02/10/2012
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Ellenbrook is a northeastern suburb of Perth, Western Australia, about 21 km from Perth's Central business district (CBD), located within the City of Swan. Ellenbrook takes its name from Ellen Brook, a tributary of the Swan River which runs to the east of the suburb. Ellen Brook was named after Ellen Stirling, the wife of Captain James Stirling, Western Australia's first governor.Ellenbrook is a planned community, and is being developed in phases called "villages" Currently, there are seven villages. The first, Woodlake Village is also currently the largest. Woodlake Village was built on the site of a former sand quarry. The lowest point of the open-cut mine became the central lake and feature parkland, and the high points of the mine were set aside for the area now known as Woodlake Rise. Construction commenced in 1994, with the first home completed in 1995. Woodlake Village was followed by The Bridges, centred on Lake Fresca, then by Coolamon, Morgan Fields and Charlotte's Vineyard. Malvern Springs is the sixth village and recently opened is Lexia.Ellenbrook is centred on a commercial area called The Shops. The development of the Town Centre is in its early stages, but already contains the largest Woolworths in the state. The Shops recently underwent a $100m expansion, which opened on March 17th 2011. This was a very significant expansion which saw the number of shops increase to about 80 including a Big W and a Coles supermarket.
