Shire of Quairading
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Shire of Quairading Western Australia |
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Population: • Density: |
1,041 (2001 census) 0.52/km² |
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Area: | 2,017.8 km² | ||||||||||||
Mayor: | Don Brown | ||||||||||||
Council Seat: | Bruce Rock | ||||||||||||
Region: | Wheatbelt | ||||||||||||
State District: | Merredin | ||||||||||||
Federal Division: | O'Connor | ||||||||||||
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The Shire of Quairading is a Local Government Area of Western Australia based in the town of Quairading ( ; post code: 6383). It covers an area of about 2,000 km² in the Wheatbelt region of Western Australia about 170 km east of the capital, Perth. It has a population of 1,041 (ABS 2001).
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[edit] History
Quairading was initially constituted as the Greenhills Road Board in 1892, covering a large area east of York. In 1913, Greenhills was broken up to form Avon, East Avon (Bruce Rock) and Kunjinn (Corrigin). In 1922 the Avon Road Board was renamed to Quairading, and on 1 July 1961, it became a Shire Council following changes to the Local Government Act.[1]
[edit] Wards
The shire is no longer divided into wards and the 9 councillors sit at large. Prior to the 2003 elections, there were 11 councillors representing five wards: Town (3), Southwest, Southeast, Northwest and Northeast (2 each).
[edit] Towns/Localities
- Quairading
- Balkuling
- Dangin
- Doodenanning
- Pantapin
- Yoting
[edit] References
- ^ WA Electoral Commission, Municipality Boundary Amendments Register (release 2.0), 31 May 2003.
[edit] External links
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