City of Nedlands
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City of Nedlands Western Australia |
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Population: • Density: |
21,047 (2001 census) 1,052/km² |
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Area: | 20 km² | ||||||||||||
Mayor: | Laurie Taylor | ||||||||||||
Council Seat: | Nedlands | ||||||||||||
Region: | West Metropolitan Perth | ||||||||||||
State District: | Nedlands | ||||||||||||
Federal Division: | Curtin | ||||||||||||
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- 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.
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[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
* Shared with other council areas (Subiaco; Cambridge)
[edit] References
- ^ WA Electoral Commission, Municipality Boundary Amendments Register (release 2.0), 31 May 2003.
[edit] External links
Western suburbs of Perth, Western Australia | |
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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 | |
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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 |