Shire of Ravensthorpe
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Shire of Ravensthorpe Western Australia |
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Location in Western Australia |
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Population: | 1,950 (2006 census) | ||||||||||||
Area: | 13551.1 km² (5232.1 sq mi) | ||||||||||||
Mayor: | Brenda Tilbrook | ||||||||||||
Council Seat: | Ravensthorpe | ||||||||||||
Region: | Goldfields-Esperance | ||||||||||||
State District: | Roe | ||||||||||||
Federal Division: | O'Connor | ||||||||||||
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This article is about a local government area. For the town, see Ravensthorpe, Western Australia.
The Shire of Ravensthorpe is a Local Government Area in the southern Goldfields-Esperance region of Western Australia, about halfway between the city of Albany and the town of Esperance and about 530 kilometres (329 mi) southeast of the state capital, Perth. The Shire covers an area of 13,551 square kilometres (5,232 sq mi), and its seat of government is the town of Ravensthorpe.
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[edit] History
The Phillips River Road Board was gazetted in 1900. On 1 July 1961, it changed name to Ravensthorpe and became a Shire Council following changes to the Local Government Act. [1]
[edit] Wards
As of the 2003 election, the shire is divided into 3 wards:
- Ravensthorpe Ward (2 councillors)
- Hopetoun Ward (2 councillors)
- Rural Ward (3 councillors)
[edit] Towns/Localities
- Ravensthorpe
- Fitzgerald River
- Hopetoun
- Jerdacuttup
- Munglinup
[edit] References
- ^ WA Electoral Commission, Municipality Boundary Amendments Register (release 2.0), 31 May 2003.
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