Town of Cottesloe

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Town of Cottesloe
Western Australia

Location of Cottesloe, Western Australia
Population:
Density:
6,823 (2001 census)
1,747/km²
Established: 1895
Area: 3.9 km²
Mayor: Kevin Morgan
Council Seat: Cottesloe
Region: West Metropolitan Perth
State District: Cottesloe
Federal Division: Curtin
Website: http://www.cottesloe.wa.gov.au
LGAs around Town of Cottesloe
Nedlands Claremont
Indian Ocean Town of Cottesloe Peppermint Grove
Mosman Park
This article is about a local government area. For the suburb, see Cottesloe, Western Australia.

The Town of Cottesloe is a Local Government Area of Western Australia. It covers an area of approximately 4 km² in western metropolitan Perth, the capital of Western Australia and lies about 11 km west of the Perth CBD. The Town of Cottesloe maintains 45.7 km of roads and has a population of 6,823.

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[edit] History

The Cottesloe Road Board was gazetted in 1895 and became a Municipal Council in 1907. On 1 July 1961, it became a Town Council following changes to the Local Government Act.[1]

[edit] Wards

The town has been divided into 4 wards. The mayor is directly elected.

  • Central Ward (2 councillors)
  • East Ward (2 councillors)
  • South Ward (2 councillors)
  • North Ward (4 councillors)

[edit] Suburbs

The suburb of Cottesloe is the only suburb within this local government area, but a small portion (four short streets) of the suburb of Claremont lies within the north-eastern corner.

[edit] References

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

[edit] External links


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