The Perth Metropolitan Markets were a fruit and vegetable wholesale markets located at 840 (Lots 500-504) Wellington Street in West Perth from 1929 to 1989, when they moved to their current site in Canning Vale.
The Wellington Street Markets were formally opened on 14 June 1929 by the Deputy Premier of Western Australia, John Willcock.
By the 1950s protective restrictions on road transport by the Road Transport Regulation Board were being lightened, and more trucking of produce into and away from the markets was beginning to have effect on Wellington Street.
[10] The closing down of various freight services on the Western Australian Government Railways system as it was changed to a bulk freight operation, and its new brand and style of operation,[11][12] saw the location of the markets and proximity to the central business district and the high land values as a problem.
Various reviews and changes to processes at the markets were occurring prior to the closure.