Karrakatta is a suburb of Perth, Western Australia

Perth, Western Australia

Perth is the capital and largest city of the Australian state of Western Australia and the fourth most populous city in Australia. The Perth metropolitan area has an estimated population of almost 1,700,000....

, located within the City of Nedlands

Nedlands, Western Australia

The City of Nedlands is a Local Government Area in the inner western suburbs of the Western Australian capital city of Perth, located about west of Perth's central business district...

 and 7 km west of the CBD

Central business district

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. Its postcode is 6010. Karrakatta is composed of two distinct areas. The largest is Karrakatta Cemetery

Karrakatta Cemetery

Karrakatta Cemetery is a metropolitan cemetery in the suburb of Karrakatta in Perth, Western Australia. Karrakatta Cemetery first opened for burials in 1899, with Robert Creighton. Currently managed by the Metropolitan Cemeteries Board, the cemetery attracts more than one million visitors each...

, which began service in 1899, with a small industrial area on the south mostly occupied by monument builders, associated companies and the depot for City of Nedlands. The other area north of the train line and Karrakatta railway station is occupied by the Australian Defence Force

Australian Defence Force

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's Irwin Army Barracks.