Established 1994 Federal Division(s) Swan Area 17.62 km² Local time Tuesday 7:36 AM | Mayor Trevor Vaughan Website Town of Victoria Park Population 27,955 (2006) Council seat Victoria Park | |
Region South Metropolitan Perth State electorate(s) Victoria Park, South Perth Weather 18°C, Wind E at 21 km/h, 65% Humidity | ||
The Town of Victoria Park is a local government area of Western Australia, Australia. It covers an area of 17.62 km² in metropolitan Perth, the capital of Western Australia. The Town of Victoria Park maintains 154.55 km of roads and a little over 1 km² of parks and gardens. It had a population of 32,433 at the 2011 census.
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Map of Victoria Park, WA, Australia
It lies on the southern side of the Swan River, at the eastern end of the Perth CBD, and is connected to Fremantle and South Perth via Canning Highway; to the Perth CBD by Graham Farmer Freeway and The Causeway; to Belmont and Perth Airport by Great Eastern Highway and to Cannington by Shepperton Road and Albany Highway. The Perth-Armadale rail line passes through Burswood and forms the eastern boundaries of Lathlain and Carlisle.
The Town of Victoria Park is bounded on the east by the City of Belmont, on the south by the City of Canning on the west by the City of South Perth and on the north by City of Vincent and the City of Perth.
History
Governed by a road board from 1894, it was declared a municipality in 1897 with Hugh Duncan as the first mayor. It was amalgamated into the City of Perth in 1917 after becoming unsustainable as an autonomous political entity. The last mayor was Charles Harper.
On 1 July 1994, the Government of Western Australia decided to split up the local government area of the City of Perth, creating three additional LGAs and retain a smaller City of Perth. The new LGAs were the Town of Vincent, the Town of Cambridge and the Town of Shepperton which was later changed to its current name
Wards
The town is divided into two wards along Shepperton Road, each with four councillors:
Councillors
The councillors for the Banksia Ward are:
The councillors for the Jarrah Ward are: