Centennial Park, Western Australia

Infobox Australian Place | type = suburb
name = Centennial Park
city = Albany
state = wa


imagesize= 180
caption = Map of Centennial Park within Albany.
lga = City of Albany
postcode = 6330
pop = 477 (2006 census)
area =
stategov = Albany
fedgov = O'Connor
near-nw = Orana
near-n = Yakamia
near-ne = Spencer Park
near-w = Mt Melville
near-e = Mira Mar
near-sw = Mt Melville
near-s = Albany
near-se = Mt Clarence
dist1 = 2
location1= Albany

Centennial Park is an inner suburb of Albany, Western Australia, immediately north of the CBD. Its Local Government Area is the City of Albany. It contains a light industrial area and numerous sporting facilities which serve the entire Albany catchment area.

The suburb's name was gazetted as a suburb in 1979. [Gazette WA | title = Naming of Localities - Town of Albany | file = 3773/57 V4 | page = 1979:1501 | date = 8 June 1979]

Geography

Centennial Park is bounded by North Road to the north, Symers Street to the east, Middleton Road to the southeast and Albany Highway to the west and southwest. The lone residential area is nearest to Middleton Road and is only a few blocks in size, and contains some of Albany's oldest homes. [Streetsmart WA|maps=Maps A2, A5]

Facilities

Centennial Park is primarily a service suburb, with a light industrial area in the centre of the suburb, and the Albany Regional Sporting Complex, Centennial Oval and a football ground which hosts the Railways Tigers football club in the Great Southern Football League. Several motels and a caravan park operate along Albany Highway.

The area's shopping needs are served by Dog Rock Shopping Centre and Albany Shopping Plaza, both just beyond the southern boundary of the suburb between Middleton Road and Albany Highway, and by a small shopping centre on North Road.

Transport

Centennial Park is located on three of Albany's major routes - Albany Highway, North Road and Middleton Road - and is served by several routes from Albany operated by Love's Bus Service.

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