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skills, mean that all schools in the suburb have been a high priority for
Commonwealth and State funding and offer specialist literacy support services not found at many other metropolitan schools. Blackmore Primary School, in the suburb's west, opened in 1971 Girrawheen Primary School, in the centre of the suburb, opened in 1975. These two schools Amalgamated in 2008 on the former Girrawheen Primary School site. The new amalgamated school is named Hudson Park Primary School. After the nearby public space utilised for many team and social activities. Roseworth Primary School, the result of a 2008 amalgamation of Hainsworth (1972) and Montrose Primary Schools, currently accommodates 51 pre-primary and 207 primary students. Classes are currently conducted at the former Hainsworth school site until new buildings are completed at the former Montrose site in 2009. The school also has an Education Support Centre with 29 students. In partnership with
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Girrawheen residents had a median age of 33 compared to the Perth median of 37, and median incomes were below average for the state — $ 494 per week compared with $ 662 per week. The population of
Girrawheen was ethnically mixed — while 53.3% were born in Australia, the next most common countries of
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Educational District, and contains three state primary schools and one state high school. The socio-economic profile of the suburb together with the high numbers of Vietnamese, Sudanese and Aboriginal students, some of whom have low literacy or English language
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Numerous parks are dotted through the suburb and many offer courts, ovals and other sporting facilities. A library and community centre are located adjacent to
Summerfield shopping area on Patrick Court, and a recreation centre on Hainsworth Avenue, also serve local residents.
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The suburb contains four churches—Uniting and
Baptist churches in Salcott Road, and Catholic and non-denominational on Girrawheen Avenue—as well as the Maha Bodhi Buddhist monastery which adheres to the Burmese
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Two private primary schools are also located in the suburb—Our Lady of Mercy
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On 26 June 1970, the Shire gazetted the name "Girrawheen", meaning "place of flowers" or "the place where flowers grow" in an
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471:Edith Cowan University
375:Indigenous Australians
323:Stanthorpe, Queensland
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191:Federal division(s)
179:State electorate(s)
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367:2011 census
138:Postcode(s)
129:Established
101: /
89:115°49′55″E
76:Coordinates
1399:Categories
1361:Marangaroo
1341:Girrawheen
1280:Mariginiup
1238:North east
1158:North west
726:References
700:Beach Road
676:Beach Road
587:Beach Road
512:Transperth
485:Marangaroo
418:Mirrabooka
406:Marangaroo
400:Facilities
347:Beach Road
327:Queensland
315:Aboriginal
275:Girrawheen
259:Mirrabooka
238:Girrawheen
222:Marangaroo
184:Mirrabooka
114:Population
86:31°50′10″S
43:Girrawheen
18:Girrawheen
1371:Woodvale¹
1351:Landsdale
1346:Koondoola
1255:Carabooda
1215:Two Rocks
1205:Ridgewood
906:5 October
884:8 October
785:6 October
718:– serves
716:Landsdale
698:– serves
658:– serves
606:– serves
549:– serves
506:Transport
481:Koondoola
428:Education
414:Theravada
392:6.1% and
337:Geography
331:Girraween
249:Hamersley
242:Koondoola
217:Greenwood
1315:Wanneroo
1295:Pearsall
1290:Nowergup
1285:Neerabup
1275:Jandabup
1265:Gnangara
1260:Carramar
1195:Mindarie
1185:Jindalee
1180:Eglinton
1175:Clarkson
652:Wanneroo
390:Buddhism
386:Anglican
155:Location
1366:Wangara
1356:Madeley
1310:Tapping
1305:Sinagra
1270:Hocking
1220:Yanchep
1190:Merriwa
1165:Alkimos
753:28 June
447:updated
388:13.5%,
365:In the
297:History
289:is the
234:Warwick
208:Suburbs
117:8,897 (
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1170:Butler
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285:. Its
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1336:Darch
1324:South
1245:Ashby
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321:near
279:Perth
254:Balga
196:Cowan
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