Shire of Quairading

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.

History

Quairading was initially constituted as the Greenhills Road District 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 District was renamed to Quairading, and on 1 July 1961, it became a Shire under the Local Government Act 1960.^[2]

Wards

The Shire is no longer divided into wards and the nine councillors sit at large. Prior to the 2003 elections, there were eleven councillors representing five wards: Town (3), Southwest, Southeast, Northwest and Northeast (2 each).

Towns and localities

Quairading
Badjaling
Balkuling
Dangin
Doodenanning
Pantapin
Yoting
Wamenusking
South Caroling

Population

Year	Population
1921	1,273
1933	1,754
1947	1,424
1954	1,721
1961	1,789
1966	1,687
1971	1,652
1976	1,470
1981	1,300
1986	1,243
1991	1,147
1996	1,173
2001	1,041
2006	1,022

References

↑ "3218.0 Regional Population Growth, Australia. Table 5. Estimated Resident Population, Local Government Areas, Western Australia". 30 March 2012. Retrieved 26 May 2012.
↑ WA Electoral Commission, Municipality Boundary Amendments Register (release 3.0), 31 July 2007.

External links

Shire of Quairading

Local government areas of Western Australia

Perth Metropolitan

Cities	Armadale^* Bayswater^* Belmont^* Canning^* Cockburn^* Fremantle^* Gosnells^* Joondalup^* Kwinana^* Melville^* Nedlands^* Perth^* Rockingham^* South Perth^* Stirling^* Subiaco^* Swan^* Vincent^* Wanneroo^*

Towns	Bassendean^† Cambridge^† Claremont^† Cottesloe^† East Fremantle^† Mosman Park^† Victoria Park^†

Shires	Kalamunda Mundaring Peppermint Grove Serpentine-Jarrahdale

Gascoyne

Goldfields-Esperance

Great Southern

Kimberley

Mid West

Peel

Pilbara

South West

Wheatbelt

Indian Ocean territories

^* This LGA holds city status under the Local Government Act 1995, ^† This LGA holds town status under the Local Government Act 1995

Coordinates: 32°00′36″S 117°23′56″E / 32.010°S 117.399°E / -32.010; 117.399

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