Shire of Peppermint Grove

This article is about a local government area. For the suburb, see Peppermint Grove, Western Australia.

Shire of Peppermint Grove Western Australia

Population	1,676 (2012 est)^[1]
• Density	1,520/km² (3,950/sq mi)
Established	1895
Area	1.1 km² (0.4 sq mi)
Mayor	Ian Wallace
Council seat	Peppermint Grove
Region	West Metropolitan Perth
State electorate(s)	Cottesloe
Federal Division(s)	Curtin

Website	Shire of Peppermint Grove

The Shire of Peppermint Grove is a small local government area in western metropolitan Perth, the capital of Western Australia, between Mosman Park and Claremont about 12 km southwest of Perth's central business district. The Shire of Peppermint Grove, at 1.1 square kilometres (0.42 sq mi), is the smallest local government area in Australia.

History

The Peppermint Grove Road District was gazetted in 1895.^[2] On 1 July 1961, it became a shire under the Local Government Act 1960.^[3]

The shire was located on the Perth–Fremantle road (now Stirling Highway) and had received assistance in its maintenance in the past.^[4]

The town has seven councillors and no wards.

↑ "3218.0 Regional Population Growth, Australia. Table 5. Estimated Resident Population, Local Government Areas, Western Australia". 30 August 2013. Retrieved 13 October 2013.
↑ Illustrations Ltd; HRRC (1951), Peppermint Grove Road Board Chairman & members, jubilee year, 1951, retrieved 5 March 2015
↑ WA Electoral Commission, Municipality Boundary Amendments Register (release 3.0), 31 July 2007.
↑ "PEPPERMINT GROVE ROAD BOARD.". The West Australian. Perth: National Library of Australia. 9 July 1908. p. 7. Retrieved 5 March 2015.

Perth Metropolitan

Cities	Armadale^* Bayswater^* Belmont^* Canning^* Cockburn^* Fremantle^* Gosnells^* Joondalup^* Kwinana^* Melville^* Nedlands^* Perth^* Rockingham^* South Perth^* Stirling^* Subiaco^* Swan^* Vincent^* Wanneroo^*

Towns	Bassendean^† Cambridge^† Claremont^† Cottesloe^† East Fremantle^† Mosman Park^† Victoria Park^†

Shires	Kalamunda Mundaring Peppermint Grove

Gascoyne

Goldfields-Esperance

Great Southern

Kimberley

Mid West

Peel

Pilbara

South West

Wheatbelt

Indian Ocean territories

^* This LGA holds city status under the Local Government Act 1995, ^† This LGA holds town status under the Local Government Act 1995

Western suburbs of Perth, Western Australia

City Beach Claremont Cottesloe Crawley Daglish Dalkeith Floreat Jolimont Karrakatta Mosman Park Mount Claremont Nedlands North Fremantle Peppermint Grove Shenton Park Subiaco Swanbourne Wembley West Leederville

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