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The 1829 town plan of Perth, Western Australia was an elongated grid pattern that reflected the city planning principles of the day, and likely drew inspiration from colonial Williamsburg (1699) [1] and the Edinburgh "new town" (1768). [2]
The Town Planning and Development Act 1928 provided for local authorities to prepare a town planning scheme, but did not include provisions for the creation of any overarching regional scheme. [7] In 1952, the report of an Honorary Royal Commission of the Legislative Council recommended metropolitan planning for the centres of Perth and ...
In 1952, a second commission recommended the metropolitan planning of Perth and Fremantle leading to the appointment of Gordon Stephenson to prepare the 1955 Plan for Perth and Fremantle. [ 4 ] [ 2 ] This report recommended the creation of an independent authority for the implementation of a metropolitan town planning scheme.
The City of Perth is a local government area and body, within the Perth metropolitan area, which is the capital of Western Australia. The local government is commonly known as Perth City Council. The City covers the Perth city centre and surrounding suburbs. The City covers an area of 20.01 square kilometres (8 sq mi) and had an estimated ...
The Perth metropolitan region or the Perth metropolitan area is the administrative area and geographical extent of the Western Australian capital city of Perth and its conurbation. It generally includes the coastal strip from Two Rocks in the north to Singleton in the south, and inland to The Lakes in the east, [ 1 ] but its extent can be ...
By the 1970s, 21% of Perth's population was foreign born, with many migrating from Italy, Holland, Germany and other European nations. In 1955, Gordon Stephenson and John Alistair Hepburn prepared a plan for Perth and Fremantle. [23] In 1958, the last of Perth's trams were retired from service, unable to compete with buses and cars. [15] Perth ...
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From 29 July 1905 until 1965 the building was used by the Arbitration Court. Minor changes were made to the building in 1921. On 14 October 1966, following renovations to the building which included a new shingled roof, the Law Society of Western Australia was granted use of the building for its official premises. [5]