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{{For|places of a similar name|Two Rock (disambiguation)}}
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{{Infobox Australian place
| type                    = suburb
|name                     = Two Rocks
|city                     = Perth
|state                    = wa 
|image                    = view north of two rocks.jpg
|caption                  = View north from Two Rocks.
|lga                      = City of Wanneroo
| map_type = nomap
| local_map   = yes
| zoom        = 11
|coordinates              = {{Coord|31.495|S|115.588|E|display=inline,title}}
|area                     = 52
|established              = 1975
|pop                      = <!-- Leave blank to draw the latest automatically from Wikidata. -->
|postcode                 = 6037
|dist1                    = 61
|dir1                     = NNW
|location1                = the [[Perth#Central business district|Perth CBD]]
|fedgov                   = [[Division of Pearce|Pearce]]
|stategov                 = [[Electoral district of Butler|Butler]]
|near-nw                  = 
|near-n                   = [[Wilbinga, Western Australia|Wilbinga]]
|near-ne                  = 
|near-w                   = ''[[Indian Ocean]]''
|near-e                   = [[Yanchep]]
|near-sw                  = 
|near-s                   = [[Yanchep]]
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}}

'''Two Rocks''' is a town in [[Western Australia]], located {{convert|61|km}} northwest of the [[Perth]] [[Perth#Central business district|central business district]]. It is part of the [[City of Wanneroo]] local authority and represents the furthest northern extent of the [[Perth metropolitan region]].

While the suburb has a large area, at the 2001 census the suburb's entire population was recorded living within a {{convert|2.3|km2|sqmi|1|abbr=on}} region near the coast surrounding Two Rocks [[marina]]. However in more recent years residential development has spread to areas to the east and south-east of the established suburb. Large sections of the suburb are fenced off due to [[unexploded ordnance]] left behind from past military activity in the area.

A major landmark in the suburb is a large limestone sculpture of [[Neptune (mythology)|King Neptune]] by American sculptor [[Mark Le Buse]], a remnant of the defunct [[Atlantis Marine Park]], which operated between 1981 and 1990.<ref>{{cite web |date=2023-02-28 |title=Lost Atlantis: King Neptune Reigns |url=https://slwa.wa.gov.au/stories/wa-history/lost-atlantis |website=State Library of Western Australia}}</ref> The sculpture, which was abandoned and fenced off since the park's closure, was heritage listed by the Western Australian Heritage Council in 2006,<ref>{{cite web |date=2016-11-07 |title=King Neptune Sculpture - inHerit Stage Heritage Office listing |url=http://inherit.stateheritage.wa.gov.au/Public/Inventory/Details/c8bc8f89-1c75-4c78-a9d5-bd02fa68e88b |website=Government of West Australia}}</ref> before being restored and the surrounding area reopened to the public in May 2015.<ref>{{cite web |last=Jarvis |first=Lucy |date=2015-05-21 |title=King stands proud again |url=http://www.communitynews.com.au/news/King-stands-proud-again/7670397 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150524145114/http://www.communitynews.com.au/news/King-stands-proud-again/7670397 |archive-date=24 May 2015 |access-date=21 May 2015 |website=Community News - Wanneroo Times}}</ref> 

In addition to the marina, the suburb also contains a small shopping centre, a public library, and two schools: the private Atlantis Beach Baptist College and the public Two Rocks Primary School.

== History ==
The suburb of Two Rocks takes its name from two prominent rocks offshore from Wreck Point. It was approved as a suburb name in 1975.<ref>{{LandInfo WA|m|T|2007-04-17}}</ref> 

As well as being the former location of [[Atlantis Marine Park]], the suburb was also a hub of [[Alan Bond]]'s failed Yanchep Sun City development plan in the 1980s. Sun City was the state's first private residential, commercial and recreational investment project.<ref name="heritage2023" /> [[Image:Atlanis Marine Park 2, 2012.jpg|thumb|left|King Neptune sculpture in 2012]]In recognition of this, the Sun City precinct, which encompasses the marina, shopping centre, the King Neptune sculpture, and the former site of Atlantis Marine Park, was added to the State Register of Heritage Places in January 2023.<ref name="heritage2023">{{cite web |last=Templeton |first=David |date=2023-01-11 |title=King Neptune statue given heritage recognition within Sun City Precinct |url=https://www.wa.gov.au/government/media-statements/McGowan-Labor-Government/King-Neptune-statue-given-heritage-recognition-within-Sun-City-Precinct-20230111 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230111052305/https://www.mediastatements.wa.gov.au/Pages/McGowan/2023/01/King-Neptune-statue-given-heritage-recognition-within-Sun-City-Precinct-.aspx |archive-date=11 January 2023 |access-date=2024-01-28 |website=Government of West Australia}}</ref> 

A large [[Bushfires in Australia|bushfire]] in the area in 1991 destroyed many dwellings in the suburb. Large parts of the suburb were also affected by a major bushfire in December 2019. The fire, which burnt over 14,000 ha over several days, came close to Two Rocks Primary School.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Jarvis |first=Lucy |date=24 January 2020 |title=Fire impact remains front of mind |url=https://www.perthnow.com.au/community-news/wanneroo-times/bushfire-impact-still-felt-in-yanchep-c-897313 |access-date=2024-01-28 |website=The West Australian}}</ref>

On 24 May 2023, an unnamed 15-year-old [[School shooting|shot three times into a classroom]] at the Atlantis Beach Baptist College.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Menagh |first1=Joanna |date=4 December 2023 |title=Boy admits school shooting at Atlantis Beach Baptist College in Perth |url=https://www.abc.net.au/news/2023-12-04/atlantis-beach-baptist-college-school-shooter-guilty-plea/102818578 |access-date=28 January 2024 |work=ABC News Australia}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |last1=Peppiatt |first1=Rebecca |last2=Holt |first2=Ezra |date=4 December 2023 |title=Teenager pleads guilty to shooting at Perth school |url=https://www.watoday.com.au/national/western-australia/teenager-pleads-guilty-to-shooting-at-perth-school-20231204-p5eour.html |access-date=28 January 2024 |work=WA Today}}</ref>

== Transport ==

===Bus===
*{{legend2|#929800}} 498 Two Rocks to [[Yanchep railway station|Yanchep Station]] – serves Gift Way, Breakwater Drive, Lisford Avenue, Sovereign Drive, Enterprise Avenue, Azzurra Loop, Two Rocks Road, Blaxland Avenue, Fawkner Road and Montibello Boulevard<ref>{{Cite Transperth bus|498}}</ref>

== References ==
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{{City of Wanneroo suburbs}}

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