The Shire of Peppermint Grove is a local government area in

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, Western Australia, southwest of the

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. At , it is the smallest local government area in Australia; it contains only the eponymous suburb, Peppermint Grove. The council comprises seven elected councillors, with no ward divisions.

History

The Peppermint Grove Road District was gazetted on 4 October 1895. On 1 July 1961, it became a shire under the ''Local Government Act 1960'', which reformed all remaining road districts into shires. The shire was located on the Perth–Fremantle road (now

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) and had received assistance in its maintenance in the past. In 2014 the Barnett Government sought to encourage the amalgamation of smaller Western Australian Local Governments and reduce the number of Perth metropolitan Councils from 30 to 16. This included the potential merger of Peppermint Grove with other western suburbs local governments, including

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, Nedlands, Mosman Park and Cottesloe. Community opposition and threats of legal action from Peppermint Grove and other local governments led to the collapse of the reform process.

Population

Heritage-listed places

As of 2021, 178 places are heritage-listed in the Shire of Peppermint Grove, of which seven are on the

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. In 2019, the Shire lost a six year legal battle with a resident who opposed the local government's heritage classification of his property.

References

External links

* {{Authority control Peppermint Grove Peppermint Grove, Western Australia