The City of Bayswater is a

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in the

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n capital city of

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, about northeast of Perth's central business district. The city covers an area of and had a population of 69,283 as at the 2021 Census. The City of Bayswater is a member of the Eastern Metropolitan Regional Council.

History

In the 1890s, Bayswater was a small settlement, awkwardly straddling the boundaries of the

and

Swan Road District The Swan Road District was a local government area that covered much of the Swan Valley in Western Australia. It came into existence on 24 January 1871, as a result of the Districts Road Act of 1871. It ceased to exist when it was merged with the ...

s. In December 1894, residents held a meeting to petition for a road board. The government rejected the petition. A second attempt to get Bayswater's own road board in 1896 was successful. Both the Perth and Swan Road Boards were happy to relinquish responsibility for building roads there. The

Bayswater Road Board The City of Bayswater is a Local government areas of Western Australia, local government area in the Western Australian capital city of Perth, about northeast of Perth central business district, Perth's central business district. The city cove ...

was gazetted on 5 March 1897, becoming one of several new local government areas established in the 1890s along the railway. A wooden ratepayers' hall was constructed on Guildford Road. In 1944, at the annual ratepayers' meeting, a majority of the seven ratepayers that attended voted for the board to change the district's name to "Oakleigh Park Road District". The name Bayswater was considered to obstruct progress due to its working-class connotations. After advertising for objections to the change in name, many came in and the idea was ditched. On 1 July 1961, it became a shire following the enactment of the ''Local Government Act 1960''. In October 1978, the shire council was sacked by the

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for mismanagement, corruption and various actions breaking the Local Government Act. The shire sold council property and several large contracts without tenders. A commissioner was placed in charge of the council for five months. At the next council election on 24 February 1979, 80% of ratepayers voted, much higher than the usual 30%. Only two of the councillors elected had been councillors before. On 29 October 1983, it attained city status. Around this same time, it relocated its administration from Bayswater to its present location on Broun Avenue in Morley. In 1998 the suburb of Maylands was transferred into the City of Bayswater from the

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. The portion of the suburb of Noranda north of Widgee Road was transferred to the City of Bayswater from the

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on 1 July 2016.

Logo

The City of Bayswater's logo features an olive tree, which has history relating to Bayswater. In the 1840s, an olive tree was planted on Slade Street. The tree is still standing today, and it is the earliest sign of European occupation in the area.

Services

The City of Bayswater has three libraries. They are in Maylands,

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and Morley. The city also owns The RISE, Bayswater Waves, Maylands Waterland and Morley Sport and Recreation Centre.

Wards

The city is divided into four wards. The mayor and deputy mayor are each elected from among the councillors. Elections are held on the third Saturday in October every odd year, with councillors elected to four-year terms. Approximately half of all positions are up for election at each election. Political parties do not typically endorse candidates in local government in Western Australia. However, elected members are required to disclose membership of any political party.

Suburbs

The suburbs of the City of Bayswater with population and size figures based on the most recent

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* indicates suburb partially located within city

Population

Heritage listed places

, 401 places are heritage-listed in the City of Bayswater, of which 24 are on the

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, among them

Tranby House Tranby (Peninsula Farm) is an historic farmers cottage located on Johnson Road in Maylands, Western Australia, Maylands overlooking the Swan River (Western Australia), Swan River opposite Kuljak Island, and is one of the oldest surviving buildi ...

, the Albany Bell Castle and the

Garratt Road Bridge Garratt Road Bridge consists of two adjacent bridges over the Swan River, linking the suburbs of Bayswater and Ascot in Perth, Western Australia. The upstream bridge was built in 1935, while the matching downstream bridge was built in 1972. The ...

References

External links

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City of Bayswater Asset Management Information
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