Jandakot

Jandakot is a southern suburb of Perth, Western Australia, located within the City of Cockburn local government area.

Jandakot is a southern suburb of Perth, Western Australia, located within the City of Cockburn local government area. It is best known for its small but busy airport.

Jandakot was originally named after Lake Jandakot, which was renamed lake Forrestdale in 1973. Maps of the Swan River Colony produced in the early 1830s show a lake of vast extent situated south west of Kelmscott.The name of the first European to find the lake remains unknown but, in February 1833, Surveyor-General Septimus Roe found the size of the lake had been greatly exaggerated. It became well known as a watering place on the original track between the Canning River and Pinjarra and in 1844 its Aboriginal name was recorded as Jandacot by surveyor J.W. Gregory, brother of A.C. Gregory. During subsequent years, the name was recorded variously as Jandicott, Jandakoot and Jandakott, but the spelling eventually adopted was Jandakot. The Aboriginal meaning of the word is said to be "place of the Whistling Eagle".

Jandakot gets the comfortable climate of the Perth area with cool, wet winters and hot, dry summers. Summer temperatures can get as high as 45C, winter weather gets mild temperatures around 15C. Jandakot holds the record for the lowest temperature in the Perth metro area, of -3.4 °C (25.9 °F), and regularly drops below freezing in winter.