The Shire of Mundaring is a

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in eastern metropolitan Perth, the capital of Western Australia. The Shire covers an area of and had a population of approximately 38,000 as at the

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History

The Greenmount Road District was created on 17 April 1903. On 29 March 1934, it was renamed the Mundaring Road District. On 1 July 1961, it became the Shire of Mundaring following the passage of the ''Local Government Act 1960'', which reformed all remaining road districts into shires.

Statistics

Mundaring Shire has published the following statistics for the period 1994-2006: * Population: 35,097 * Area: 643.32 km² * Rateable area: 205.91 km² * Rateable properties: 15,251 * Revenue: A$50.1M * Vested reserves: 104.60 km² * Forests and National Parks: 238.30 km²

Wards

The shire is divided into four wards. * West Ward - three councillors * South Ward - three councillors * Central Ward - three councillors * East Ward - three councillors

National Parks

The Shire contains three national parks and numerous nature reserves: *

Beelu National Park Beelu National Park is a national park east of Perth, Western Australia. Lying south of Mundaring, Western Australia, and west of the Mundaring Weir Road, it is part of the group of parks known as the ''Parks of the Darling Range''. The park was ...

* Greenmount National Park *

John Forrest National Park John Forrest National Park is a national park in the Darling Scarp, east of Perth, Western Australia. Proclaimed as a national park in November 1900, it was the first national park in Western Australia and the second in Australia after Royal Na ...

Lake Leschenaultia Lake Leschenaultia, Western Australia is a former railway dam that is now a recreational lake in the Shire of Mundaring just north of the location of an important railway stopping place on the original Eastern Railway. The dam holds approximat ...

* Mundaring Weir and Interpretation Precinct

Trails

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The Shire is recognised for its natural environment and has numerous walk and ride trails: * Bibbulmun Track * C Y O'Connor Trail * Eagle View Walk Trail * Forsyths Mill Mountain Bike Track *

Kep Track The Kep Track is a bicycle, walking and horse track in the Darling Range and further east in Western Australia. It commences at Mundaring Weir and proceeds through Chidlow, Wooroloo, Wundowie, Bakers Hill and Clackline to Northam, for app ...

Trails * Munda Biddi Trail * Railway Reserves Heritage Trail * Weir View Walk

Suburbs and localities

The suburbs and localities of the Shire of Mundaring with population and size figures based on the

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Australian census:

Population

Presidents and chairmen

Heritage-listed places

As of 2021, 143 places are heritage-listed in the Shire of Mundaring, of which 24 are on the State Register of Heritage Places, among them

and the

Swan View Tunnel The Swan View Tunnel is a former railway tunnel located on the southern side of the Jane Brook valley in the outer Perth suburb of Swan View in the John Forrest National Park on the edge of the Darling Scarp. After its closure as a railway tunn ...

References

External links

* {{Coord, -31.897, 116.171, type:adm2nd_region:AU-WA, format=dms, display=title Mundaring