Jandakot

They struggled with a lack of good roads to the markets at Fremantle, and with the lack of a railway to transport their produce. The Jandakot Roads Board was separated off from Fremantle and Canning districts in 1892, and tried to rectify these imbalances.

 Jandakot community

Despite hardships, local settlers became a close-knit community, building the Jandakot Agricultural Hall in 1897, and the Jandakot Hotel in 1902. They succeeded in campaigning for a railway to be built from Fremantle through Jandakot to Armadale, completed in stages from 1905 to 1907, but it did not bring the prosperity they had hoped for. They formed the district's first soccer team in 1914, and were well known as a sporting district.

Falling behind

By the 1920s, neighbouring Spearwood was reaping more of the benefits of the railway, and Jandakot was falling behind due to a lack of modern conveniences, like connection to electricity and sewerage. The Jandakot Roads Board fell into disarray and was disbanded by the State Government in 1923, and the Jandakot and Banjup localities were resumed by the Fremantle District Roads Board (precursor to the modern Cockburn Council).

The area remained largely rural, with segments being carved out to create newer suburban developments: South Lake in 1982, and Cockburn Central in 2006. The Jandakot Airport was opened in 1963.