:Town of Mosman Park
{{About|a local government area|the suburb|Mosman Park, Western Australia}}
{{Use Australian English|date=March 2015}}
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{{Infobox Australian place | type = lga
| name = Town of Mosman Park
| state = wa
| image = Camelot, Mosman Park, December 2021 05.jpg
| caption = The state heritage listed Memorial Hall, constructed as local hall and offices for the Buckland Hill Roads Board in 1921
| image2 = Mosman Park LGA WA.png
| image2_upright = 0.9
| caption2 = The Town of Mosman Park within the Perth Metropolitan Area
| local_map = yes
| zoom = 12
| pop =
| pop_year =
| pop_footnotes =
| est = 1899
| area = 4.3
| mayor = Paul Shaw
| seat = Mosman Park
| region = West Metropolitan Perth
| stategov = Cottesloe
| fedgov = Curtin
| logo = Mosman park logo.png
| url = http://www.mosmanpark.wa.gov.au
| near-n = Peppermint Grove
| near-ne = Swan River
| near-e = Swan River
| near-se = Swan River
| near-s = Swan River
| near-sw = Indian Ocean, Fremantle
| near-w = Cottesloe
| near-nw = Cottesloe
}}
The Town of Mosman Park is a local government area of Western Australia. It covers an area of approximately 4.3 km2 in western metropolitan Perth, the capital of Western Australia and lies about 14 km southwest of the Perth CBD and 5 km from Fremantle.
History
The Buckland Hill Road District was created on 6 October 1899.{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article32661193 |title=BUCKLAND HILL ROAD BOARD. |newspaper=The West Australian |location=Perth |date=17 March 1932 |access-date=5 March 2015 |page=13 |publisher=National Library of Australia}} It was renamed the Cottesloe Beach Road District on 2 July 1909, but reverted to the Buckland Hill name on 10 October 1930.{{cite web | url=http://www.boundaries.wa.gov.au/sites/default/files/content/documents//2003_municipal_boundary_amendments_register.pdf | title=Municipality Boundary Amendments Register | publisher=Western Australian Electoral Distribution Commission | access-date=11 January 2020}}
It was renamed the Mosman Park Road District on 12 February 1937. It became the Shire of Mosman Park with effect from 1 July 1961 following the passage of the Local Government Act 1960, which reformed all remaining road districts into shires. It assumed its current name when it was granted town status on 26 January 1962.
Wards
The town has six councillors and a mayor. The town is split into North and South wards.
Suburbs
Mosman Park is the only suburb within this municipality.
Population
{{historical populations|cols=2|align=none
| percentages=pagr
| 1911 | 1,704
| 1921 | 3,221
| 1933 | 3,628
| 1947 | 5,442
| 1954 | 6,199
| 1961 | 5,862
| 1966 | 5,793
| 1971 | 7,199
| 1976 | 6,760
| 1981 | 7,018
| 1986 | 6,688
| 1991 | 7,254
| 1996 | 7,337
| 2001 | 7,732
| 2006 | 8,251
| 2011 | 8,598
| 2016 | 8,757
| 2021 | 9,169
}}
Heritage listed places
{{main|List of State Register of Heritage Places in the Town of Mosman Park}}
{{As of|2024}}, 91 places are heritage-listed in the Town of Mosman Park,{{cite web |url=http://inherit.stateheritage.wa.gov.au/Public/Search/Results?newSearch=True&placeNameContains=&streetNameContains=&suburbOrTownContains=&lgaContains=mosman+park&isCurrentlyStateRegistered=false|title=Town of Mosman Park Heritage Places|author= |website=inherit.stateheritage.wa.gov.au |publisher=Heritage Council of Western Australia |access-date=2 March 2024 }} of which seven are on the State Register of Heritage Places, among them the Leighton Battery.{{cite web |url=http://inherit.stateheritage.wa.gov.au/Public/Search/Results?newSearch=True&placeNameContains=&streetNameContains=&suburbOrTownContains=&lgaContains=mosman+park&isCurrentlyStateRegistered=true&isCurrentlyStateRegistered=false|title=Town of Mosman Park State Register of Heritage Places|author= |website=inherit.stateheritage.wa.gov.au |publisher=Heritage Council of Western Australia |access-date=2 March 2024 }}
See also
- AmpFest, Youth and music festival overseen by the Town of Mosman Park
References
{{Reflist}}
External links
- {{Official website}}
- [http://www.lgam.info/mosman-park-town-council Local Government & Municipal Knowledge Base – Mosman Park Town Council Page]
- The Grove Community History Library
{{Local Government Areas of Western Australia}}
{{Perth western suburbs}}
{{Authority control}}
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