Mirrabooka, Western Australia
Template:Use dmy dates Template:Use Australian English Template:Infobox Australian place Mirrabooka is a suburb of Perth, Western Australia. Its local government area is the City of Stirling. At the 2021 census it had a population of 8,000 people.
History
The name "Mirrabooka" is not a Noongar word, but comes from an eastern states Indigenous language and the town of Mirrabooka, New South Wales. It is cited as a local name for the southern cross constellation.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>
The name "Mirrabooka" was originally applied to the Mirrabooka Project in the early 1950s, which was planned to be a satellite city of Perth housing up to 60,000 people and linked with the nearby Balcatta light industrial area. The project area comprised three suburbs: Balga, Nollamara, and Yirrigan. The suburb of Yirrigan was never fully developed and remained largely bushland, and was renamed Mirrabooka in 1980.<ref name=abc>Template:Cite news</ref>
In the early stages of development of the suburb, it was originally considered as an extension of Girrawheen,<ref>Template:Citation</ref> and Nollamara.<ref>Template:Citation</ref> In the 1980s and 1990s the suburb expanded rapidly with the subdivision of bushland, on which housing developments have been built,<ref>Template:Citation</ref> especially north of Yirrigan Drive.
The Mirrabooka Square shopping centre, which originally opened in 1979,<ref>Template:Citation</ref> has since received a number of expansions. A police station near the shopping centre was opened in 1998, and was expanded in 2015.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>
Transport
The suburb is home to the Mirrabooka bus station,<ref>Template:Citation</ref> a hub for bus transport in the area, and is served by a number of Transperth bus routes operated by Path Transit and Swan Transit, including connections to Perth, Warwick railway station and Stirling.
For the part north of Reid Highway, the western end on Mirrabooka Avenue is covered by routes 374 and 376. Route 377 runs in Honeywell Boulevard, and route 378 runs in Australis Avenue; the eastern end on Alexander Drive is covered by routes 360, 361 and 362; the northern end on Beach Road is covered by route 449. All of these services are operated by Path Transit except route 374, which is operated by Swan Transit.
Bus
Bus Stations
Bus Routes
- Template:Legend2 67 Mirrabooka Bus Station to Perth Busport – serves Yirrigan Drive<ref>Template:Cite Transperth bus</ref>
- Template:Legend2 68 Mirrabooka Bus Station to Perth Busport – serves Chesterfield Road and Northwood Drive<ref>Template:Cite Transperth bus</ref>
- Template:Legend2 350 Mirrabooka Bus Station to Caversham – serves Chesterfield Road and Northwood Drive<ref>Template:Cite Transperth bus</ref>
- Template:Legend2 360 Alexander Heights Shopping Centre to Perth Busport (limited stops) – serves Alexander Drive<ref>Template:Cite Transperth bus</ref>
- Template:Legend2 361 Alexander Heights Shopping Centre to Galleria Bus Station – serves Alexander Drive<ref>Template:Cite Transperth bus</ref>
- Template:Legend2 362 Mirrabooka Bus Station to Ballajura Station – serves Chesterfield Road, Northwood Drive, Australis Avenue and Alexander Drive<ref>Template:Cite Transperth bus</ref>
- Template:Legend2 363 Mirrabooka Bus Station to Ballajura Station – serves Chesterfield Road, Northwood Drive and Australis Avenue<ref>Template:Cite Transperth bus</ref>
- Template:Legend2 374 Mirrabooka Bus Station to Whitfords Station – serves Milldale Way and Mirrabooka Avenue<ref>Template:Cite Transperth bus</ref>
- Template:Legend2 375 Mirrabooka Bus Station to Alexander Heights Shopping Centre<ref>Template:Cite Transperth bus</ref>
- Template:Legend2 377 Mirrabooka Bus Station to Alexander Heights Shopping Centre – serves Chesterfield Road, Northwood Drive, Boyare Avenue, Honeywell Boulevard and Beach Road<ref>Template:Cite Transperth bus</ref>
- Template:Legend2 449 Warwick Station to Ballajura Station – serves Beach Road<ref>Template:Cite Transperth bus</ref>
- Template:Legend2 960 Mirrabooka Bus Station to Curtin University Bus Station (high frequency) – serves Yirrigan Drive<ref>Template:Cite Transperth bus</ref>
- Template:Legend2 970 Landsdale to Perth Busport (high frequency) – serves Mirrabooka Avenue, Milldale Way, Mirrabooka Bus Station and Chesterfield Road<ref>Template:Cite Transperth bus</ref>
- Template:Legend2 970X Landsdale to Perth Busport (high frequency / limited stops) – serves Mirrabooka Avenue, Milldale Way, Mirrabooka Bus Station and Chesterfield Road<ref>Template:Cite Transperth bus</ref>
- Template:Legend2 975 Warwick Station to Bayswater Station (high frequency) – serves Yirrigan Drive, Mirrabooka Bus Station and Chesterfield Road<ref>Template:Cite Transperth bus</ref>
Bus routes serving Chesterfield Road:
- Template:Legend2 371 Mirrabooka Bus Station to Flinders Square<ref>Template:Cite Transperth bus</ref>
- Template:Legend2 384 Mirrabooka Bus Station to Perth Busport<ref>Template:Cite Transperth bus</ref>
- Template:Legend2 415 Mirrabooka Bus Station to Stirling Station<ref>Template:Cite Transperth bus</ref>
- Template:Legend2 416 Mirrabooka Bus Station to Warwick Station<ref>Template:Cite Transperth bus</ref>
Schools
- Boyare Primary School (1991)
- Dryandra Primary School (1989)
- John Septimus Roe Anglican Community School (1990)