Medina

Medina is in the City of Kwinana, between the Kwinana industrial strip and the Kwinana Freeway, and bounded in part by Thomas Road and Gilmore Avenue. It was the first neighbourhood of the Kwinana new town, planned in the early 1950s to house workers for the new oil refinery.

The housing

Most of the suburb is the original State Housing Commission estate, built from 1952. The heritage record describes modest post-war houses in weatherboard, fibro and brick, set back from the street among mature trees, with the original lots largely unsubdivided. The National Trust of WA classified Medina as a historic townsite on 14 May 2007.

Shops and cafes

The Medina shopping centre on Pace Road dates from 1954 and is still the local centre, with an IGA, food outlets and convenience shops. The Pace Road Tavern is close by, and Kwinana Marketplace is the main shopping centre for the wider area.

Parks and open space

Bushland was kept as part of the original town plan. Harry McGuigan Park, on the corner of Medina Avenue and Hoyle Road, is one of these reserves. Chalk Hill, a limestone ridge on the western side of the suburb, has a lookout reached by a path from Beacham Crescent.

Getting around

Route 540 runs between Kwinana Station and the Kwinana bus station by way of Orelia Avenue and Medina Avenue, and route 549 between Fremantle and Rockingham also serves Medina. Thomas Road and the Kwinana Freeway are the main road links.

Education

Medina Primary School is on Medina Avenue. Its original timber and fibro buildings date from 1954 and are on the City of Kwinana heritage list.

The history of Medina

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

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