Town of Cambridge

Infobox Australian Place | type = lga
name = Town of Cambridge
state = wa

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imagesize= 200
caption =
pop = 23,753 (2006 census)
area = 22.0
est = 1994
seat = Floreat
mayor = Simon Withers
region = Inner Metropolitan Perth

logosize = 119
url = http://www.cambridge.wa.gov.au
stategov = Churchlands, Cottesloe, Nedlands
fedgov = Curtin
near-nw =
near-n = Stirling
near-ne = Stirling
near-w = "Indian Ocean"
near-e = Vincent
near-sw = Nedlands
near-s = Subiaco
near-se = Perth

The Town of Cambridge is a Local Government Area in the inner western suburbs of the Western Australian capital city of Perth, about convert|5|km|mi|1 west of Perth's central business district and extending to the Indian Ocean at City Beach. The Town covers an area of convert|22.0|km2|sqmi|1 and has a population of 23,753 (2006). It was originally part of the City of Perth before the restructuring by the Western Australian State Government in 1994. The Town was most probably named after the University town of Cambridge in the United Kingdom.

History

Historically the area was part of the Nedlands municipality, gazetted in 1901, which was absorbed into the City of Perth in 1915 after becoming unsustainable as an autonomous political entity. In 1993 the Government of Western Australia decided to split up the Local Government Area(LGA) of the City of Perth, creating three additional LGA's and retaining a smaller City of Perth. The new LGA's were Town of Vincent, Town of Cambridge and the Town of Victoria Park. [WA Electoral Commission, "Municipality Boundary Amendments Register" (release 2.0), 31 May 2003.]

Parks and Reserves

Cambridge features 8 parks and reserves. [cite web|url=http://www.cambridge.wa.gov.au/facilities/parks_play_bbq.html|title=Parks, Playgrounds, Barbecues|author=Town of Cambridge|date=26 March 2007|accessdate=2007-04-22] The Town has two major reserves, Lake Monger and Perry Lakes, as well as 4.8 km of coastline, including City Beach and Floreat Beach and their respective parks, and the nearby dunes.

Wards

The city has been divided into 2 wards, each of 4 councillors.

* Coast Ward
* Wembley Ward

uburbs

* City Beach
* Daglish *
* Floreat *
* Jolimont *
* Mount Claremont *
* Wembley
* Wembley Downs *
* West Leederville(* indicates suburb only partially located within Town)

References

External links

* [http://www.cambridge.wa.gov.au/ Town of Cambridge Website]