Henderson, Western Australia
- Henderson, Western Australia
Infobox Australian Place | type = suburb
name = Henderson
state = wa
city = Perth
caption =
pop =
postcode = 6166
lga = City of Cockburn
area =
est =
propval =
stategov = Cockburn
fedgov = Fremantle
near-nw =
near-n = Munster
near-ne = Munster
near-e = Wattleup
near-w =
near-sw =
near-s = Naval Base
near-se = Hope Valley
dist1 =
location1= 30 | dir1 = SW | location1= Perthcoord|-32.169|115.781|type:city(0)_region:AU-WA_scale:30000|format=dms|display=title
Henderson is a suburb of Perth, Western Australia, located within the City of Cockburn.
History
The suburb of Henderson comprises land resumed by the Commonwealth Government in 1915 for defence purposes. A large naval base was planned by Admiral Sir Reginald Henderson, and the was area sometimes referred to as "Henderson's Naval Base'. The name was approved for the suburb in 1973 [LandInfo WA|h|C|2007-11-15] .
Geography
It is bounded by Russell Road to the north, Cockburn Sound to the west, the Perth freight railway line to the east, and Dalison Avenue and the municipal boundary with the Town of Kwinana to the south [Streetsmart WA|maps=Maps 490-491, 520-521] .
Australian Marine Complex
The Australian Marine Complex [ [http://www.landcorp.com.au/portal/page?_pageid=331,1&_dad=portal&_schema=PORTAL AMC website] ] is located on Cockburn Sound, in Henderson and is considered one of the largest ship building precincts in Australia. It contains dry dock facilities and Australia's largest ship-lift (nominal lifting capacity of 8065 tonnes). Some of the companies located in the complex include Austal Ships and Tenix Defence Systems. In 2002 the Government proposed to use Garden Island and the facilities at Henderson for the 'sea-swap' program with the United States Navy 7th Fleet.
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