Town of Cottesloe
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| Town of Cottesloe Western Australia |
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 Location of Cottesloe, Western Australia |
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| Population: • Density: |
6,823 (2001 census) 1,747/km² |
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| Established: | 1895 | ||||||||||||
| Area: | 3.9 km² | ||||||||||||
| Mayor: | Kevin Morgan | ||||||||||||
| Council Seat: | Cottesloe | ||||||||||||
| Region: | West Metropolitan Perth | ||||||||||||
| State District: | Cottesloe | ||||||||||||
| Federal Division: | Curtin | ||||||||||||
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- 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
- ^ 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 |
