Mullaloo, Western Australia
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Mullaloo is a northern coastal suburb of Perth, Western Australia
, located within the City of Joondalup
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Mullaloo has two schools, Mullaloo Beach Primary School and Mullaloo Heights Primary School.
Enrolment currently stands at 272 at Mullaloo Heights.
Perth, Western Australia
Perth is the capital and largest city of the Australian state of Western Australia and the fourth most populous city in Australia. The Perth metropolitan area has an estimated population of almost 1,700,000....
, located within the City of Joondalup
City of Joondalup
The City of Joondalup is a council and Local Government Area with City status in Perth, Western Australia. It covers the metropolitan Perth city of Joondalup in its entirety, as well as the town centres of Hillarys and Warwick....
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History
Mullaloo is named after an Aboriginal word, believed to mean "place of the rat kangaroo". It was first recorded in 1919 as Moolalloo Point, but the spelling was later changed to Mullaloo. Urban development began in the late 1950s.Today
The Mullaloo Surf Life Saving club patrols around 4.5 km of beach between Pinnaroo Point and Whitfords Point, between September and April. The club has row teams, swim teams, board teams and sprint teams.Mullaloo has two schools, Mullaloo Beach Primary School and Mullaloo Heights Primary School.
Enrolment currently stands at 272 at Mullaloo Heights.