Shire of Serpentine-Jarrahdale
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| Shire of Serpentine-Jarrahdale Western Australia |
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| Population: • Density: |
10,825 (2001 census) 12/km² |
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| Area: | 905 km² | ||||||||||||
| Mayor: | Denyse L. Needham | ||||||||||||
| Council Seat: | Mundijong | ||||||||||||
| Region: | Peel region Rural Armadale |
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| State District: | Serpentine-Jarrahdale | ||||||||||||
| Federal Division: | Canning | ||||||||||||
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The Shire of Serpentine-Jarrahdale is a Local Government Area of Western Australia. It covers an area of approximately 905 km² in outer southern metropolitan Perth, the capital of Western Australia and lies about 45km South-East of the Perth CBD. The Shire of Serpentine-Jarrahdale has a population of 11,120.
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[edit] History
The Serpentine Road Board was gazetted in December 1894, and in 1913 changed name to Serpentine-Jarrahdale Road Board. On 1 July 1961, it became the Shire Council. In 1977, it acquired Byford from Armadale-Kelmscott Shire.[1]
[edit] Wards
The shire has been divided into 4 wards.
- Central (3 councillors)
- Byford (3 councillors)
- North West (2 councillors)
- South (2 councillors)
[edit] Suburbs/towns
- Byford
- Cardup
- Darling Downs
- Hopeland
- Jarrahdale
- Karrakup
- Keysbrook
- Mardella
- Mundijong
- Oakford
- Oldbury
- Serpentine
- Whitby
[edit] References
- ^ WA Electoral Commission, Municipality Boundary Amendments Register (release 2.0), 31 May 2003.
[edit] External links
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