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List Of Mayors Of Melville
The City of Melville in Perth, Western Australia was originally established on 14 December 1900 as the East Fremantle Road Board with a chairman and councillors under the ''Roads Boards Act 1871''. It was renamed Melville six months later, and with the passage of the ''Local Government Act 1960'', all road boards became Shires with a shire president and councillors effective 1 July 1961. The Shire of Melville was declared a town on 28 September 1962, at which point the president became a mayor. Melville attained city status on 3 May 1968. Chairmen Shire presidents Mayors : Known under her maiden name Katy Mair until 2003. : Second tenure. References {{DEFAULTSORT:Melville Lists of local government leaders in Western Australia City of Melville ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
City Of Melville
The City of Melville is a local government area in the southern suburbs of the Western Australian capital city of Perth, east of the port city of Fremantle and about south of Perth's central business district. The City covers an area of and had a population of about 98,000 as at the 2016 Census. History Melville was originally established on 14 December 1900 as the East Fremantle Road District under the ''Roads Boards Act 1871''. It was renamed the Melville Road District six months later on 14 June 1901. On 20 July 1923, it received a large amount of land from Jandakot Road District when that entity was abolished. On 1 July 1961, it became the Shire of Melville following the enactment of the ''Local Government Act 1960'', which reformed all remaining road districts into shires. It was granted town status as the Town of Melville on 28 September 1962, and assumed its current name when it was granted city status on 3 May 1968. The City of Melville maintains 463 km of r ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Perth
Perth is the capital and largest city of the Australian state of Western Australia. It is the fourth most populous city in Australia and Oceania, with a population of 2.1 million (80% of the state) living in Greater Perth in 2020. Perth is part of the South West Land Division of Western Australia, with most of the metropolitan area on the Swan Coastal Plain between the Indian Ocean and the Darling Scarp. The city has expanded outward from the original British settlements on the Swan River, upon which the city's central business district and port of Fremantle are situated. Perth is located on the traditional lands of the Whadjuk Noongar people, where Aboriginal Australians have lived for at least 45,000 years. Captain James Stirling founded Perth in 1829 as the administrative centre of the Swan River Colony. It was named after the city of Perth in Scotland, due to the influence of Stirling's patron Sir George Murray, who had connections with the area. It gained city statu ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Herbert John Locke
Herbert John Locke (1864–1944) was Mayor of East Fremantle, Western Australia from 1924–1931 and 1934–1944. He married Ann Rachel White in 1893. A furniture factory, ''Locke's Ltd.'' in Ada Street, South Fremantle was founded by Herbert's brother Charles James Locke. Herbert Locke owned land in White Gum Valley. A park, ''Locke Park'', on the corner of Moss and Fletcher streets in East Fremantle, is named in his honour. References 1944 deaths Mayors of places in Western Australia 1864 births Western Australian local councillors English emigrants to colonial Australia 20th-century Australian politicians {{Australia-politician-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
George Gear
George Gear (born 8 March 1947) is a former Australian politician. , he is the mayor of the City of Melville in Western Australia, and had previously served from 1983 to 1996 in Federal Parliament including as Assistant Treasurer under the Keating government. Background Gear was born in Kalgoorlie, Western Australia and received a Bachelor of Education at Mount Lawley College of Advanced Education, a Diploma of Electrical Engineering at Fremantle Technical College and a Diploma of Technical Teaching from Perth Technical College. Prior to entering federal parliament, he was a lecturer in electrical trades and engineering at TAFE. In 1969, he married Carol Howman and they have one son and one daughter. Career Gear was elected for the Australian Labor Party as the member for the seat of Tangney at the 1983 election for the Australian House of Representatives, defeating incumbent Liberal Peter Shack. However, after a redistribution erased his majority and made Tang ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lists Of Local Government Leaders In Western Australia
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