Shire of Waroona

The Shire of Waroona is a Local Government Area of Western Australia based in the town of Waroona (32°51′S 115°55′E; post code: 6215). It covers an area of about 835 km² in the Peel region of Western Australia between Mandurah and Harvey and about 110km south of the capital, Perth. It has a population of 3,300 (ABS 2001), around 13% of whom are of Southern or Eastern European origin.

1 History
2 Wards
3 Towns
4 References
5 External links

[edit] History

The district was originally controlled by the Murray Road Board (from 1887). In 1898, the Drakesbrook Road Board was gazetted. Years after the renaming of the town, on 19 May 1961, the Drakesbrook Road Board was abolished. It was to become the Waroona Road Board, but due to changes in the Local Government Act approved earlier in the year, it became the Waroona Shire Council on 1 July 1961 in line with many other councils.^[1]

[edit] Wards

The shire has been divided into 4 wards.

Town Ward (4 councillors)
East Ward (1 councillor)
West Ward (1 councillor)
Coastal Ward (2 councillors)

[edit] Towns

The Shire of Waroona contains the following towns and localities:

National parks and state forests based around both the Yalgorup lakes and the Darling Scarp jarrah forests occupy approximately half the land area of the Shire.

[edit] References

^ WA Electoral Commission, Municipality Boundary Amendments Register (release 2.0), 31 May 2003.

[edit] External links

Shire of Waroona website

Towns in the Shire of Harvey
Australind \| Benger \| Binningup \| Brunswick Jn. \| Cookernup \| Harvey \| Kemerton \| Leschenault \| Myalup \| Roelands \| Wokalup \| Yarloop
Towns in the Shire of Waroona
Hamel \| Lake Clifton \| Nanga Brook \| Preston Beach \| Wagerup \| Waroona