Kallaroo, Western Australia

Kallaroo is one of the four 'Whitfords' suburbs in Perth that resulted from the Western Australian Government rezoning large areas of coastal land for development in 1969.

Kallaroo Perth, Western Australia
Coordinates	31.789°S 115.739°E / -31.789; 115.739
Population	5,305 (SAL 2021)[1]
Postcode(s)	6025
Location	26 km (16 mi) NNW of Perth
LGA(s)	City of Joondalup
State electorate(s)	Hillarys
Federal division(s)	Moore
Suburbs around Kallaroo: Mullaloo Beldon Indian Ocean Kallaroo Craigie Hillarys Padbury

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 four demountable classrooms and 179 students. A permanent school was built for the 1973 educational year with six classrooms in the main building. Also in the construction was an administrative and library buildings. The new school oval was sand and limestone rocks for the first year and after many student injuries, a new grassed oval was ready for the 1974 educational year. 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.

References

1. Australian Bureau of Statistics (28 June 2022). "Kallaroo (suburb and locality)". Australian Census 2021 QuickStats. Retrieved 28 June 2022. 
2. "History of metropolitan suburb names – K". Western Australian Land Information Authority. Archived from the original on 16 March 2022. Retrieved 25 May 2007.