The Greater Perth Movement describes a movement in the first two decades of the twentieth century to consolidate the town planning and urban administration of the
Perth metropolitan region
The Perth metropolitan region or the Perth metropolitan area is the administrative area and geographical extent of the Western Australian capital city of Perth and its conurbation.
It generally includes the coastal strip from Two Rocks in th ...
of
Western Australia
Western Australia (commonly abbreviated as WA) is a state of Australia occupying the western percent of the land area of Australia excluding external territories. It is bounded by the Indian Ocean to the north and west, the Southern Ocean to th ...
under municipal governance. The movement is most strongly associated with its chief proponent,
W.E. Bold, who was influenced by ideas of
municipal socialism
Municipal socialism is a type of socialism that uses local government to further socialist aims. It is a form of municipalism in which its explicitly socialist aims are clearly stated. In some contexts the word "municipalism" was tainted with th ...
, and saw its initial successes in the amalgamation of the local governments of
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 ...
,
North Perth and
Leederville in 1914, joined by
Victoria Park Victoria Park may refer to:
Places Australia
* Victoria Park Nature Reserve, a protected area in Northern Rivers region, New South Wales
* Victoria Park, Adelaide, a park and racecourse
* Victoria Park, Brisbane, a public park and former golf ...
in 1917. Following the 1920s there was a shift away from municipal consolidation towards metropolitan planning under statutory authorities of the state government commencing with the creation of the
Metropolitan Region Planning Committee in 1963.
Overview
The movement is characterised as a period of conflict between those who sought a metropolitan municipal authority with control of key infrastructure and services, and the growth of state government control via statutory authorities.
The consolidation of the City of Perth was reversed in 1993 with the creation of three new local government authorities within the former boundaries: the
City of Vincent
The City of Vincent is a local government area of Western Australia. It covers an area of approximately in metropolitan Perth, the capital of Western Australia, and lies about 3 km from the Perth CBD. The City of Vincent maintains 139&nbs ...
, the
Town of Cambridge
The Town of Cambridge is a local government area in the inner western suburbs of the Western Australian capital city of Perth, about west of Perth's central business district and extending to the Indian Ocean at City Beach. The Town covers a ...
and the
Town of Victoria Park
The Town of Victoria Park is a local government area of Western Australia. It covers an area of 17.62 km² in metropolitan Perth, the capital of Western Australia. It had a population of approximately 35,000 as at the 2016 Census.
It l ...
.
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See also
*
Greater Newcastle Act 1937
Greater Newcastle Act 1937 was a New South Wales statute with the purpose of amalgamating a series of Local Government Areas of New South Wales, local government areas to create the City of Newcastle, City of Greater Newcastle. The Act also trans ...
*
City of Brisbane
The City of Brisbane is a local government area (LGA) which comprises the inner portion of the metropolitan area of Brisbane, the capital of Queensland, Australia. Its governing body is the Brisbane City Council. Unlike LGAs in the other mainl ...
References
History of Perth, Western Australia
Urban planning in Australia