City of Nedlands

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City of Nedlands Western Australia
Population: • Density:	21,047 (2001 census) 1,052/km²
Area:	20 km²
Mayor:	Laurie Taylor
Council Seat:	Nedlands
Region:	West Metropolitan Perth
State District:	Nedlands
Federal Division:	Curtin
Website: http://www.nedlands.wa.gov.au
LGAs around City of Nedlands Indian Ocean Cambridge Cambridge Indian Ocean City of Nedlands Subiaco Cottesloe Claremont Subiaco

This article is about a local government area. For the suburb, see Nedlands, Western Australia.

The City of Nedlands is a Local Government Area of Western Australia. It covers an area of approximately 20 km² in western metropolitan Perth, the capital of Western Australia and lies about 7 km west of the Perth CBD. The City of Nedlands maintains 137 km of roads, a little over 380 ha of parks and gardens, and has a population of about 21,000.

Contents 1 History 2 Wards 3 Suburbs 4 References 5 External links

[edit] History

The Claremont Road Board was gazetted in 1893. It was renamed to Nedlands Road Board in 1932 and on 1 March 1956 became a municipality, and on 1 July 1959, attained city status.^[1]

[edit] Wards

The town has been divided into 4 wards, each of 3 councillors. The mayor is directly elected.

• Coastal Ward
• Dalkeith Ward
• Hollywood Ward
• Melvista Ward

[edit] Suburbs

• Dalkeith
• Floreat *
• Karrakatta
• Mount Claremont
• Nedlands *
• Shenton Park *

* Shared with other council areas (Subiaco; Cambridge)

[edit] References

[edit] External links

• City of Nedlands Website

Western suburbs of Perth, Western Australia
City Beach | Claremont | Cottesloe | Crawley | Daglish | Dalkeith | Floreat | Jolimont | Karrakatta | Mosman Park | Mount Claremont | Nedlands | North Fremantle | Peppermint Grove | Shenton Park | Subiaco | Swanbourne | Wembley | Wembley Downs | West Leederville

Local Government Areas of Perth
Armadale | Bassendean | Bayswater | Belmont | Cambridge | Canning | Claremont | Cockburn | Cottesloe | East Fremantle | Fremantle | Gosnells | Joondalup | Kalamunda | Kwinana | Melville | Mundaring | Nedlands | Peppermint Grove | Perth | Rockingham | Serpentine-Jarrahdale | South Perth | Stirling | Subiaco | Swan | Victoria Park | Vincent | Wanneroo