Mullaloo, Western Australia

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Mullaloo is a northern beach suburb of Perth, Western Australia, located within the City of Joondalup. Its postcode is 6027.

It is flanked by the suburbs of Kallaroo to the south, Beldon to the east and Ocean Reef to the north, with Mullaloo Beach to the west. Mullaloo is an Aboriginal word, and was first recorded for a point on the coast near here in 1919. It was first shown as Moolalloo Point, but the spelling was later changed to Mullaloo, and the feature is now known as Pinnaroo Point. The beach here was locally known as Mullaloo Beach around the turn of the century. One record of the Aboriginal name records it as meaning "place of the rat kangaroo".

Mullaloo is also home to the Mullaloo Surf Life Saving club, whom patrol around 4km of beach between Pinnaroo Point and Whitfords point, between the months of September and April. Mullaloo Surf Life Saving Club is a family orientated club, winning the 2005/2006 National Club of the Year.