Hillman | |||||||||||||
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 The historic Dixon Road Abattoir | |||||||||||||
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| Coordinates:32°16′41″S115°46′08″E / 32.278°S 115.769°E /-32.278; 115.769 | |||||||||||||
| Country | Australia | ||||||||||||
| State | Western Australia | ||||||||||||
| City | Perth | ||||||||||||
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• Total | 1.2 km2 (0.46 sq mi) | ||||||||||||
| Population | |||||||||||||
| • Total | 1,807 (SAL2021)[2] | ||||||||||||
| Postcode | 6168 | ||||||||||||
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Hillman is an outer southern suburb ofPerth, the capital city ofWestern Australia, located within theCity of Rockingham. It is principally a suburb of residential dwellings, and contains Hillman Primary School.
The suburb was created and named in 1970 afterAlfred Hillman, a draughtsman, surveyor and explorer, who arrived in Western Australia in 1831 and made many initial surveys in the Rockingham area.[4] On 7 May 2009, a boundary realignment ofCooloongup and Hillman approved by the Minister for Lands incorporated theRockingham Train Station intoRockingham.
A significant portion of the north and east portions of the suburb is incorporated intoRockingham Lakes Regional Park.
