Shires in Australia do not have presidents; they have Mayors. The Balingup and Donnybrook Shire Councils merged to become one council on 26 March 1970, but records of the first Mayor's name are difficult to locate.
Petroleum was first found in Western Australia.
Western Australia is a state of Australia, and it does not have a Prime Minister, but a Premier. The 2013 premier of Western Australia is Colin Barnett.The position of Prime Minister is the one held by the leader of the entire nation.
Australia does not have, nor has ever had, a president. Australia is a constitutional monarchy, not a republic, therefore its head of government is the Prime Minister.The first Prime Minister of Australia was Edmund Barton.The Presiding officer in the Senate has the title of President of the Senate, and the first person to hold that office was Richard Baker.
Western Australia was the last state in Australia to receive convicts. New South Wales had abolished transportation of convicts in 1840.The last convict ship, the "Hougoumont", left Britain in 1867 and arrived in Australia on 10 January 1868.
The first British man to come to Australia was William Dampier, who first landed on Western Australia's coast on 4 January 1688.Many people believe James Cook was the first Englishman to come to Australia. He was not.
The first university in Western Australia, the University of Western Australia, opened in 1911.
Sir John Forrest was the first leader of Western Australia.
There were no convicts in Western Australia in 1829. The first convicts in Western Australia only arrived in 1850.
Petroleum was first found in Western Australia.
Beryl Mills of Western Australia in 1927
the first Premier of western Australia was explorer John Forrest. After western Australia became self-governing in 1890, Forrest was elected unopposed to the seat of Bunbury in the Legislative Assembly. On 22 December 1890, he was appointed as the first Premier of Western Australia.
The first settlement in Western Australia was by the British.
Andrew Jackson
Lyndon Johnson in 1966 was the first US President to visit Australia. He was seeking support for the Vietnam War.
John Forrest was appointed first Premier of Western Australia on 22 December 1890.
Western Australia is a state of Australia, and it does not have a Prime Minister, but a Premier. The 2013 premier of Western Australia is Colin Barnett.The position of Prime Minister is the one held by the leader of the entire nation.
Western Australia was the last of the states to have convicts. The last convict ship to Western Australia, the Hougoumont, left Britain in 1867 and arrived in Western Australia on 10 January 1868. Transportation of convicts to Australia ceased after this.