City of Bunbury explained

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City of Bunbury
State:	wa
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Area:	65.7
Est:	1871
Seat:	Bunbury
Mayor:	Jaysen de San Miguel
Region:	South West
Url:	http://www.bunbury.wa.gov.au/
Stategov:	Bunbury
Fedgov:	Forrest
Near-N:	Harvey
Near-Ne:	Harvey
Near-E:	Dardanup
Near-W:	Indian Ocean
Near-S:	Capel
Near-Se:	Capel

The City of Bunbury is a local government area in the South West region of Western Australia, covering an area of 65.7km2 along the coast about 180km (110miles) south of Perth, the capital of Western Australia. The City of Bunbury is one of four local governments comprising the Greater Bunbury urban area. As at the 2016 Census, the City of Bunbury had an estimated population of almost 32,000.

History

The Municipality of Bunbury was established on 21 February 1871. It absorbed part of the abolished Bunbury Road District, which had surrounded the municipality, on 20 January 1950, leading to the formation of a new Suburban Ward. It gained town status on 1 July 1961, becoming the Town of Bunbury, and assumed its current name when it was granted city status on 8 October 1979.^[1]

Indigenous people

The City of Bunbury is located on the traditional land of the Wardandi (also spelled Wadandi) people,^[2] ^[3] of the Noongar nation.^[4]

Wards

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.

Twin towns and sister cities

The City of Bunbury has a sister/friendship city relationship with:

Setagaya, Tokyo, 1992 Jiaxing, Zhejiang, 2000 Nha Trang, Khánh Hòa, 2015^[5]

In 2009, Bunbury-Jiaxing Business Office was established to boost business opportunities between the two regions by assisting with communications and facilitating trade.^[6]

Suburbs

The suburbs of the City of Bunbury with population and size figures based on the most recent Australian census:^[7] ^[8]

Locality

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Population

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Area

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Heritage-listed places

See main article: List of State Register of Heritage Places in the City of Bunbury. As of 2023, 336 places are heritage-listed in the City of Bunbury,^[9] of which 46 are on the State Register of Heritage Places, among them the Old Bunbury railway station, St Patrick's Cathedral and the Rose Hotel.^[10]

List of mayors

See main article: List of mayors of Bunbury.

Notes and References

Web site: Municipality Boundary Amendments Register . Western Australian Electoral Distribution Commission . 11 January 2020.
Web site: Wardandi . . www.boodjar.sis.uwa.edu.au . . 13 September 2023.
Web site: Wardandi (WA) . . www.samuseum.sa.gov.au . . 13 September 2023.
Web site: City of Bunbury: Home . . www.bunbury.wa.gov.au . . The City of Bunbury acknowledge the traditional owners of the land, the Noongar Wardandi people ... . 13 September 2023.
Web site: International Relationships. City of Bunbury. 12 April 2016. https://web.archive.org/web/20160424010647/http://www.bunbury.wa.gov.au/Pages/Sister-Cities.aspx. 24 April 2016. dead.
News: Verne. Ross. Bunbury-China ties celebrated. 12 April 2016. Bunbury Mail. 11 December 2013.
Web site: SLIP Map . . maps.slip.wa.gov.au . . 31 January 2023 .
Web site: NationalMap . . nationalmap.gov.au . . 31 January 2023 .
Web site: City of Bunbury Heritage Places. . inherit.stateheritage.wa.gov.au . Heritage Council of Western Australia . 25 February 2023.
Web site: City of Bunbury State Register of Heritage Places. . inherit.stateheritage.wa.gov.au . Heritage Council of Western Australia . 25 February 2023.