The City of Cockburn in Perth, Western Australia was originally established on 12 February 1871 as the Fremantle Road Board with a chairman and councillors under the District Roads Act 1871.
It was renamed Cockburn on 21 January 1955,[1] and with the passage of the Local Government Act 1960, all road boards became Shires with a shire president and councillors effective 1 July 1961.
The Shire of Cockburn was declared a town on 24 January 1971, at which point the president became a mayor.
[2] Cockburn attained city status on 26 October 1979.
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