Shire of Quairading

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Shire of Quairading
Western Australia

Location in Western Australia
Population: 1,041 (2001 census)
Established: 1913
Area: 2017.8 km² (779.1 sq mi)
Mayor: Darryl Richards
Council Seat: Quairading
Region: Wheatbelt
State District: Merredin
Federal Division: O'Connor
Website: http://www.quairading.wa.gov.au
LGAs around Shire of Quairading:
Cunderdin Tammin Kellerberrin
York
Beverley
Shire of Quairading Bruce Rock
Brookton Corrigin Corrigin

The Shire of Quairading is a Local Government Area in the Wheatbelt region of Western Australia, about 170 kilometres (106 mi) east of the state capital, Perth. The Shire covers an area of 2,018 square kilometres (779 sq mi), and its seat of government is the town of Quairading.

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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
  • Wamenusking
  • South Caroling

[edit] References

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

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