City of Karratha

The City of Karratha is one of the four local government areas in the Pilbara region of Western Australia. It covers an area of 15,882 square kilometres (6,132 sq mi) and has a population of about 25,000 (as of October 2013), most of which is located in its seat of government, the city of Karratha, and the major towns. It was formerly known as the Shire of Roebourne but was renamed and granted city status on 1 July 2014.^[2]^[3]

History

In 1887, the Municipality of Roebourne, and the Cossack and Roebourne Road Districts all came into being. As the Roebourne region's population declined, the three merged into the Roebourne Road District in 1910. On 1 July 1961, it became the Shire of Roebourne under the Local Government Act 1960.^[4] On 1 July 2014 it was granted city status and renamed the City of Karratha.^[2]^[3]

Wards

The City is divided into wards:

Karratha (six councillors)
Dampier (two councillors)
Roebourne/Pastoral (one councillor)

Towns

References

↑ "3218.0 Regional Population Growth, Australia. Table 5. Estimated Resident Population, Local Government Areas, Western Australia". 3 April 2014. Retrieved 11 September 2014.
1 2 "City of Karratha born as Shire of Roebourne in WA's Pilbara officially changes status". Australian Broadcasting Corporation. 1 July 2014. Retrieved 1 July 2014.
1 2 "Local Government (Roebourne - Change of Designation and Name of District) Order 2014". Government Gazette of Western Australia. State Law Publisher. 3 June 2014. Retrieved 1 July 2014.
↑ WA Electoral Commission, Municipality Boundary Amendments Register (release 3.0), 31 May 2007.

External links

Wikimedia Commons has media related to Shire of Roebourne.

Official website

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

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: 20°44′10″S 116°50′46″E / 20.736°S 116.846°E / -20.736; 116.846

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