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The city is named after [[Lake Joondalup]]. The name Joondalup is a [[Noongar language|Noongar]] word, first recorded in 1837 and possibly meaning either "place of whiteness or glistening", or "place of a creature that can only move backwards".<ref>{{LandInfo WA|m|J|2007-01-17}}.</ref>

[[File:City of Joondalup Offices.jpg|thumbnail|Joondalup Civic Chambers.]]

Joondalup falls under the local government of the City of Joondalup and is represented by two councillors from the North Ward. The current councillors are Kerry Hollywood and Tom McLean.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Ward map – City of Joondalup|url=https://www.joondalup.wa.gov.au/kb/resident/council-needs-image-your-mayor-and-councillior-map|access-date=2020-08-11|language=en-AU}}</ref> The council chambers for the [[City of Joondalup]] are located in Joondalup's central business district. The complex includes Joondalup Library, which serves as the central library and local history centre for both the City of Joondalup and the [[City of Wanneroo]] local authorities. The Joondalup offices of the [[Australian Electoral Commission]] are located in the CBD. At state parliament level, Joondalup is represented in the [[Western Australian Legislative Assembly]] by a member from Joondalup electoral district. The current member is [[Emily Hamilton (politician)|Emily Hamilton]]. In the [[Australian House of Representatives|Australian federal parliament]], the suburb is part of the [[Division of Moore]] and is currently represented by member, [[Ian Goodenough]].

Joondalup's central business district, centred on Grand Boulevard, is largely a shopping and retail area lined with townhouses and apartments. [[Lakeside Joondalup Shopping City]] is located adjacent to the Joondalup railway station and backs onto Grand Boulevard.

The city has a number of parks including Central Park and [[Neil Hawkins Park]] in the [[Yellagonga Regional Park]]. The Neil Hawkins Park is home to many parrots (including the [[Australian ringneck]]), cockatoos and kangaroos. The park is located alongside [[Lake Joondalup]] and wetlands which stretches out between Burns Beach Road to the north and Ocean Reef Road to the south. These wetlands provide refuge for migratory birds. Joondalup's coastal front consists of Burns Beach in the north and Beaumaris Beach in Ocean Reef, running onto the Ocean Reef Boat Harbour in the south.

[[File:HBF Arena.jpg|thumb|Looking east over the Mitchell freeway at the HBF Arena and Lake Joondalup Baptist College on the right|alt=|left|293x293px]]

The Joondalup suburb is a major location for tertiary education in the northern suburbs and is known as the Joondalup Learning Precinct. The [[North Metropolitan TAFE]] has a campus in Joondalup providing state government education to meet the demands of students wanting to enter the workforce with up-to-date, industry-specific, practical skills. It was previously called the [[West Coast Institute of Training]]. [[Edith Cowan University]] has a major campus based in the suburb. It offers graduate and post graduate degrees on the campus that also includes, libraries, guilds, commercial shops, sporting facilities, and student housing. Situated in the same Joondalup Learning Precinct as ECU and the TAFE campuses is the West Australian Police Academy. The [[Western Australia Police]]'s training academy was moved from Maylands to Joondalup and was officially opened on 15 February 2002.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Western Australia Police Academy|url=https://www.police.wa.gov.au/About-Us/Our-Agency/Western-Australia-Police-Academy|access-date=2020-08-11|website=Western Australia Police|date=10 August 2018 |language=en}}</ref> The suburb also contains Joondalup Primary School and Lake Joondalup Baptist College.

[[File:Joondalup Health Campus.jpg|thumb|left|Joondalup Health Campus.]]

Joondalup contains a major public hospital, [[Joondalup Health Campus]], which serves as the main health facility for most of Perth's northern suburbs, as far north as [[Two Rocks, Western Australia|Two Rocks]]. It is often cited as one of the busiest, if not the busiest hospital in Australia due to it being the only major public hospital in the northern suburbs of Perth.{{cn|date=October 2022}} Joondalup Private Hospital is also incorporated into the public Health Campus, and both facilities are owned and operated by [[Ramsay Health Care]].

[[File:Joondalup Station at Dusk from Collier Pass.JPG|thumb|Joondalup Interchange at sunset.]]{{Main|Joondalup railway station}}

The [[Joondalup railway station|Joondalup train station and bus interchange]] is located next to and connected to [[Lakeside Joondalup Shopping City]] and is served by [[Transperth]]'s [[Yanchep line]]. The interchangerailway isline connecteddiverges tooff the alignment in the median of the [[TransperthMitchell Freeway]] trainto network linkingserve the areastation. Trains run southbound to the Perth [[Central business district|CBD]] - a 25-minute journey - and northbound to [[Butler railway station]] the terminus of the line at [[Yanchep railway station]]. For a few months in early 1993, Joondalup was the terminus of the railway line, and isuntil partthe extension of the line to [[JoondalupYanchep]] railwayon 14 July 2024, the line| was known as the Joondalup Line]]line.<ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20090714102307/http://www.righttrack.wa.gov.au/Portals/3/media/History_Clarkson.pdf History of Stations on the Clarkson Train Line] Right Track</ref>