Shire of Kalamunda

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Shire of Kalamunda
Western Australia

Location of Shire of Kalamunda within outer Perth metropolitan area.
Population: 46,059 (2001 census)
Established: 1897
Area: 324.2 km²
Mayor: Elizabeth Taylor
Council Seat: Kalamunda
Region: Darling Scarp
State District: Darling Range
Federal Division: Hasluck, Pearce
Website: http://www.kalamunda.wa.gov.au
LGAs around Shire of Kalamunda
Swan Mundaring Mundaring
Belmont
Canning
Shire of Kalamunda Metropolitan Boundary
Gosnells Armadale Metropolitan Boundary
This article is about a local government area. For the suburb, see Kalamunda, Western Australia.

The Shire of Kalamunda is a Local Government Area of Western Australia. It covers an area of approximately 324 km² in outer eastern metropolitan Perth, the capital of Western Australia and lies about 25km East of the Perth CBD. The Shire of Kalamunda has a population of 46,000.

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[edit] History

The Darling Range Road Board was gazetted in 1897. On 1 July 1961, it became the Kalamunda Shire Council after changes to the Local Government Act.[1]

[edit] Wards

The shire has been divided into 4 wards.

  • East Ward (1 councillor)
  • North Ward (3 councillors)
  • North West Ward (2 councillors)
  • South Ward (3 councillors)
  • South West Ward (3 councillors)

[edit] References

  1. ^ WA Electoral Commission, Municipality Boundary Amendments Register (release 2.0), 31 May 2003.

[edit] External links


Suburbs of the Shire of Kalamunda

Bickley | Canning Mills | Carmel | Forrestfield | Gooseberry Hill | Hacketts Gully | High Wycombe | Kalamunda | Lesmurdie | Maida Vale | Paulls Valley | Pickering Brook | Piesse Brook | Walliston | Wattle Grove


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