Shire of Trayning

The Shire of Trayning is a Local Government Area of Western Australia based in the town of Trayning (31.112° S 117.792° E; post code: 6488). It covers an area of about 1,650 km² in the Wheatbelt region of Western Australia about 60 km northwest of Merredin and about 240km east of the capital, Perth. It has a population of 412 (ABS 2001).

1 History
2 Wards
3 Towns/Localities
4 References
5 External links

[edit] History

Initially, the area was split between the Meckering and Kellerberrin Road Districts. On 30 June 1911, the Korrelocking Road Board was gazetted, covering Trayning, Wyalkatchem and parts of Mount Marshall and Dowerin. This lasted just nine months, becoming the Ninghan Road District in March 1912. Wyalkatchem split away in 1920, and Ninghan split in 1923 and absorbed parts of Nungarin to become Kununoppin-Trayning Road District and Mount Marshall Road District.

On 1 July 1961, it became the Shire of Trayning-Kununoppin-Yelbeni following changes to the Local Government Act, and then was renamed Shire of Trayning on 10 September 1965.^[1]^[2]

[edit] Wards

The shire has no wards, and all councillors serve 4-year terms. Previously, it was divided into 3 wards.

Trayning Ward (3 councillors)
Kununoppin Ward (4 councillors)
Yelbeni Ward (2 councillors)

[edit] Towns/Localities

Trayning
Kununoppin
Yelbeni

[edit] References

^ WA Electoral Commission, Municipality Boundary Amendments Register (release 2.0), 31 May 2003.
^ Agency Detail - Shire of Trayning, State Records Office of WA, 23 August 2004.