Hillarys, Western Australia
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Hillarys Perth, Western Australia |
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| Coordinates | 31°48′25″S 115°44′38″E / 31.807°S 115.744°ECoordinates: 31°48′25″S 115°44′38″E / 31.807°S 115.744°E | ||||||||||||
| Population | 10,159 (2006 census) | ||||||||||||
| • Density | 1,613/km2 (4,180/sq mi) | ||||||||||||
| Established | 1970s | ||||||||||||
| Postcode(s) | 6025 | ||||||||||||
| Area | 6.3 km2 (2.4 sq mi) | ||||||||||||
| Location | 21 km (13 mi) from Perth City | ||||||||||||
| LGA(s) | City of Joondalup | ||||||||||||
| State electorate(s) | Hillarys | ||||||||||||
| Federal Division(s) | Moore | ||||||||||||
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Hillarys is a northern coastal suburb of Perth, the capital city of Western Australia in the local government area of the City of Joondalup. It is part of the Whitfords precinct, and is located 21 km north-northwest of Perth's central business district via Mitchell Freeway and Hepburn Avenue.
Hillarys was named after an early settler, Bertram John Hillary (1895-1957), who had become blind in his right eye while fighting in Gallipoli during the First World War. He came to the area during the Great Depression while fishing for a living with his brother Harry, and built a boatshed on the beach in 1930. Subsequently, he expanded it to accommodate himself, his wife and four children. For many years, they were the only residents of what is now Hillarys, and the nearest store, at North Beach to the south, was a 5 km walk away. During the Second World War, the Australian Army used the area, and named it "Hillary's Beach" on their maps. Bert Hillarys died in 1957 and the shack and 14 others nearby were destroyed in a fierce storm in 1964.
The Metropolitan Region Scheme, designed in 1955, had proposed that Whitford Beach, just beyond modern Hillarys's north, would be the limit of coastal settlement, and in 1962, a highway from Fremantle to Sorrento was suggested by the Government. In 1967, a road to Whitford Beach was built after a major Catholic school, Sacred Heart College, relocated from inner-suburban Highgate into the region.
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