Municipality of Victoria Park

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The Municipality of Victoria Park was a local government area in the inner eastern suburbs of Perth, Western Australia.

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It was first established as the Victoria Park Road District on 17 May 1894. [1] The first election was held on 9 July 1894. [2]

The road board was reconstituted as the Municipality of Victoria Park on 30 April 1897. [3] It had, at that time, an area of 4,198 acres, a population of 1,197 and 350 dwellings. The reconstituted municipality consisted of a chairman and six councillors, with two auditors, increasing to nine councillors in 1898 due to a rising population. The municipal boundaries were extended on 27 April 1900. [2]

The municipality built a town hall on Albany Highway as their new headquarters in 1899, opening on 11 September that year. [4] [5] It remained a meeting and function venue for many years afterwards, but was demolished in 1983. [6]

In 1904, the municipality signed an agreement with Perth Electric Tramways Ltd to extend the tramway line into Victoria Park, with the council raising a loan for the construction of the line and the company paying the council to operate it, with the intention of the company taking the line over when the cost of construction had been repaid. [7] The agreement saw the tramway successfully extended into the suburb, and instead of being taken over by the company, the municipality sold the tramway to the state government in 1913 for £5,212. [8] [2]

The council was divided up into wards on 22 December 1904, with three wards (East, Central and West) each having three councillors. [2]

Under the influence of W.E. Bold and his vision for a greater Perth, the municipality ceased to exist on 1 November 1917 when it was amalgamated into the City of Perth under the City of Perth Amendment Act 1917, forming the new three-member Victoria Park Ward of the City of Perth. [3] [9] The amalgamation had been amicable, supported by both councils as well as receiving support from Victoria Park ratepayers at a referendum on 22 November 1916. [10] [11] [2]

Chairmen and Mayors

The following people served as chairman of the road board or mayors of the municipality: [2]

Chairmen of the Victoria Park Road District

Mayors of the Municipality of Victoria Park

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References

  1. ↑ "Friday, May 18, 1894" (PDF). Government Gazette of Western Australia. Retrieved 26 January 2020.
  2. 1 2 3 4 5 6 "Town of Victoria Park Local History Collection - Timeline". Town of Victoria Park Library. Retrieved 26 January 2020.
  3. 1 2 "Municipality Boundary Amendments Register" (PDF). Western Australian Electoral Distribution Commission. Retrieved 11 January 2020.
  4. ↑ "VICTORIA PARK TOWN HALL". The West Australian . Western Australia. 5 June 1899. p. 6. Retrieved 26 January 2020– via Trove.
  5. ↑ "NEWS AND NOTES". The West Australian . Western Australia. 11 September 1899. p. 4. Retrieved 26 January 2020– via Trove.
  6. ↑ "Old Victoria Park Town Hall Foundation Stone". InHerit. Heritage Council of Western Australia. Retrieved 26 January 2020.
  7. ↑ "VICTORIA PARK TRAFFIC SERVICE". The West Australian . Western Australia. 16 March 1904. p. 5. Retrieved 26 January 2020– via Trove.
  8. ↑ "PERTH TRAMWAY SYSTEM". Kalgoorlie Miner . Western Australia. 17 June 1912. p. 2. Retrieved 26 January 2020– via Trove.
  9. ↑ "GREATER PERTH". The West Australian . Western Australia. 1 November 1917. p. 4. Retrieved 26 January 2020– via Trove.
  10. ↑ "GREATER PERTH". The West Australian . Western Australia. 13 March 1917. p. 4. Retrieved 26 January 2020– via Trove.
  11. ↑ "GREATER PERTH". The West Australian . Western Australia. 27 March 1917. p. 5. Retrieved 26 January 2020– via Trove.

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