Hillman is an outer southern suburb of Perth

Perth, Western Australia

Perth is the capital and largest city of the Australian state of Western Australia and the fourth most populous city in Australia. The Perth metropolitan area has an estimated population of almost 1,700,000....

, the capital city of Western Australia

Western Australia

Western Australia is a state of Australia, occupying the entire western third of the Australian continent. It is bounded by the Indian Ocean to the north and west, the Great Australian Bight and Indian Ocean to the south, the Northern Territory to the north-east and South Australia to the south-east...

, located within the City of Rockingham

City of Rockingham

The City of Rockingham is a Local Government Area in the far southern suburbs of the Western Australian capital city of Perth.-History:In 1896, residents of Rockingham petitioned to establish a road board, which they proposed be called "Clarence" which was the name of the failed settlement of...

. It is principally a suburb of residential dwellings, and is the location of Hillman Primary School.

The suburb was created and named in 1970 after Alfred Hillman a Draftsman, Surveyor and Explorer, who arrived in Western Australia in 1831 and made many initial surveys in the Rockingham area. On 7 May 2009, a boundary realignment of Cooloongup

Cooloongup, Western Australia

Cooloongup is an outer southern suburb of Perth, the capital city of Western Australia, located within the City of Rockingham. It is principally a suburb of residential dwellings.-History:...

 and Hillman approved by the Minister for Lands incoporated the Rockingham Train Station

Rockingham railway station

Rockingham railway station was a station just south of Caldecott, Rutland. The station was actually over the county line into Leicestershire, and was named after the village of Rockingham, Northamptonshire, which although one mile distant and smaller than Caldecott was thought to be more important...

 into Rockingham

Rockingham, Western Australia

Rockingham is a suburb and primary centre in Western Australia south-west of the Perth city centre and south of Fremantle. It has a beachside location at Mangles Bay, the southern extremity of Cockburn Sound. To its north stretches the maritime and resource-industry installations of Kwinana and...

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A significant portion of the north and east portions of the suburb is incorporated into Rockingham Lakes Regional Park.