Calista

Calista sits beside Kwinana Town Centre in the City of Kwinana, about 35 km south of the Perth CBD. It was one of the neighbourhoods of the new town built for refinery workers in the 1950s.

The housing

Calista followed Medina as part of the 1950s new town. Houses from that period were typically timber framed and raised on stumps, with fibro walls and terracotta tile roofs, like the former nurses’ quarters on Kenton Way.

Shops and cafes

The City of Kwinana lists a small local shopping area in Calista. Kwinana Marketplace in the neighbouring town centre has Woolworths, Coles and Big W.

Parks and open space

Calista Oval, at Walgreen Crescent and Harlow Road, holds the Kwinana Adventure Park, The Edge skate park and the Calista Bike Skills Track. The Adventure Park covers about 11,000 square metres, with a tree maze, a splash pad and sand play, and is free to use. Rhodes Park off Gilmore Avenue and smaller parks on Gawler Way and Harrison Way add playgrounds and open space.

Getting around

Buses 540, 541 and 549 stop near the Adventure Park. The Kwinana bus station on Gilmore Avenue is close by, with buses to Kwinana Station and Wellard Station on the Mandurah Line, and route 549 to Rockingham and Fremantle.

Education

Calista Primary School at 22 Harlow Road teaches kindergarten to Year 6 and works with Ngala to run a Child and Parent Centre for families with young children. Gilmore College, the government secondary school for Years 7 to 12, is on Dargin Place in Orelia.

The history of Calista

How Calista got its name and how it grew: read our Calista history.

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