Currambine, Western Australia

Currambine was approved as a suburb name in 1980. The name was chosen by the City of Wanneroo in 1979 from a book by A.W. Reed.^[3] It is an Aboriginal word from New South Wales meaning "heaps of rocks".^[4]

Currambine was developed as a mostly residential suburb in the mid-1990s on land adjacent to the Currambine train station, which was built and opened in 1993.

[edit] Geography

Currambine is bounded by Burns Beach Road to the north, Marmion Avenue to the west, Shenton Avenue to the south and the future Mitchell Freeway extension to the west. Moore Drive (east-west) and Connolly Drive (north-south) bisect the suburb.^[5]

At the ABS 2001 census, Currambine had a population of 5,975 people living in 2,019 dwellings. The ABS reported that Currambine's workforce, like many northern coastal suburbs, was divided almost evenly between the three major occupation types - clerical and service workers; professionals and managers; and tradespersons and labourers.^[1]

[edit] Facilities

Currambine is a residential suburb, and is served by the Currambine Market Place shopping centre at its southwestern corner, which also includes a cinema. The southeastern part of the suburb contains 5 holes of the 27-hole Joondalup Golf Course, part of the Joondalup Resort complex based in neighbouring Connolly. The suburb also contains two primary schools, one public (1997) and one private (Currambine Catholic Primary School), and the suburb is within Ocean Reef Senior High School's catchment area.^[5]

[edit] Transport

Currambine is served by the 470, 471 and 472 Transperth bus routes from Joondalup,^[6] operated by the Public Transport Authority.

[edit] Politics

Currambine is a fairly new suburb and a classic "mortgage belt" suburb which leans towards the Liberal Party in federal elections and the Australian Labor Party in state elections, in line with many northern Perth suburbs..

2004 Federal Election
	Liberal	55%
	Labor	35%
	Greens	4.9%
	CDP	2.4%
	One Nation	1.8%

2001 Federal Election
	Liberal	47%
	Labor	40%
	Greens	3.9%
	Democrats	3.6%
	One Nation	3.4%

2005 State Election
	Labor	49%
	Liberal	39%
	Greens	6.2%
	Family First	4.3%
	CDP	3.3%

2001 State Election
	Liberal	42%
	Labor	39%
	Greens	6.4%
	One Nation	5.0%
	CDP	4.2%

[edit] See also

Currambine railway station, Perth

[edit] References

^ ^a ^b 2001 Census Data by Location Name (State Suburbs), Australian Bureau of Statistics, released 19 November 2002. Accessed 2006-11-18
^ REIWA Suburb Profile
^ Reed, Alexander Wyclif (1970). Aboriginal place names and their meanings. ISBN 0-589-07097-5. (135 pages)
^ Department of Land Information. History of suburb names - C. Retrieved on 2007-01-17..
^ ^a ^b Map 220, 2007 StreetSmart directory, Department of Lands and Surveys, Perth.
^ Northern 67 timetable, Transperth, effective 8 August 2005. Accessed 2007-01-17