City of Gosnells
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| City of Gosnells | |
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| Geography | |
| State: | Western Australia |
| Region: | SE Metropolitan Perth |
| Area: | 128 km² |
| Council seat: | Gosnells |
| Demographics | |
| Population: | 79,456 (2001 census) |
| - Density: | 621 / km² |
| Born in Australia: | 66 % |
| Indigenous Australian origin: | 2.6 % |
| Government | |
 http://www.gosnells.wa.gov.au |
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| Mayor: | Patricia (Pat) Morris AM JP |
| Deputy Mayor: | Marjory Carol Matison OAM |
| Federal electorates: | Hasluck, Canning |
| State electorates: | Kenwick, Southern River, Serpentine-Jarrahdale |
- This article is about a local government authority. For the suburb, see Gosnells, Western Australia.
The City of Gosnells is a Local Government Area of Western Australia. It covers an area of approximately 128 km² in metropolitan Perth, the capital of Western Australia and lies about 21 km south-east of the Perth CBD. The City of Gosnells has a population of 80,000.
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[edit] History
Gosnells Road Board was created out of the abolished Canning Road Board on 1 July 1907. In 1923, it received land from Jandakot Road Board when that entity was abolished. In 1955, it was renamed to the Cockburn Road Board.
On 1 July 1961, Gosnells Road Board became a Shire Council following changes to the Local Government Act. On 1 July 1973 it became a Town and exactly four years later it attained City status.[1]
[edit] Wards
The city has been divided into 3 wards, each of 4 councillors. The mayor is directly elected.
- Canning Vale Ward
- Bickley Ward
- Gosnells Ward
[edit] Suburbs
- Beckenham
- Canning Vale *
- Gosnells
- Huntingdale
- Kenwick
- Langford
- Maddington
- Martin
- Orange Grove
- Southern River
- Thornlie
( * indicates suburb partially located within City)
[edit] References
- ^ WA Electoral Commission, Municipality Boundary Amendments Register (release 2.0), 31 May 2003.
[edit] External links
| Suburbs of the City of Gosnells | |
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Beckenham | Canning Vale | Gosnells | Huntingdale | Kenwick | Langford | Maddington | Martin | Orange Grove | Southern River | Thornlie |
| 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 |
