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{{Infobox Australian place | type = suburb
| name = Herdsman
| city = Perth
| state = wa
| lga = City of Stirling
| image = Western shore of Herdsman Lake, October 2021 03.jpg
| caption = The western shore of Herdsman Lake with the skyline of Perth in the background
| map_type = nomap
| local_map   = yes
| zoom        = 13
| coordinates = {{coord|31.921|S|115.804|E|display=inline,title}}
| postcode = 6017
| stategov = [[Electoral district of Scarborough|Scarborough]], [[Electoral district of Churchlands|Churchlands]]
| fedgov = [[Division of Curtin|Curtin]]
| near-nw  = [[Woodlands, Western Australia|Woodlands]]
| near-n   = [[Osborne Park, Western Australia|Osborne Park]]
| near-ne  = [[Osborne Park, Western Australia|Osborne Park]]
| near-w   = [[Churchlands, Western Australia|Churchlands]]
| near-e   = [[Glendalough, Western Australia|Glendalough]]
| near-sw  = [[Churchlands, Western Australia|Churchlands]]
| near-s   = [[Wembley, Western Australia|Wembley]]
| near-se  = [[Wembley, Western Australia|Wembley]]
| dist1 = 7 | dir1 = NW
| location1= [[Perth CBD]]
}}

'''Herdsman''' is the [[suburb]] of [[Perth]], Western Australia where [[Herdsman Lake, Western Australia|Herdsman Lake]] and the surrounding Herdsman Lake Regional Park are situated. Its [[Local government areas of Western Australia|local government area]] is the [[City of Stirling]].

In the earlier days of settlement, cattle were raised near the lake area. In 1928, the Herdsman Lake Suburban Area was gazetted adjacent to the lake, covering parts of what are now [[Churchlands, Western Australia|Churchlands]] and [[Woodlands, Western Australia|Woodlands]] as well as the modern suburb of Herdsman.<ref>{{Gazette WA|date=21 November 1928|page=1928:2674|file=1788/20|title=Herdsman Lake Suburban Area}}</ref>

In the 1980s swamp-land to the north of the lake was reclaimed by dredging to build Jon Sanders Drive and establish a light industrial park around Walters Drive. Prior to this, companies along [[Scarborough Beach Road]] backed on to the swamp.  That area is now part of the light [[industrial suburb]] of [[Osborne Park, Western Australia|Osborne Park]], although some areas adjacent to Herdsman Lake Regional Park are still colloquially referred to as "Herdsman".

==References==
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{{City of Stirling suburbs}}

[[Category:Suburbs of Perth, Western Australia]]
[[Category:Suburbs in the City of Stirling]]


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