite of Beenup in 1906. This was previously the name of the railway siding there and was a corruption of the Aboriginal name of nearby Beenyup Brook. In 1919 the "Beenup Progress Association" requested that the name be changed to "Lynwood" but this was refused because of duplication in Queensland. Early in 1920 a further request for a name change was made, this time expressing a preference for "Byford". The name change was gazetted in 1920, and it is believed to be descriptive. [LandInfo WA|c|B|2007-06-08]
Byford also serves as a stop on the Australind train from Perth to Bunbury.
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