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'''Innaloo''' is a suburb of [[Perth]], the capital city of [[Western Australia]], 9 km (5.6  mi) from [[Perth central business district|Perth's [[central business district]] in the [[Local government areas of Western Australia|local government area]] isof the [[City of Stirling]].

Innaloo is a morean established residential suburb that is also home to the [[Westfield Innaloo]] and Westfield Innaloo Megacentre shopping centres, and is adjacent to Perth's largest cinema complex, the 18-cinema GreaterEvent Union Megaplex InnalooCinemas.

Innaloo was originally named '''Njookenbooroo''' (sometimes spelt Ngurgenboro, Noorgenbora or similar variants), abelieved to be derived from the local [[Noongar]] name for [[IndigenousHerdsman Australians|AboriginalLake]] name foror a nearby [[wetland]].<ref>{{cite book | title = Mooro Nyoongar Katitjin Bidi (Mooro People's Knowledge Trail) | page = 4| publisher = City of Stirling and Curtin University Sustainability Policy Institute | date =2014 | url =https://www.stirling.wa.gov.au/your-city/documents-and-publications/your-city/about-stirling/mooro-people-s-knowledge-trail | access-date= 2021-09-24 }}</ref>

The spelling and pronunciation (e.g. "ny-ooken-borra") were deemed to be difficult to those unfamiliar with the name; in 1927, the local progress association asked welfare worker and anthropologist [[Daisy Bates (Australia)|Daisy Bates]] to compile a list of possible alternative names, drawn from various Aboriginal languages. Bates' rendering of the personal name of an a woman, "Innaloo" (from [[Dongara, Western Australia|Dongara]]) was chosen.<ref>{{LandInfo WA|m|I|2007-01-17}}</ref>

Nevertheless, some local landmarks are still named "Nookenburra" – another variation of the original name.

Land near Innaloo was first granted to Thomas Mews in 1831. In 1898, Town Properties of WA subdivided the lands around Njookenbooroo Swamp for sale as market gardens, and drained the swamp into [[Herdsman Lake]] over the following years, digging channels through the area to facilitate agriculture. They offered rent-free lease of the lots, with an option to later purchase at £100 per hectare if the occupants cleared them and brought them into production. The area between Hertha Road, Oswald Street and King Edward Road and Herdsman Lake was gazetted as the Njookenbooroo Drainage District, and by 1912, local market gardeners were turning off 25 tonnes of produce each week, even considering the vagaries of the weather and occasional pests.<ref>{{cite book |last= Cooper |first= W.S. |author2=G. McDonald| title= Diversity's Challenge: A History of the City of Stirling |publisher= City of Stirling |year= 1999 | pages=155–157}}</ref>

The Njookenbooroo School on Odin Road (then called Government Road), linked to the city by a [[plank road]], was built in 1915. Although subdivision for southern Innaloo was approved in 1916, by the 1920s only ten houses had been built, with the majority of the land used for grazing.<ref name=cos-innaloo>{{cite web|url=http://www.stirling.wa.gov.au/home/council/Suburbs/Innaloo.htm|title=Suburbs - Innaloo|accessdateaccess-date=2006-09-29|author=City of Stirling|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060918151407/http://www.stirling.wa.gov.au/home/council/Suburbs/Innaloo.htm|archive-date=18 September 2006|url-status=dead}}</ref> Residential development accelerated during [[World War II]], and in the 1950s, [[Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer]] (MGM) built a drive-in cinema in nearby Liege Street.

At the 2006 [[AustralianCensus Bureauin of StatisticsAustralia|ABScensus]] 2006 census, Innaloo had a mostly middle-income population of 6,470 people.<ref name=abs>{{Census 2006 AUS|id=SSC51676|name=Innaloo (State Suburb)|quick=on|accessdate=2008-10-05}}</ref>

Innaloo contains the [[Westfield Innaloo]] shopping centre. Next to Westfield Innaloo on Ellen Stirling Boulevard is the Westfield Innaloo Megacentre (acquired from [[Vicinity Centres|Centro]] in August 2006), which contains 20 stores and a [[Spudgrocery. Shed]] (Formerly a [[IGA (Australian supermarket chain)|Progressive Supa IGA]], and before that an [[Action Supermarkets|Action]]). Across Scarborough Beach Road is the [[Event Cinemas]] Megaplexmegaplex. The northern part of the suburb also contains a small local shopping area in Morris Place. Opposite the Megacentre, an [[IKEA]] has been constructed, replacing the smaller store a kilometre away in the adjoining suburb of Osborne Park.

Innaloo's southern border with [[Woodlands, Western Australia|Woodlands]] hosts Perth's largest cinema complex, the 18-cinema [[Event Cinemas]] Megaplexmegaplex Innaloo, which contains [[Gold Class]]contain cinemas, as well as an arcade with numerous restaurants and dining speciality outlets, including [[Sizzler]], Han's Cafe, Bollywood Resto Bar and Retro Betty's, and a game centre (centred on [[Timezone (video arcades)|Timezone]]). It started off life as an MGM drive-in in the 1950s, then was rebuilt by Greater Union in 1990 with 8 screens, then expanded to a Megaplex - the first in Western Australia - in 1996. During the 2000's2000s Greater Union was replaced with [[Event Cinemas]] which was Event Hospitality and Entertainment did to most of their Greater Union cinemas.

Innaloo is served by bus links to [[Stirling railway station, Perth|Stirling train station]] on the [[Joondalup railwayYanchep line|Joondalup Line]], including the 410, 412, 421, 424 and the 998/999 [[CircleRoute]], and the 423 and 425 along the Karrinyup Road boundary.<ref>[http://www.transperth.wa.gov.au Transperth website], accessed 2006-11-18.</ref> Additionally, the 990 services link Scarborough and the [[Glendalough railway station]] along Innaloo's southern boundary. Innaloo's location next to the rail line makes it one of the best served areas for public transport in Perth.

Prior to the construction of the Stirling railway station as part of the [[Northern Suburbs Transit System]], a possible deviation of the rail alignment was considered to directly service the suburb and its shopping district including [[Westfield Innaloo]].<ref name="nsts_1989_p4">{{cite book | title = Northern Suburbs Transit System: Transport Study Report | publisher = Urban Rail Electrification Steering Committee, [[Government of Western Australia]] | year = 1989 | location =[[Perth]], [[Western Australia]]}} Pg. 4, Accessed at [[J S Battye Library]], [[Perth]]</ref> However, this idea was rejected by both the project and the public at large due to the significant cost, lack of identifiable benefits, and environmental impact grounds.<ref name="nsts_1989_p4"/>

* {{cite book |editor-last= Thomas |editor-first= Maud (ed.) | title= Along the plank road : through Njookenbooroo to Scarborough Beach |publisher= City of Stirling |year= 1989 |isbn=0-9598819-5-6}}

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