Jolimont is a small suburb of Perth, Western Australia

Perth, Western Australia

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, located within the City of Subiaco

Subiaco, Western Australia

Subiaco is an inner western suburb of Perth, Western Australia, situated to the north west of Kings Park. Its Local Government Area is the City of Subiaco.-History:Prior to European settlement the area was home to the Noongar Indigenous people....

 and west of the CBD

Central business district

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. The suburb is believed to be named after the Melbourne

Melbourne

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 suburb of Jolimont, which was in turn named after 'Jolimont' - the residence of Governor La Trobe

Charles La Trobe

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. Its postcode is 6014.

Jolimont only has a small residential section, with most of its land area taken up with parks and sporting facilities, although its catchment area takes in blocks of flats on Cambridge Street, Wembley

Wembley, Western Australia

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, and the entire suburb of Daglish

Daglish, Western Australia

Daglish is a small western suburb of Perth, Western Australia, located within the City of Subiaco and is west of the CBD.It is quiet and is considered one of the more favourable suburbs in western Perth....

. The suburb has a primary school and is served by the Circleroute

CircleRoute

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, as well as being near Daglish train station.

Jolimont is home to the Matthews Netball

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 Centre and the Pat Goodridge Hockey

Field hockey

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Centre, as well as other courts and open spaces.