The Town of Midland was a
local government area
A local government area (LGA) is an administrative division of a country that a local government is responsible for. The size of an LGA varies by country but it is generally a subdivision of a State (administrative division), state, province, divi ...
in the eastern suburbs 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 ...
, Western Australia, centred on the suburb of
Midland.
History
It was established as the Municipality of Helena Vale on 8 November 1895, when it was proclaimed as the local government authority for the rapidly growing town of
Helena Vale. The name "Helena Vale" was chosen because of its closeness to the
Helena River
The Helena River is a tributary of the Swan River in Western Australia. The river rises in country east of Mount Dale and flows north-west to Mundaring Weir, where it is dammed. It then flows west until it reaches the Darling Scarp.
It passes ...
.
The first meeting of the newly elected Municipality of Helena Vale was held at the
goods shed
A goods shed is a railway building designed for storing goods before or after carriage in a train. A typical goods shed will have a track running through it to allow goods wagons to be unloaded under cover, although sometimes they were built ...
of the
Midland Railway Company on 18 December 1895. Edwin Halpin was sworn in as the first mayor, along with councillors Alfred Eggleston, Thomas Norman, William Smiley, Alexander Watt, Francis Honey and William Brown.
On 12 April 1901, it was renamed the Municipality of Midland Junction after the
Midland Junction railway station
The Midland Junction railway station was an important junction station on the Eastern Railway of Western Australia until its closure in 1966.
Its history started on 1 March 1886 when Frederick Broome, then Governor of Western Australia, turn ...
that had opened in 1894. On 1 July 1961, it was restyled the Town of Midland following the enactment of the ''Local Government Act 1960''.
State Government
A state government is the government that controls a subdivision of a country in a federal form of government, which shares political power with the federal or national government. A state government may have some level of political autonomy, or ...
to merge with the Shire of Swan-Guildford
The Shire of Swan-Guildford was a local government area in Perth Western Australia.
It was established as the Swan-Guildford Road District on 10 June 1960 with the amalgamation of the Municipality of Guildford and the Swan Road District, which bot ...
to form a new council that would operate effectively and economically for the area, the Shire (later City) of Swan. It is now a major suburb within the City of Swan
The City of Swan is a local government area of Western Australia. It is in the eastern metropolitan region of Perth and includes the Swan Valley and 42 suburbs. It is centred approximately 20 km north-east of the Perth central business d ...
.
Population
Mayors
See also
* Midland Railway Workshops
The Midland Railway Workshops in Midland, Western Australia, were the main workshops for the Western Australian Government Railways (WAGR) for over 80 years.
History
The first railway workshops in Western Australia were located at Fremantle an ...
References
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Midland
Midland, Western Australia
City of Swan