Duncraig, Western Australia
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Duncraig Perth, Western Australia |
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 Duncraig
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| Coordinates | 31°49′59″S 115°46′37″E / 31.833°S 115.777°ECoordinates: 31°49′59″S 115°46′37″E / 31.833°S 115.777°E | ||||||||||||
| Population | 15,026 (2011 census) | ||||||||||||
| • Density | 1,926/km2 (4,990/sq mi) | ||||||||||||
| Established | 1960s | ||||||||||||
| Postcode(s) | 6023 | ||||||||||||
| Area | 7.8 km2 (3.0 sq mi) | ||||||||||||
| Location | 16 km (10 mi) N of Perth CBD | ||||||||||||
| LGA(s) | City of Joondalup | ||||||||||||
| State electorate(s) | Hillarys, Carine | ||||||||||||
| Federal Division(s) | Moore | ||||||||||||
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Duncraig is a northern suburb of Perth, the capital city of Western Australia, Australia, and is located 16 kilometres (10 mi) north of Perth's central business district (CBD) between Marmion Avenue and Mitchell Freeway. Its local government area is the City of Joondalup.
Not much is known about Duncraig before the residential settlement boom - the majority of land in the area remained largely undeveloped until the 1960s. In 1969, the name Duncraig was approved, and was first used as a promotional name. It is of Scottish origin.
In 1967, planning stages commenced for a Marmion Town Centre with 17,000 m² of retail space by 1986 in the southwestern corner of the suburb to be developed by the Lands Department in conjunction with the Rural and Industries Bank. A mining lease for sand and limestone was held by Thiess Brothers over part of the land in question (Reserve 8018), so the Lands Department suggested a road (now Burragah Way) be built to separate the proposed centre from the lease. A detailed submission for the centre was made in 1977 by T.S. Martin and Associates, but Warwick, Karrinyup and small local centres had filled the retail need in the area and population had developed somewhat differently from original expectations, so the plan was shelved. Plans to develop a large retail centre were resurrected in the late 1980s to local protest, after which the area was the last to be developed for residential use.
The bulk of the suburb was built in the mid-1970s, with infrastructure being built almost at the same time - Davallia Primary School (February 1974), Duncraig Library (July 1974) and Duncraig Primary School (February 1975). In 1979, the Carine Glades tavern on Beach Road (now "The Carine"), Glengarry Private Hospital and Duncraig Senior High School all opened.
In 1983, the Uniting Church in Australia opened St Stephen's School, a secondary, co-educational day school, in the northeastern corner of the suburb, which expanded to include a primary school in 1993. St Stephen's School is the largest independent school in Western Australia. In 1986, the suburb was finally linked directly to the CBD via the Mitchell Freeway.
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