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20-570: East Perth Gas Works was built in 1922 for the Perth City Council to produce town gas from coal , supplying the city of Perth in Western Australia . It could initially supply 28,000 cubic metres (1,000,000 cu ft) of gas per day. It was built on the site of the earlier 1886 Perth Gas Company plant. The works was situated on the north bank of Claise Brook and operated until its decommissioning in 1971. It

40-467: Is twinned with: The official Flag of Perth represents the city of Perth , Western Australia. It features the Saint George's Cross overlaid with the coat of arms of Perth in the centre. Though the designer of the flag is unknown, it is thought to have been designed prior to 1872. In the 1920s, the black swan was removed from the top left quadrant of the flag and replaced with the coat of arms in

60-714: Is commonly known as Perth City Council . The City covers the Perth city centre and surrounding suburbs. The City covers an area of 20.01 square kilometres (8 sq mi) and had an estimated population of 21,092 as at 30 June 2015. On 1 July 2016 the City expanded, absorbing 1,247 residents from the City of Subiaco . In 1829, Captain James Stirling founded Perth as part of the Swan River Colony . A Perth Town Trust

80-543: The City of Vincent . These localities are only partially contained within the City of Perth boundary. ** The parts of these localities were transferred from the City of Subiaco in 2016. These localities are only partially contained within the City of Perth boundary. The 1991 population has been broken down by the Australian Bureau of Statistics as follows: Perth (C) 7,604; Cambridge (T) 22,740; Victoria Park (T) 24,313; Vincent (T) 24,765. The City of Perth

100-668: The Town of Cambridge . The Town of Shepperton was renamed Victoria Park on 2 November 1994. The town is divided into two wards along Shepperton Road, each with four councillors: The councillors for the Banksia Ward are: The councillors for the Jarrah Ward are: The suburbs of the Town of Victoria Park with population and size figures based on the most recent Australian census : As of 2024 , 145 places are heritage-listed in

120-488: The Whadjuk Noongar people as the traditional owners of Noongar Country, the land on which the "City of Perth (Boorloo)" is located, signing the agreement "Yacker Danjoo Ngala Bidi" with Whadjuk elders on 10 August. The suburbs of the City of Perth with population and size figures based on the most recent Australian census : * The parts of these suburbs north of Newcastle and Summers Streets fall within

140-555: The greater Perth movement , the City absorbed the Municipality of North Perth (1901) and the Municipality of Leederville (1895), and on 1 November 1917, the Municipality of Victoria Park was also absorbed. A year later, it absorbed territory from Perth Road Board (including the Belmont Park Racecourse ) and purchased the 526 hectares (1,300 acres) Limekilns Estate in the western suburbs. The City developed

160-560: The City's boundaries to include a number of landmarks including Kings Park , University of Western Australia , Perth Children's Hospital and the Queen Elizabeth II Medical Centre . The boundary changes took effect on 1 July 2016. Approximately 1,247 residents from Nedlands and Subiaco in the City of Subiaco were transferred to the City of Perth, and the City expanded to a total area of 20.01 square kilometres (8 sq mi). The Perth City Council

180-692: The capital of Western Australia . It had a population of approximately 35,000 as at the 2016 census . It lies on the southern side of the Swan River , to the south-east of the Perth CBD , and is connected to Fremantle and South Perth via Canning Highway ; to the Perth CBD by Graham Farmer Freeway and The Causeway ; to Belmont and Perth Airport by Great Eastern Highway and to Cannington by Shepperton Road and Albany Highway . The Perth–Armadale rail line passes through Burswood and forms

200-573: The centre of the cross. The coat of arms were originally granted to the City of Perth on 2 December 1926. They were altered with the addition of part of the arms of Perth, Scotland in 1949. As of 2024 , 1,032 places are heritage-listed in the City of Perth, of which 226 are on the State Register of Heritage Places . Town of Victoria Park The Town of Victoria Park is a local government area of Western Australia . It covers an area of 17.62 km² in metropolitan Perth ,

220-427: The eastern boundaries of Lathlain and Carlisle . The Town of Victoria Park is bounded on the east by the City of Belmont , on the south by the City of Canning on the west by the City of South Perth and on the north by City of Vincent and the City of Perth . 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

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240-515: The grounds that the development of the western suburbs had led to the neglect of health and building administration in the central city area. By 1962, the council had 27 members representing nine wards. In 1963 the Metropolitan Region Town Planning Scheme Act required the City to establish a town planning department—which they did by appointing architect Paul Ritter in 1965. Ritter’s two year tenure

260-434: The land, was undertaken to remove the contaminated soils created by the works. Remediation included dredging of 6 hectares (15 acres) of adjacent riverbeds and removal and treatment of 10,000 cubic metres (350,000 cu ft) of soil. Perth City Council The City of Perth is a local government area and body, within the Perth metropolitan area, which is the capital of Western Australia. The local government

280-446: The passage of the City of Perth Restructuring Act (1993) , the City of Perth was broken up and a significantly reduced City of Perth constituted. The Town of Shepperton , Town of Cambridge and Town of Vincent were created from the former boundaries of the City. The first elections were held on 6 May 1995, with eight councillors and a mayor. The City of Perth Act 2016 defined Perth as the capital of Western Australia, and expanded

300-535: The suburbs of Floreat Park, Wembley Park and City Beach on these lands. In 1925, a new City of Perth Act gave the City additional powers over building control and regulation, including the power to declare new streets. In 1930 the first town planning committee was established. Criticism of the City’s governance by the David Davidson , the state's Town Planning Commissioner, led to a Royal Commission in 1938 on

320-492: Was dismantled over a number of years, and the landmark 20-sided gasometer known as the "No. 2 Cityholder" was removed in 1985. As a result of the processes in its operation, land surrounding the works was badly contaminated with polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs). From the mid-1980s, a major environmental remediation project on behalf of the State Energy Commission of Western Australia , which owned

340-460: Was formed in 1838, but remained largely non-functional for many years due to lack of finance and administrative capacity leading to its dissolution in 1858. The City of Perth was officially declared on 23 September 1856 with Council meeting for the first time in December 1858. In 1871, the City of Perth was reconstituted as a Municipal Corporation. In 1915, following the efforts of WE Bold and

360-484: Was reconstituted as the Municipality of Victoria Park on 30 April 1897, but was amalgamated into the City of Perth 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 City of Perth and create three new municipalities: the Town of Shepperton, Town of Vincent and

380-566: Was short and turbulent, leading to public conflict with councillors and his termination in 1967. The City’s first town planning scheme was submitted to the Town Planning Board in 1973, but not formally adopted until 1985. The reason for the delay was a state government desire to take discretionary powers out of the hands of the Council. Council was felt to be too easily influenced by powerful developers. On 1 July 1994, following

400-430: Was suspended on 2 March 2018, pending the establishment of a public inquiry into the council, by Local Government Minister David Templeman . The council was administered by three Commissioners until 18 October 2020. The two-year Inquiry carried out up until that point, conducted at a cost of nearly A$ 8.0m made many findings, none of which resulted in criminal conviction. In July 2021, the City of Perth formally recognised

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