Jolimont, Western Australia
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Jolimont is a small suburb of Perth, Western Australia
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....

, 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
Melbourne is the capital and most populous city in the state of Victoria, and the second most populous city in Australia. The Melbourne City Centre is the hub of the greater metropolitan area and the Census statistical division—of which "Melbourne" is the common name. As of June 2009, the greater...

 suburb of Jolimont, which was in turn named after 'Jolimont' - the residence of Governor La Trobe
Charles La Trobe
Charles Joseph La Trobe was the first lieutenant-governor of the colony of Victoria .-Early life:La Trobe was born in London, the son of Christian Ignatius Latrobe, a family of Huguenot origin...

. 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
Wembley is a western suburb of Perth, Western Australia, located within the Town of Cambridge. Its postcode is 6014.The main streets in Wembley are Cambridge Street, Harborne Street, Grantham Street and Selby Street. It is an upper middle class, medium-density suburb. Wembley is home to Bold Park...

, 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
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.
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