Eglinton

Eglinton is an unpopulated locality in the Western Australian capital city of Perth, located approximately 44 kilometres (27 mi) north of Perth's central business district on the Indian Ocean. For the most part, the suburb is covered in native banksia woodland, scrubland and heath typical of the Swan Coastal Plain. Part of the City of Wanneroo local government area, it is bounded to the north by Yanchep, to the east by Carabooda and to the south by Alkimos. The area is part of the Alkimos-Eglinton region being considered by the State Government for a future urban region. Eglinton was approved in 1974 as a suburb name and is named after the barque Eglinton which was wrecked on rocks near Alkimos which now bear its name. Prior to European...