Connolly is a northern suburb of

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, Western Australia, located within the

City of Joondalup The City of Joondalup is a Local government areas of Western Australia, local government area in Perth, Western Australia. Its central business district is located in the suburb Joondalup, and it includes the town centres of Hillarys, Western A ...

adjacent to

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's central business district. It was built in the late 1980s as a

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estate. Its eastern border backs onto the

Mitchell Freeway The Mitchell Freeway is a controlled-access highway, freeway in the northern suburbs of Perth, Western Australia, linking Perth (suburb), central Perth with the city of Joondalup. It is the northern section of List of road routes in Western ...

. Many homes feature on the edges of Connolly but the homes bordering the golf course are generally larger and more affluent. The suburb was named in honour of John Connolly who held land in the area in 1838. Connolly was a private in the 63rd Regiment who arrived in the colony in 1829 and who farmed at Belhus and Bindoon after being discharged in 1834.

Geography

Connolly is bounded by

Shenton Avenue Shenton Avenue is an east–west distributor road in the northern suburbs of Perth, Western Australia, located within the City of Joondalup. The road primarily links Joondalup's coastal suburbs with the Joondalup central business district, thr ...

to the north, the

to the east,

Hodges Drive Hodges Drive is a main west–east road in Joondalup, north of Perth, Western Australia. It begins in the suburb of Ocean Reef at a T-junction with Boat Harbour Quays in the Ocean Reef Marina and runs through the residential areas in Ocean Re ...

to the south, and

Marmion Avenue Marmion Avenue is a arterial road in the northern coastal suburbs of Perth, Western Australia, linking Trigg, Western Australia, Trigg in the south with Yanchep in the north. It forms part of List of road routes in Perth, Western Australia#71, ...

to the west. Despite sharing the same name, only the southern terminus of

Connolly Drive Connolly Drive is an arterial road in the outer northern suburbs of Perth, Western Australia. The road takes its name from the Perth suburb of Connolly, which lies just beyond the road's terminus. Route description Connolly Drive starts at She ...

sits on the northern border of the suburb.

Education

The suburb is served by a single primary school, Connolly Primary School, located on the eastern side of the suburb. Government school students attend different high schools based upon which side of the golf course they reside. Those on the western side attend

Ocean Reef Senior High School Ocean Reef Senior High School is an independent Public high school, located in Ocean Reef, north of Perth, Western Australia. Opened in 1983, the school's catchment area covered the northwestern part of the City of Joondalup and provides an e ...

, while those in the east attend

Belridge Senior High School Belridge Secondary College is a comprehensive independent public co-educational high day school, located in Beldon, south of Joondalup in the northern suburbs of Perth, Western Australia. Opening in 1990 as the Belridge Senior High School, ...

. Some students opt to attend Lake Joondalup Baptist College or Prendiville Catholic College, both independent schools.

Significant events

Prairie dunes place at night during christmas

An entire local street, namely Prairie Dunes Place has gained notability for its annual Christmas lights display. Since 1999, the street has been raising funds for the Association for the Blind WA and in this time has raised in excess of $80,000 UD(2007) towards the training of

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Transport

The suburb is served by bus links that provide connections back to the

Yanchep line The Yanchep line, formerly the Joondalup line, is a suburban railway line and service in Perth, Western Australia, linking the city's central business district (CBD) with its northern suburbs. Operated by the Public Transport Authority as pa ...

via either Whitfords or

railway stations.

Bus

* 460 Joondalup Station to Whitfords Station – serves

* 461 Joondalup Station to Whitfords Station – serves

and

* 470 Joondalup Station to Burns Beach – serves

Bus routes serving

: * 462, 463 and 464 Joondalup Station to Whitfords Station

References

{{City of Joondalup suburbs Suburbs of Perth, Western Australia Suburbs in the City of Joondalup