City of Melville
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| City of Melville | |
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| Geography | |
| State: | Western Australia |
| Region: | South Metropolitan Perth |
| Area: | 52.73 km² |
| Council seat: | Booragoon |
| Demographics | |
| Population: | 90,264 (2001 census) |
| - Density: | 1,737 / km² |
| Born in Australia: | 65 % |
| Indigenous Australian origin: | 0.54 % |
| Government | |
http://www.melville.wa.gov.au |
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| Mayor: | Katherine Jackson JP |
| Deputy Mayor: | Clive Robartson OAM |
| Federal electorates: | Tangney, Fremantle |
| State electorates: | Willagee, Alfred Cove, Murdoch, Riverton |
- This article is about a local government area. For the suburb, see Melville, Western Australia.
The City of Melville is a Local Government Area of Western Australia. It covers an area of 52.73 km² in metropolitan Perth, the capital of Western Australia and lies about 10 km south of the Perth CBD. The City of Melville maintains 463 km of roads, 2.10 km² of parks and gardens and has a population of about 91,000.
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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.[1]
[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
- Alfred Cove
- Applecross
- Ardross
- Attadale
- Bateman
- Bicton
- Booragoon
- Brentwood
- Bull Creek
- Kardinya
- Leeming *
- Melville
- Mount Pleasant
- Murdoch
- Myaree
- Palmyra
- Willagee
- Winthrop
( * indicates suburb partially located within City)
Even though the main part of the suburb, 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
- ^ WA Electoral Commission, Municipality Boundary Amendments Register (release 2.0), 31 May 2003.
[edit] External links
| Suburbs of the City of Melville | |
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Alfred Cove | Applecross | Ardross | Attadale | Bateman | Bicton | Booragoon | Brentwood | Bull Creek | Kardinya | Leeming | Melville | Mount Pleasant | Murdoch | Myaree | Palmyra | Willagee | Winthrop |
| 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 |
