Eglinton, Western Australia
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Eglinton Perth, Western Australia |
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Looking southeast from future Marmion Avenue just north of Pipidinny Road
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 Eglinton
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| Coordinates | 31°34′48″S 115°40′05″E / 31.58°S 115.668°ECoordinates: 31°34′48″S 115°40′05″E / 31.58°S 115.668°E | ||||||||||||
| Population | 67 (?) | ||||||||||||
| • Density | 7/km2 (17/sq mi) | ||||||||||||
| Postcode(s) | 6034 | ||||||||||||
| Area | 10 km2 (3.9 sq mi) | ||||||||||||
| Location | 44 km (27 mi) from Perth CBD | ||||||||||||
| LGA(s) | City of Wanneroo | ||||||||||||
| State electorate(s) | Mindarie | ||||||||||||
| Federal Division(s) | Pearce | ||||||||||||
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Eglinton is an unpopulated locality in the Western Australian capital city of Perth, located approximately 44 kilometres (27 mi) north of Perth's central business district on the Indian Ocean. For the most part, the suburb is covered in native banksia woodland, scrubland and heath typical of the Swan Coastal Plain.
Part of the City of Wanneroo local government area, it is bounded to the north by Yanchep, to the east by Carabooda and to the south by Alkimos. The area is part of the Alkimos-Eglinton region being considered by the State Government for a future urban region.
Eglinton is now being developed with the Amberton estate from Stockland. A number of houses have been built with many more under construction.
Eglinton was approved in 1974 as a suburb name and is named after the barque Eglinton which was wrecked on rocks near Alkimos which now bear its name.
Prior to European settlement, Noongar Aboriginal of the Mooro tribe had lived in what has become the northern Perth metropolitan region for more than 40,000 years, taking advantage of the abundant food and water around the chain of wetlands on the Swan Coastal Plain. According to local legend, Pipidinny Swamp, located in eastern Eglinton, was created from the blood and meat of the crocodile's tail as he walked back towards the Swan River after his fight with the shark.
In 1865, European settlers established the Aboriginal tracks along the west side of the lakes as a stock route from Dongara (near Geraldton) to Fremantle. The portion of the stock route between Joondalup and Yanchep was made part of the Bicentennial Heritage Trails Network in 1988, and is now known as the Yaberoo Budjara Heritage Trail.
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