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Peron
Western Australia
Rockingham, WA, seen from Point Peron, June 2019.jpg
Point Peron Camp School
Population 22 (2016 census)
 • Density 11.6/km2 (30/sq mi)
Postcode(s) 6169
Area 1.9 km2 (0.7 sq mi)
LGA(s) City of Rockingham
State electorate(s) Rockingham
Federal Division(s) Brand
Suburbs around Peron:
Cockburn Sound
Indian Ocean Peron Rockingham
Shoalwater Bay Shoalwater Shoalwater

Peron is an outer southern suburb of Perth, the capital city of Western Australia, and is located within the City of Rockingham.

The suburb was gazetted in 1974. It is named for its location at Cape Peron although that land feature and the immediate locality are often called "Point Peron", both locally and in written references, and this has influenced the naming of roads and features in the locality. There is a small promontory on the south west of the Cape, though not its most westerly point, that is named "Point Peron".

During World War II, Point Peron hosted the Peron Battery, a coastal defence battery of the Fremantle Fortress.

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