City of Melville

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City of Melville
Western Australia

Population: 93,003 (2006 census) [1]
Area: 52.73 km² (20.4 sq mi)
Mayor: Russell Aubrey
Council Seat: Booragoon
Region: South Metropolitan Perth
State District: Willagee, Alfred Cove, Murdoch, Riverton
Federal Division: Tangney, Fremantle
Website: http://www.melville.wa.gov.au
LGAs around City of Melville:
East Fremantle Swan River
Fremantle City of Melville Canning
Fremantle Cockburn Cockburn
This article is about a local government area. For the suburb, see Melville, Western Australia.

The City of Melville is a Local Government Area in the southern suburbs of the Western Australian capital city of Perth, located east of the port city of Fremantle and about 12 kilometres (7.5 mi) south of Perth's central business district. The City covers an area of 52.73 square kilometres (20.36 sq mi) and has a population of about 93,000 (2006). It's what you would call a leafy green area.

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[edit] History

In 1900, the East Fremantle Road Board was gazetted, and the following year was renamed to Melville Road Board. In 1923, it received a large amount of land from Jandakot Road Board when that entity was abolished.

On 1 July 1961, Melville Road Board became a Shire Council following changes to the Local Government Act. In 1962 it became a Town and in 1968 it attained City status.[2]

The City of Melville maintains 463 km of roads and 2.10 km² of parks and gardens.

[edit] Wards

The city has been divided into 6 wards, each of 2 councillors. Each councillor serves a four-year term, and half-elections are held every two years. The mayor is directly elected

  • Applecross-Mt Pleasant Ward
  • Bicton-Attadale Ward
  • Bullcreek-Leeming Ward
  • City Ward
  • Palmyra-Melville-Willagee Ward
  • University Ward

[edit] Suburbs

( * indicates suburb partially located within City)

Even though the main part of the suburb of Willetton belongs to the local government of City of Canning, a handful of streets near Karel Avenue belong to the City of Melville.

[edit] References

  1. ^ Australian Bureau of Statistics (25 October 2007). Melville (C) (Local Government Area). 2006 Census QuickStats. Retrieved on 2008-01-01.
  2. ^ WA Electoral Commission, Municipality Boundary Amendments Register (release 2.0), 31 May 2003.

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