The Town of Cambridge is a

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in the inner western

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of the

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n capital city of

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, about west of Perth's central business district and extending to the

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at City Beach. The Town covers an area of and had a population of almost 27,000 as at the 2016 Census. It was originally part of the

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before the restructuring by the Western Australian State Government in 1994.

History

Historically the area was part of the North Perth municipality, gazetted in 1901, which was absorbed into the

in 1915 after becoming unsustainable as an autonomous political entity. In 1993 the Government of Western Australia decided to split up the

(LGA) of the City of Perth, creating three additional LGAs and retaining a smaller City of Perth. The new LGAs were

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, Town of Cambridge and the

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. In October 2020, the Town won an injunction against the state government's efforts to suspend the Council due to suspicions about interference in Town administration. This was the first time a local government in Western Australia successfully challenged ministerial authority to suspend a Council.

Parks and reserves

Cambridge has many parks and reserves. The Town has two major reserves,

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and Perry Lakes, as well as 4.8 km of coastline, including City Beach and Floreat Beach and their respective parks, and the nearby dunes.

Wards

The city has been divided into 2 wards, each electing 4 councillors. * Coast Ward * Wembley Ward

Suburbs

The suburbs of the Town of Cambridge with population and size figures based on the most recent

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: (* indicates suburb only partially located within Town)

Population

Heritage listed places

As of 2021, 135 places are heritage-listed in the Town of Cambridge, of which eleven are on the

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, among them the Model Brick Home and Model Timber Home.

References

External links

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