| City of Bunbury Western Australia |
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Location in Western Australia |
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| Population: | 29,702 (2006 census) | ||||||||||||
| Established: | 1871 | ||||||||||||
| Area: | 65. Western Australia is a state occupying the entire western third of the Australian continent. Western Australia is a state occupying the entire western third of the Australian continent. In Biology a population is the collection of inter-breeding organisms of a particular Species; in Sociology Year 1871 ( MDCCCLXXI) was a Common year starting on Sunday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common Area is a Quantity expressing the two- Dimensional size of a defined part of a Surface, typically a region bounded by a closed Curve. 7 km² (25. Square Kilometre ( US spelling square kilometer) symbol km2, is a decimal multiple of the SI unit of 4 sq mi) | ||||||||||||
| Mayor: | David Smith | ||||||||||||
| Council Seat: | Bunbury | ||||||||||||
| Region: | South West | ||||||||||||
| State District: | Bunbury, Leschenault | ||||||||||||
| Federal Division: | Forrest | ||||||||||||
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The City of Bunbury is a Local Government Area in the South West region of Western Australia, covering an area of 65. The Australian state of Western Australia is divided into 142 Local Government Areas (including Christmas Island and the This article is about a governmental division for other uses see Southwest Western Australia. Western Australia is a state occupying the entire western third of the Australian continent. 7 square kilometres (25. Square Kilometre ( US spelling square kilometer) symbol km2, is a decimal multiple of the SI unit of 4 sq mi) along the coast about 180 kilometres (112 mi) south of Perth, the capital of Western Australia. The square mile is an imperial and US unit of Area equal the area of a square of one statute mile. The kilometre ( American spelling: kilometer) symbol km is a unit of Length in the Metric system, equal to one thousand A mile is a unit of Length, usually used to measure Distance, in a number of different systems including Imperial units United States Perth is the capital and largest city of the Australian state of Western Australia. The council is responsible for just over half of the Greater Bunbury metropolitan area, and the Port of Bunbury. The port of Bunbury is the third largest city in Western Australia after Mandurah and Perth the state capital The City of Bunbury has a population of 29,702 (2006).
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In 1871, the Bunbury Municipal Council was gazetted, and in 1899 the Bunbury Suburban Road Board (which became the Bunbury Road Board in 1908) followed. The two entities merged in 1950.
On 1 July 1961, Bunbury Municipal Council became a Town Council following changes to the Local Government Act. "July 1st" redirects here For the Ayumi Hamasaki song see H (song. Year 1961 ( MCMLXI) was a Common year starting on Sunday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. In 1979 it attained City status. Year 1979 ( MCMLXXIX) was a Common year starting on Monday (link displays the 1979 Gregorian calendar) [1]
The town has 12 councillors and no wards. Each councillor serves a four-year term, and half-elections are held every two years. The mayor is directly elected.