City of Canning explained

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City of Canning
State:	wa
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Area:	64.8
Est:	1871
Seat:	Cannington
Mayor:	Patrick Hall
Region:	South East Metropolitan Perth
Url:	http://www.canning.wa.gov.au
Stategov:	Cannington, Victoria Park, Belmont, Riverton, Southern River
Fedgov:	Swan, Tangney, Canning
Near-Nw:	South Perth
Near-N:	Victoria Park
Near-Ne:	Belmont
Near-W:	Melville
Near-E:	Kalamunda
Near-Sw:	Cockburn
Near-S:	Gosnells
Near-Se:	Gosnells

The City of Canning is a local government area in the southeastern suburbs of the Western Australian capital city of Perth, about 10km (10miles) southeast of Perth's central business district. The City covers an area of 64.8km2 and had a population of approximately 90,000 as at the 2016 Census.

History

See also: List of heritage places in City of Canning. A short-lived attempt to create a town trust for the Canning District lasted from 1843-1847, before it was dissolved.^[1] The area continued to develop under the control of a Central Board of Works until, in 1871, the Canning Road District was established under the District Roads Act 1871.

The City of Canning originated as the Municipality of Queen's Park, which was established on 1 July 1907 when the original Canning Road District was divided into two and split into the Queen's Park municipality and the Gosnells Road District (later to become the City of Gosnells). It was renamed the Queen's Park Road District on 5 November 1913.^[2]

It was renamed again to become the second Canning Road District on 17 June 1921, and received a large amount of land from the abolished Jandakot Road District on 30 November 1923. On 1 July 1961, Canning Road District became the Shire of Canning under the Local Government Act 1960, which reformed all remaining road districts into shires. On 4 December 1970 it gained town status as the Town of Canning and assumed its current name when it gained city status on 10 March 1979.^[3]

In 1974 the then-Town of Canning brought heritage registered Woodles Homestead to create a local Heritage museum.

In late 2012, an inquiry against the Canning City Council launched by the State Government's Department of Local Government resulted in a 476-page report "pointing to widespread dysfunction, micromanagement and alleged serious governance irregularities."^[4] As a result, the State Government ordered the suspension of the Council, appointing Linton Reynolds to replace it as City Commissioner.

Two years later, in mid-September 2014, it was reported that the State Government had sacked the four remaining Canning councillors, to be replaced by a panel of three new Commissioners upon the end of Commissioner Reynolds' tenure on 16 September.^[5] As part of the Department of Local Governments' plans, in which the number of local councils would have been reduced drastically, it was announced that the City of Canning would be split up and merged into neighbouring local areas, including the City of Gosnells and City of Melville.^[6] Since the failure of the state government's council merger process, the governor's order for the merger has been revoked.^[7]

Wards

The city is divided into five wards^[8] with each ward electing two councillors while the mayor is directly elected.

Mason Ward (Bentley, East Cannington, Queens Park, St James and Welshpool)
Bannister Ward (Riverton, Rossmoyne and Shelley)
Beeliar Ward (Leeming and Willetton)
Nicholson Ward (Canning Vale and Parkwood)
Beeloo Ward (Cannington, Ferndale, Lynwood and Wilson)

Suburbs

The suburbs of the City of Canning with population and size figures based on the most recent Australian census:^[9] ^[10]

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Bentley *

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Canning Vale *

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Leeming *

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St James *

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Welshpool *

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(* indicates suburb partially located within City)

Heritage-listed places

See main article: List of heritage places in the City of Canning., 107 places are heritage-listed in the City of Canning,^[11] of which eight are on the State Register of Heritage Places, among them Castledare Boys' Home and Woodloes Homestead.^[12]

Sister cities

Casoli, Abruzzo, Italy (2010)

Canning also shares a friendship agreement with Fresagrandinaria, Abruzzo, Italy.

Notes and References

TPG (May 2015) City of Canning Heritage Strategy. P4. PDF.
Web site: Municipality Boundary Amendments Register . Western Australian Electoral Distribution Commission . 11 January 2020.
Book: Carden, F.G. (Fred). Along the Canning: A History of the City of Canning Western Australia. City of Canning. Cannington. 2. 1991. 1968. 0-646-03234-8.
http://www.governmentnews.com.au/2012/11/perths-canning-city-facing-suspension/ Perth's Canning City facing suspension, GovernmentNews Nov 19 2012
http://www.watoday.com.au/wa-news/take-two-canning-council-sacked-again-commissioners-appointed-20140916-10hrpr.html Take two: Canning council sacked again, commissioners appointed, WA Today Sept 16 2012
Web site: Local Government Reform, City of Canning . 2 November 2014 . https://web.archive.org/web/20141102144238/http://www.canning.wa.gov.au/Featured/local-government-reform.html . 2 November 2014 . dead .
Web site: Archived copy . 26 March 2015 . https://web.archive.org/web/20150923200244/http://www.canning.wa.gov.au/images/stories/Gazettal_-_Local_Government_Metropolitan_Reform_Orders_Revocation_Order_2015.pdf . 23 September 2015 . dead .
Web site: City of Canning - All Wards Map. 26 June 2024.
Web site: SLIP Map . . maps.slip.wa.gov.au . . 1 January 2023 .
Web site: NationalMap . . nationalmap.gov.au . . 1 January 2023 .
Web site: City of Canning Heritage Places. . inherit.stateheritage.wa.gov.au . Heritage Council of Western Australia . 28 February 2024 .
Web site: City of Canning State Register of Heritage Places. . inherit.stateheritage.wa.gov.au . Heritage Council of Western Australia . 28 February 2024 .