Town of Victoria Park
| Town of Victoria Park Western Australia |
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| Population: | 32,958(2010)[1] | ||||||||||||
| Established: | 1994 | ||||||||||||
| Area: | 17.62 km² (6.8 sq mi) | ||||||||||||
| Mayor: | Trevor Vaughan | ||||||||||||
| Council Seat: | Victoria Park | ||||||||||||
| Region: | South Metropolitan Perth | ||||||||||||
| State District: | Victoria Park, South Perth | ||||||||||||
| Federal Division: | Swan | ||||||||||||
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The Town of Victoria Park is a Local Government Area of Western Australia. It covers an area of 17.62 km² in metropolitan Perth, the capital of Western Australia. The Town of Victoria Park maintains 154.55 km of roads, a little over 1 km² of parks and gardens and has a population of 27,160 as of the 2001 census.
It lies on the southern side of the Swan River, at the eastern end of the Perth CBD, and is connected to Fremantle and South Perth via Canning Highway; to the Perth CBD by Graham Farmer Freeway and The Causeway; to Belmont and Perth Airport by Great Eastern Highway and to Cannington by Shepperton Road and Albany Highway. The Perth-Armadale rail line passes through Burswood and forms the eastern boundaries of Lathlain and Carlisle.
The Town of Victoria Park is bounded on the East by the City of Belmont, on the South by the City of Canning and on the West by the City of South Perth.
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[edit] History
Originally governed by a road board in 1894, it was declared a municipality in 1897 with Hugh Duncan as the first Mayor. It was amalgamated into the City of Perth in 1917 after becoming unsustainable as an autonomous political entity. The last Mayor was Charles Harper.[2]
In 1993 the Government of Western Australia decided to split up the Local Government Area(LGA) of the City of Perth, creating three additional LGAs and retain a smaller City of Perth. The new LGAs were Town of Vincent, Town of Cambridge and the Town of Shepperton which was later changed to its current name.
[edit] Wards
The Town is divided into 2 wards, each with 4 councillors:
- Jarrah Ward (previously the Victoria Park Ward)
- Banksia Ward (previously the Carlisle Ward)
[edit] Councillors
The councillors for the Jarrah Ward are:[3]
- Julie Armstrong
- David Ashton
- Vin Nairn
- Adam Vilaca
The councillors for the Banksia Ward are:[4]:
- Claire Anderson
- John Bissett
- Keith Hayes
- Rowena Skinner
[edit] Population
| Year | Population |
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| 1991 | 24,313 |
| 1996 | 26,096 |
| 2001 | 26,505 |
| 2006 | 27,955 |
[edit] Suburbs
- Burswood
- Carlisle
- East Victoria Park
- Lathlain
- Victoria Park
- St James (Shared with City of Canning)
- Welshpool (Shared with City of Canning)
- Bentley (Shared with City of Canning)
- Kensington (Shared with City of South Perth)
- Rivervale (Shared with City of Belmont)
[edit] References
- ^ Australian Bureau of Statistics (31 March 2011). "Regional Population Growth, Australia, 2009–10 - Western Australia". http://www.abs.gov.au/ausstats/abs@.nsf/Products/3218.0~2009-10~Main+Features~Western+Australia?OpenDocument. Retrieved 10 May 2010.
- ^ "Assessment documentation - Cremorne Arcade" (PDF). Heritage Council of Western Australia. http://register.heritage.wa.gov.au/PDF_Files/C%20-%20A-D/Cremorne%20Arcade%20(P-AD).PDF. Retrieved 2008-07-12.
- ^ http://www.waec.wa.gov.au/elections/local_government/election_centre/council.php?eID={92E12E4F-DF91-462C-A10F-44901E539F15}&cID=Victoria%20Park
- ^ http://www.vicpark.ws/council/
[edit] External links
www.victoriapark.wa.gov.au
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