City of Vincent

The City of Vincent is a Local Government Area of Western Australia. It covers an area of approximately 10.4 km² in metropolitan Perth, the capital of Western Australia and lies about 3km from the Perth CBD. The City of Vincent maintains 139 km of roads, 104 ha of parks and gardens and has a population of 25,795 as of the 2006 census.

The city was previously known as the Town of Vincent, before gaining City status on 1 July 2011.^[2]

On 1 July 1994, the restructure of the City of Perth created three new local governments: the Towns of Vincent, Cambridge and Shepperton (now Victoria Park), plus a smaller City of Perth.

History

The City of Vincent is named after Vincent Street, an arterial road through the centre of the City that is also the location of the City's Council Chambers and administrative offices. The road is believed to have been named after George Vincent, the Chief Draftsman in the Lands Department and original grantee of land on the north side, east from Charles Street. He named it after himself on issue of the first Crown Grant of Perth, circa 1876.

Suburbs

• Highgate
• Leederville
• Mount Hawthorn
• North Perth
• East Perth *
• Mount Lawley *
• West Perth *
• Perth *

* Parts thereof

Population

Sister cities

The City of Vincent has signed a friendship charter with:

• Prilep, Prilep Municipality, Macedonia

See also

• AmpFest, Youth and music festival overseen by the City of Vincent

References

External links

• The City of Vincent Website