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:Mirrabooka, Western Australia

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{{Infobox Australian place| type = suburb

| name = Mirrabooka

| city = Perth

| state = wa

| image = File:Mirrabooka library front with ramp and flags.jpg

| caption = Mirrabooka library

| lga = City of Stirling

| map_type = nomap

| local_map = yes

| zoom = 13

| coordinates = {{coord|31.863|S|115.87|E|display=inline,title}}

| postcode = 6061

| est = 1954

| pop =

| area = 5.0

| stategov = Mirrabooka

| fedgov = Cowan

| near-nw = Girrawheen

| near-n = Koondoola

| near-ne = Malaga

| near-w = Balga

| near-e = Malaga

| near-sw = Westminster and Nollamara

| near-s = Dianella

| near-se = Noranda

| dist1 = 12 | dir1 = N

| location1= Perth CBD

}}

Mirrabooka is a suburb of Perth, Western Australia. Its local government area is the City of Stirling. At the 2021 census it had a population of 8,000 people.

History

The name "Mirrabooka" is not a Noongar word, but comes from an eastern states Indigenous language and the town of Mirrabooka, New South Wales. It is cited as a local name for the southern cross constellation.{{cite web|url=https://www.stirling.wa.gov.au/your-city/documents-and-publications/your-city/about-stirling/mooro-people-s-knowledge-trail|title=Mooro Nyoongar Katitjin Bidi / Mooro People’s Knowledge Trail|publisher=City of Stirling|access-date=9 January 2024}}

The name "Mirrabooka" was originally applied to the Mirrabooka Project in the early 1950s, which was planned to be a satellite city of Perth housing up to 60,000 people and linked with the nearby Balcatta light industrial area. The project area comprised three suburbs: Balga, Nollamara, and Yirrigan. The suburb of Yirrigan was never fully developed and remained largely bushland, and was renamed Mirrabooka in 1980.{{cite news|url=https://www.abc.net.au/news/2021-04-21/mirrabooka-project-post-war-perth-satellite-town/100079354|title=Mirrabooka was to be a regional hub, now it's considered 'almost' inner city|first=Emma|last=Wynne|publisher=ABC News|date=21 April 2021|access-date=9 January 2024}}

In the early stages of development of the suburb, it was originally considered as an extension of Girrawheen,{{Citation | author1=Margaret A. Feilman & Associates | author2=State Housing Commission of Western Australia | title=Mirrabooka Project, Girrawheen neighbourhood. Sheet 22 : State Housing Commission W. Australia | publication-date=1970 | publisher=State Housing Commission | edition=Rev. [ed.] | url=http://trove.nla.gov.au/work/33236738 | accessdate=20 September 2016 }} and Nollamara.{{Citation | author1=Margaret A. Feilman Architects & Planners | author2=State Housing Commission of Western Australia | title=Mirrabooka project...Nollamara neighbourhood | publication-date=1960 | publisher=Margaret A. Feilman | url=http://trove.nla.gov.au/work/159334112 | accessdate=20 September 2016 }} In the 1980s and 1990s the suburb expanded rapidly with the subdivision of bushland, on which housing developments have been built,{{Citation | author1=Sinclair, Knight & Partners | author2=State Housing Commission of Western Australia | title=Mirrabooka Regional Centre : parking study report | publication-date=1985 | publisher=Sinclair Knight & Partners (W.A.) Pty. Ltd. Consulting Engineers | url=http://trove.nla.gov.au/work/30451325 | accessdate=20 September 2016 }} especially north of Yirrigan Drive.

The Mirrabooka Square shopping centre, which originally opened in 1979,{{Citation | author1=Metropolitan (Perth) Passenger Transport Trust | title=Mirrabooka Bus Station : commences operation Monday, 17th September, 1979 | publication-date=1979 | url=http://trove.nla.gov.au/work/159511350 | accessdate=20 September 2016 }} has since received a number of expansions. A police station near the shopping centre was opened in 1998, and was expanded in 2015.{{cite web |url=http://www.pfeng.com.au/projects/structural-engineering/justice-correctional-services/mirrabooka-police-station/. |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160312103033/http://www.pfeng.com.au/projects/structural-engineering/justice-correctional-services/mirrabooka-police-station/ |archive-date=12 March 2016 |title=Mirrabooka Police Station - Pritchard Francis}}

Transport

The suburb is home to the Mirrabooka bus station,{{Citation | author1=Metropolitan (Perth) Passenger Transport Trust | title=Mirrabooka Bus Station : commences operation Monday, 17th September, 1979 | publication-date=1979 | url=http://trove.nla.gov.au/work/159511350 | accessdate=20 September 2016 }} a hub for bus transport in the area, and is served by a number of Transperth bus routes operated by Path Transit and Swan Transit, including connections to Perth, Warwick railway station and Stirling.

For the part north of Reid Highway, the western end on Mirrabooka Avenue is covered by routes 374 and 376. Route 377 runs in Honeywell Boulevard, and route 378 runs in Australis Avenue; the eastern end on Alexander Drive is covered by routes 360, 361 and 362; the northern end on Beach Road is covered by route 449. All of these services are operated by Path Transit except route 374, which is operated by Swan Transit.

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==Bus Stations==

==Bus Routes==

Bus routes serving Chesterfield Road:

Schools

References

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{{City of Stirling suburbs}}

Category:Suburbs of Perth, Western Australia

Category:Suburbs in the City of Stirling