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Hillarys is a northern coastal suburb of
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, the capital city of
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, in the
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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
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and
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.


History

Hillarys was named after an early settler, Bertram John Hillary (1895-1957), who had become blind in his right eye while fighting in
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during the
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. He came to the area during the
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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
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, the
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used the area, and named it "Hillary's Beach" on their maps. Bert Hillary 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
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to
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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
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into the region. Wanneroo Shire Council and the R&I Bank began developing the Whitford precinct and planned a town centre, which ultimately became
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, in the suburb's northeast, and
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was built. They asked for the Government to gazette a suburb here and this was done in 1971. Many streets in the new development (including the facing portion of what was to become
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were named for early explorers and pioneers of Australia. On 21 November 1978, Whitford City Shopping Centre was officially opened. In preparation for Australia's defence of the 1987
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at
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, the State Government commissioned the building of Hillarys Boat Harbour, the first major marina in the north metropolitan area. The retail complex on the site, called Sorrento Quay, commenced trading in December 1987 and was officially opened in January 1988. Also, in May 1987, the Government declared Marmion Marine Park over a region from Burns Beach to Trigg, to which the new marina complex provided a gateway. The shopping centre and marina development fuelled growth in the suburb and by the mid-1990s, both the northwest and southwest of the suburb had been fully developed.


Geography

Hillarys is bounded by
Hepburn Avenue Hepburn Avenue is an arterial east–west road in the northern suburbs of Perth, Western Australia. The road links Sorrento in the west with Malaga and Whiteman in the east. It also connects the residential developments that span its length w ...
to the south,
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to the east, Whitfords Avenue to the north and the coastal road portion of Whitfords Avenue (formerly part of West Coast Highway) to the west. At the 2001 Australian census, Hillarys had a mostly above-average-income population of 10,159. Hillarys's oceanside location, proximity to three private schools and to Hillarys Boat Harbour has seen the suburb become affluent since the 1980s, and the ABS identified many managers and professionals living within the suburb. However, many tradespeople and service employees also live in the area.


Facilities

Hillarys is mostly a residential suburb, and relies on
Westfield Whitford City Westfield Whitford City, formerly Whitford City Shopping Centre, is a major shopping centre in Hillarys, east of St Mark's Anglican Community School in Perth, Western Australia. Built in 1977 on the former Red Cattle Ridge site at Marmion Av ...
, a large shopping centre in its northeast, and the smaller Hillarys Shopping Centre (2003) on Flinders Avenue for commercial services. St. Mark's Anglican Community School is a K-12, co-educational private school located to the West of Westfield Whitford City, on the former Red Cattle Ridge site. Several parks and walkways of various sizes are situated in the suburb, and there are picnic facilities in a coastal park just north of Hillarys Boat Harbour. Unlike beaches further to the south, though, the beach at Hillarys is relatively difficult to access due to large sand dunes and remnant vegetation, and Whitford Beach to the north and Sorrento Beach to the south provide access. Off the coast is the Marmion Marine Park, which provides a home for many species of marine animals.


Tourism

Hillarys Boat Harbour, a large marina development which contains the Sorrento Quay retail development, was built in 1987 and includes the Aquarium of Western Australia (formerly Underwater World) and numerous shops and eating spots, as well as helicopter flights and a ferry terminal offering
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cruises during key breeding months, and ferry services to
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.


Economy

There is a
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serving the
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industry of marine
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in Hillarys. In 2020, spat of the black-lip rock oyster was grown in the hatchery and relocated to one of the trial sites on the coast off Karratha and
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, at specially selected sites at Cossack and West Lewis Island. This was the first time that the oysters had been commercially grown in WA, in an industry which is expected to grow and provide an economic boost and employment opportunities for Indigenous people in the
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region.


Education

Hillarys is served by the Hillarys Primary School, founded in 1973 and formerly known as Lymburner, and an Anglican college, St Mark's Anglican Community School, a coeducational day school built in 1986 on an site. The suburb falls within the Duncraig Senior High School catchment area.


Photos

Image:HillarysBoatHarbourSign.jpg, Sign at Hillarys File:Boat pens, Hillarys.jpg, Boat pens File:Hillarys Boat Harbour Beach.jpg, Beach


Transport

Hillarys is served by the 441, 442 and (previously) 452
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buses travelling between Whitfords and
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railway stations on the Yanchep line. The 423 route from Warwick or Stirling.Northern 62 timetable
, Transperth, effective 8 August 2005. Accessed 2007-01-17


Politics

Hillarys is a reasonably affluent suburb with many " mortgage belt" families, and is one of the strongest bases in the northern suburban region for the
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at both federal and state elections. Hillarys is administered by the City of Joondalup although it was administered by the City of Wanneroo prior to the creation of the City of Joondalup in 1998.


References


External links


WA government information on Hillarys Boat Harbour

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