[4][5] Situated on land traditionally inhabited by the Beeliar Whadjuk of the Noongar people, it is named after Joseph and Emma Treeby, early colonial settlers of the area.

[5][6] Arriving from South Australia with plans for apple orchards, the Treeby family established a market garden on over 14 hectares (35 acres) growing mainly cauliflower and cabbage.

[11] Major roads in the suburb include Clementine Boulevard, Ghostgum Avenue, Greensand Promenade and Sapphire Drive.

Transperth provides public bus services and trains for the Perth metropolitan area, and this includes regular bus services on route 523, which operates west to Cockburn Central station, located just outside the western boundary of Treeby, and Cockburn Gateway Shopping City in Success.

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