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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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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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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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language, possibly that of the Kambuwal people in southeastern Queensland. The name was already in use for the
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836:2011 Census QuickStats
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180:Federal division(s)
168:State electorate(s)
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356:2011 census
127:Postcode(s)
118:Established
90: /
78:115°49′55″E
65:Coordinates
1388:Categories
1350:Marangaroo
1330:Girrawheen
1269:Mariginiup
1227:North east
1147:North west
715:References
689:Beach Road
665:Beach Road
576:Beach Road
501:Transperth
474:Marangaroo
407:Mirrabooka
395:Marangaroo
389:Facilities
336:Beach Road
316:Queensland
304:Aboriginal
264:Girrawheen
248:Mirrabooka
227:Girrawheen
211:Marangaroo
173:Mirrabooka
103:Population
75:31°50′10″S
32:Girrawheen
1360:Woodvale¹
1340:Landsdale
1335:Koondoola
1244:Carabooda
1204:Two Rocks
1194:Ridgewood
895:5 October
873:8 October
774:6 October
707:– serves
705:Landsdale
687:– serves
647:– serves
595:– serves
538:– serves
495:Transport
470:Koondoola
417:Education
403:Theravada
381:6.1% and
326:Geography
320:Girraween
238:Hamersley
231:Koondoola
206:Greenwood
1304:Wanneroo
1284:Pearsall
1279:Nowergup
1274:Neerabup
1264:Jandabup
1254:Gnangara
1249:Carramar
1184:Mindarie
1174:Jindalee
1169:Eglinton
1164:Clarkson
641:Wanneroo
379:Buddhism
375:Anglican
144:Location
1355:Wangara
1345:Madeley
1299:Tapping
1294:Sinagra
1259:Hocking
1209:Yanchep
1179:Merriwa
1154:Alkimos
742:28 June
436:updated
377:13.5%,
354:In the
286:History
278:is the
223:Warwick
197:Suburbs
106:8,897 (
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1289:Pinjar
1159:Butler
841:4 July
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274:. Its
156:LGA(s)
1325:Darch
1313:South
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383:Islam
310:near
268:Perth
243:Balga
185:Cowan
149:Perth
121:1970s
37:Perth
897:2008
875:2008
843:2012
810:ISBN
776:2008
744:2022
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