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City of South Perth Western Australia
Population:	42,595 (2008)[1]
Established:	1892
Area:	19.8 km² (7.6 sq mi)
Mayor:	James Best
Council Seat:	South Perth
Region:	South Metropolitan Perth
State District:	South Perth
Federal Division:	Swan
Website: http://www.southperth.wa.gov.au
LGAs around City of South Perth: Swan River Perth Victoria Park Swan River City of South Perth Canning Melville Melville Canning

Council Chamber Buildings

The City of South Perth is a Local Government Area in the inner southern suburbs of the Western Australian capital city of Perth, located about 4 kilometres (2.5 mi) south of Perth's central business district. The City covers an area of 19.9 square kilometres (7.7 sq mi), maintains 203 km of roads and a little over 4.3 km² of parks and gardens, and has a population of about 38,500 (2006).

The area broadly forms a peninsula, being bounded on three sides by the waters of the Swan and Canning rivers.

History

The South Perth Road District was formed on 9 June 1892 and the district became a municipality on 21 February 1902. It was granted City status on 1 July 1959.

Wards

The City of South Perth is divided into six wards, each of whom elect two councillors. The mayor is directly elected.

• Civic Ward
• Como Beach Ward
• Manning Ward
• McDougall Ward
• Mill Point Ward
• Moresby Ward

Suburbs

• Como
• Karawara
• Kensington
• Manning
• Salter Point
• South Perth
• Waterford

Education

The City of South Perth is home to numerous primary schools, and five major secondary schools.

Secondary

• Aquinas College
• Como Secondary College
• Penrhos College
• Wesley College
• Clontarf Aboriginal College

Primary

• Collier Primary School
• Como Primary School
• Kensington Primary School
• Manning Primary School
• Saint Columba's College
• Saint Pius X Primary School
• South Kensington Primary School
• South Perth Primary School

Library

The Walter Murdoch Library is the central library in the City of South Perth. It is a dual-branch library, with branches in Manning and South Perth. The two libraries have in excess of 60,000 items including; books, magazines, music CD’s and DVD’s. Currently the South Perth branch is undergoing redevelopment and will re-open later in 2011. A smaller and diverse collection can be located at the Mends St Library, a temporary library located in South Perth. Walter Murdoch Library

Population

Notes

References

• The History of South Perth, by F K Crowley. Rigby Limited 1962
• Peninsula City, by Cecil Florey. City of South Perth 1995

External links

• City of South Perth Website
• City of South Perth suburbs on Google Maps