The Shire of Mundaring is a
local government area in
eastern metropolitan Perth
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, the capital of
Western Australia
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. The Shire covers an area of and had a population of approximately 38,000 as at the
2016 Census.
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:
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Beelu National Park
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Greenmount National Park
Greenmount National Park is a national park in the locality of Greenmount, Western Australia, 22 km east of Perth.
It is one of the smaller national parks along the Darling Scarp and is a component of the Darling Range Regional Park.
Due t ...
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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 Nat ...
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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
![The Volunteer 2016, Art Piece, Parkerville](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/b/b2/The_Volunteer_2016%2C_Art_Piece%2C_Parkerville.jpg)
The Shire is recognised for its natural environment and has numerous walk and ride trails:
*
Bibbulmun Track
The Bibbulmun Track is a long-distance walk trail in Western Australia. It runs from Kalamunda in the east of Perth to Albany, and is long.
It is managed by government agencies, and has a foundation.
It traverses the Darling Range and has i ...
* C Y O'Connor Trail
* Eagle View Walk Trail
* Forsyths Mill Mountain Bike Track
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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 appro ...
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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 ...
Trails
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Munda Biddi Trail
The Munda Biddi Trail is a long-distance mostly off-road cycling trail in Western Australia. It runs for over from Mundaring to Albany. The completed Munda Biddi Trail opened end-to-end in April 2013 when it claimed the title of the longest c ...
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Railway Reserves Heritage Trail
The Railway Reserves Heritage Trail also on some maps as ''Rail Reserve Heritage Trail'' or ''Rail Reserves Historical Trail'', and frequently referred to locally as the ''Bridle Trail'' or ''Bridle Track'' is within the Shire of Mundaring in ...
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Weir View Walk
Suburbs and localities
The suburbs and localities of the Shire of Mundaring with population and size figures based on the
most recent Australian census
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:
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
The State Register of Heritage Places is the heritage register of historic sites in Western Australia deemed significant at the state level by the Heritage Council of Western Australia.
History
In the 1970s, following its establishment of the ...
, among them
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 Nat ...
,
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 ...
and the
Swan View Tunnel.
See also
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2014 Perth Hills bushfire
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2021 Wooroloo bushfire
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References
External links
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