Shire of Carnarvon

The Shire of Carnarvon is a local government area in the Gascoyne region of Western Australia, located about 900 kilometres (559 mi) north of the state capital, Perth. The Shire covers an area of 46,664 square kilometres (18,017 sq mi), and its seat of government is the town of Carnarvon. The major industries in the area are wool, agriculture (especially bananas and tomatoes) and, more recently, tourism.

History

Carnarvon started as three entities

the Carnarvon Municipality, which governed the town of Carnarvon and was constituted in 1891;
the Lower Gascoyne Road District (1887)
the Minilya Road District (1893).

In 1911, the two road districts merged to form the Gascoyne-Minilya Road District. On 1 July 1961, Carnarvon became a town and Gascoyne-Minilya a shire under the Local Government Act 1960. On 1 March 1965, the two entities merged to form the Shire of Carnarvon.^[2]

Wards

The Shire is divided into 4 wards, most of which have one councillor. The Shire President is directly elected.

Town Ward (6 councillors)
Plantation Ward
Gascoyne/Minilya North
Gascoyne/Minilya South

Towns and localities

Carnarvon
Babbage Island
Brockman
Coral Bay
Gnaraloo
Kennedy Range
Lyndon
Macleod
Wooramel

Notable councillors

Dudley Maslen, Shire of Carnarvon councillor 1975–1988; later a state MP

References

↑ "3218.0 Regional Population Growth, Australia. Table 5. Estimated Resident Population, Local Government Areas, Western Australia". 3 April 2014. Retrieved 11 September 2014.
↑ WA Electoral Commission, Municipality Boundary Amendments Register (release 3.0), 31 May 2007.

External links

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: 24°53′02″S 113°39′40″E / 24.884°S 113.661°E / -24.884; 113.661

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