Joondalup is a suburb of Perth, Western Australia, approximately 26 kilometres north of Perth’s central business district. It contains the central business district of the regional City of Joondalup and acts as the primary urban centre of Perth’s outer northern suburbs. The city is named after Lake Joondalup. The name Joondalup is a 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”. Joondalup is a major location for education in the northern suburbs. The North Metropolitan TAFE has a campus in Joondalup. Edith Cowan University also has a major campus in the suburb, providing tertiary education to Perth’s north.