Shire of Albany

Shire of Albany

Infobox Australian Place | type = lga
name = Shire of Albany (former)
state = wa


caption =
est = 1896
pop = 12,391 (1996 census)
area = 4280.1
seat = Albany
mayor =
region = Great Southern
stategov = Albany, Stirling
fedgov = Forrest

The Shire of Albany was a Local Government Area in the Great Southern region of Western Australia centred on (but not including) the town of Albany, located convert|410|km|mi|0 south-southeast of the capital, Perth and covering an area of convert|4280|km2|sqmi|0.

History

In 1896, the Albany Road Board was gazetted. On 1 July 1961, it became the Shire Council following changes to the Local Government Act. It amalgamated with the Town of Albany to become the City of Albany on 1 July 1998. At the time of amalgamation, it had 13 councillors and 5 wards, with Harbour Ward (5 councillors) and four others (including Hassell and Millbrook) with 2 councillors each.

ee also

* Albany, Western Australia
* City of Albany

External links

* [http://www.albany.wa.gov.au/ City of Albany]


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