Town of Mosman Park
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The Town of Mosman Park is a local government area of Western Australia. It covers an area of approximately Template:Convert in western metropolitan Perth, the capital of Western Australia and lies about Template:Convert southwest of the Perth CBD and Template:Convert from Fremantle.
History
The Buckland Hill Road District was created on 6 October 1899.<ref>Template:Cite news</ref> It was renamed the Cottesloe Beach Road District on 2 July 1909, but reverted to the Buckland Hill name on 10 October 1930.<ref name="mbar">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>
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.<ref name=mbar />
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
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Heritage listed places
{{#invoke:Labelled list hatnote|labelledList|Main article|Main articles|Main page|Main pages}} Template:As of, 91 places are heritage-listed in the Town of Mosman Park,<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> of which seven are on the State Register of Heritage Places, among them the Leighton Battery.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>
See also
- AmpFest, Youth and music festival overseen by the Town of Mosman Park
References
External links
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- Local Government & Municipal Knowledge Base – Mosman Park Town Council Page
- The Grove Community History Library
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