Shire of Yilgarn

Shire of Yilgarn
Western Australia

Location in Western Australia
Population: 1,544(2009)[1]
Established: 1891
Area: 30720 km² (11,861.1 sq mi)
Mayor: Romolo Patroni
Council Seat: Southern Cross
Region: Eastern Wheatbelt
State District: Eyre
Federal Division: Kalgoorlie
Website: http://www.yilgarn.wa.gov.au/
LGAs around Shire of Yilgarn:
Sandstone
Mount Marshall		 Menzies Menzies
Westonia
Merredin		 Shire of Yilgarn Coolgardie
Narembeen Kondinin Dundas

The Shire of Yilgarn is a Local Government Area in the Eastern Wheatbelt region of Western Australia about 400 kilometres (250 mi) east of Perth, the state capital. The Shire covers an area of 30,720 square kilometres (11,860 sq mi) and its seat of government is the town of Southern Cross. The main industries within the Shire are mining and farming.

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History

In 1891, the Yilgarn Road Board was gazetted. In 1918, it merged with the Municipality of Southern Cross (gazetted 1892). On 1 July 1961, it became the Shire Council following changes to the Local Government Act.[2]

As a result of local government reforms in Western Australia, the Shire of Yilgarn will merge with the Shire of Westonia in July 2012, forming the Shire of Westonia-Yilgarn.

Wards

The shire has been divided into 3 wards.

Towns and localities

Many of the following are ghost towns associated with short-lived mineral booms between the 1890s and the 1940s.

References

  1. ^ Australian Bureau of Statistics (30 March 2010). "Regional Population Growth, Australia, 2008–09". http://www.abs.gov.au/ausstats/abs@.nsf/Latestproducts/3218.0Main%20Features82008-09?opendocument&tabname=Summary&prodno=3218.0&issue=2008-09&num=&view=. Retrieved 4 June 2010. 
  2. ^ WA Electoral Commission, Municipality Boundary Amendments Register (release 2.0), 31 May 2003.

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