Shire of East Pilbara

LGAs around Shire of East Pilbara:
Broome	Derby-West Kimberley	Halls Creek
Ashburton	Shire of East Pilbara	Central Desert (NT)
Meekatharra	Wiluna	Ngaanyatjarraku

The Shire of East Pilbara is one of the four local government areas in the Pilbara region of Western Australia, and with an area close to 380,000 square kilometres (147,000 sq mi), is the third largest municipality in the world, after two new municipalities in Greenland (Qaasuitsup and Sermersooq, with each around 650,000 km²^[2]). The municipality is bigger than many countries, for example Norway. The Shire's seat of government, and home to slightly over half the Shire's population, is the town of Newman in the shire's south-west.

History

The Shire has its origin in two early road districts: Bamboo, established in 1896 and renamed Marble Bar in 1904; and Nullagine, established in 1898. On 1 July 1961, both became shires under the Local Government Act 1960.

On 27 May 1972 the two merged to form the Shire of East Pilbara.

Wards

The Shire is divided into six wards, most with one councillor:

South Ward (five councillors)
North
North West
Central
Lower Central
East

Towns

Newman
Bamboo
Goldsworthy (former town)
Jigalong (Aboriginal community)
Marble Bar
Nullagine
Shay Gap (former town)
Telfer

Notable councillors

Arthur Bickerton, Marble Bar Road Board member 1956–1958, 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.
↑ Kanukoka - fejl 404 - Side blev ikke fundet. Kanukoka.gl. Retrieved on 2013-07-16.

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: 23°21′14″S 119°43′55″E / 23.354°S 119.732°E / -23.354; 119.732

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