Kallaroo, Western Australia

Kallaroo Perth, Western Australia
Kallaroo
Coordinates	31°47′20″S 115°44′20″E / 31.789°S 115.739°E / -31.789; 115.739Coordinates: 31°47′20″S 115°44′20″E / 31.789°S 115.739°E / -31.789; 115.739
Population	5,119 (2006 census)[1]
Postcode(s)	6025
Location	26 km (16 mi) NNW of Perth
LGA(s)	City of Joondalup
State electorate(s)	Ocean Reef
Federal Division(s)	Moore
Suburbs around Kallaroo: Mullaloo Beldon Indian Ocean Kallaroo Craigie Hillarys Padbury

Kallaroo is one of the four 'Whitfords' suburbs that resulted from the State Government rezoning large areas of coastal land for development in 1969. Kallaroo was chosen as a suburb name in 1970 and is an Aboriginal word meaning ‘road to the water’.^[2] The suburb is home to one primary school, Springfield Primary School, which was named after the original housing estate. The school was established in 1972, with 179 students.

Kallaroo is also home to the local hero, David Hahn. Hahn went months living in Kallaroo, owing a certain local $40 AUD. Locals called it an outrage, and so the monumental statue of David Hahn stands on the coast line of Kallaroo. The infamous $40 was returned after a local ballet/ petition. The money backtracked to Hahn's 'leavers' event for the end of his schooling time. The IGA, local to Jurien bay is said to be where this $40 had started. And famously made it back to the lower shores of Kallaroo.

Street names in the Kallaroo are predominantly after shipwrecks, including famous West Australian shipwrecks, such as the Batavia.

The land west of Dampier Avenue was developed during the mid-late 1980s and, although part of Kallaroo, is known as Northshore, in reference to the project name of the housing estate.

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