The Town of Victoria Park is a

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. It covers an area of 17.62 km² in metropolitan

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 ...

, the capital of

. It had a population of approximately 35,000 as at the 2016 Census. It lies on the southern side of the Swan River, at the eastern end of the

Perth CBD 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 ...

, and is connected to

Fremantle Fremantle () () is a port city in Western Australia, located at the mouth of the Swan River in the metropolitan area of Perth, the state capital. Fremantle Harbour serves as the port of Perth. The Western Australian vernacular diminutive for ...

and South Perth via

Canning Highway Canning Highway is an arterial road in Perth, Western Australia, linking the inner Perth suburb of Victoria Park in the north-east, to the port city of Fremantle in the south-west. The road is mostly a four-lane divided carriageway, with a g ...

; to the

CBD by

Graham Farmer Freeway Graham Farmer Freeway is a inner-city freeway in Perth, Western Australia. It links Rivervale and Burswood with West Perth and Leederville, providing an east-west bypass of Perth's central business district. The freeway, in conjunction w ...

and

The Causeway The Causeway is an arterial traffic crossing in Perth, Western Australia, linking the inner-city suburbs of East Perth and Victoria Park. It is carried over the Swan River at the eastern end of Perth Water by two bridges on either side of ...

; to Belmont and

Perth Airport Perth Airport is an international, domestic and general aviation airport serving Perth, the capital city of Western Australia. It is the fourth busiest airport in Australia measured by passenger movements and falls within the boundaries of ...

Great Eastern Highway Great Eastern Highway is a road that links the Western Australian capital of Perth with the city of Kalgoorlie. A key route for road vehicles accessing the eastern Wheatbelt and the Goldfields, it is the western portion of the main road link ...

and to Cannington by Shepperton Road and

Albany Highway Albany Highway links Western Australia's capital city Perth with its oldest settlement, Albany, on the state's south coast. The highway travels through the southern Wheatbelt and Great Southern regions, and is designated State Route ...

. The Perth-Armadale rail line passes through Burswood and forms the eastern boundaries of Lathlain and

Carlisle Carlisle ( , ; from xcb, Caer Luel) is a city that lies within the Northern England, Northern English county of Cumbria, south of the Anglo-Scottish border, Scottish border at the confluence of the rivers River Eden, Cumbria, Eden, River C ...

. The Town of Victoria Park is bounded on the east by the

City of Belmont The City of Belmont is a local government area in the inner eastern suburbs of the Western Australian capital city of Perth, located about east of Perth's central business district on the south bank of the Swan River. The City covers an are ...

, on the south by the

City of Canning The City of Canning is a local government area in the southeastern suburbs of the Western Australian capital city of Perth, about southeast of Perth's central business district. The City covers an area of and had a population of approximatel ...

on the west by the

City of South Perth The City of South Perth is a local government area in the inner southern suburbs of the Western Australian capital city of Perth about south of Perth's central business district. The City covers an area of , maintains of roads and a lit ...

and on the north by City of Vincent and the

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History

Victoria Park first had its own local government between 1894 and 1917. The Victoria Park Road District was established on 17 May 1894. The road district was reconstituted as the

Municipality of Victoria Park The Municipality of Victoria Park was a local government area in the inner eastern suburbs of Perth, Western Australia. It was first established as the Victoria Park Road District on 17 May 1894. The first election was held on 9 July 1894. The ...

on 30 April 1897, but was amalgamated into the

on 1 November 1917. The modern Town of Victoria Park was established as the Town of Shepperton on 1 July 1994 as a result of the Government of Western Australia having decided to split up part of the

and create three new municipalities: the Town of Shepperton, Town of Vincent and the

Town of Cambridge The Town of Cambridge is a local government area in the inner western suburbs of the Western Australian capital city of Perth, about west of Perth's central business district and extending to the Indian Ocean at City Beach. The Town covers ...

. The Town of Shepperton was renamed Victoria Park on 2 November 1994.

Wards

The town is divided into two wards along Shepperton Road, each with four councillors: * Banksia Ward (previously the Carlisle Ward) * Jarrah Ward (previously the Victoria Park Ward)

Councillors

The councillors for the Banksia Ward are:Your mayor and councillors
/ref> * Claire Anderson * Ronhhda Potter * Wilfred Hendriks * Luana Lisandro The councillors for the Jarrah Ward are: * Brian Oliver * Bronwyn Ife (Deputy Mayor) * Vicki Potter * Jesvin Karimi

Population

Suburbs

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

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: *( * indicates suburb is shared with

) *( ** indicates suburb is shared with

)

Heritage-listed places

As of 2021, 138 places are heritage-listed in the Town of Victoria Park, of which nine 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 the Burswood canal,

Kent Street Senior High School Kent Street Senior High School is a public co-educational specialist high day and boarding school in the Town of Victoria Park, located on Kent Street in East Victoria Park, a suburb of Perth, Western Australia. Over 50 percent of students a ...

and Victoria Park Post Office.

References

External links

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Victoria Park Victoria Park may refer to: Places Australia * Victoria Park Nature Reserve, a protected area in Northern Rivers region, New South Wales * Victoria Park, Adelaide, a park and racecourse * Victoria Park, Brisbane, a public park and former golf ...