Shire of Yilgarn

Shire of Yilgarn
Western Australia
Yilgarn Shire Office, Southern Cross, 2017
Location in Western Australia
Population 1,698 (2013 est)[1]
 • Density 0.055273/km2 (0.14316/sq mi)
Established 1891
Area 30,720 km2 (11,861.1 sq mi)
Mayor Onida Truran
Council seat Southern Cross
Region Eastern Wheatbelt
State electorate(s) Eyre
Federal Division(s) Kalgoorlie
Website Shire of Yilgarn
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.

History

In 1891, the Yilgarn Road District was gazetted. In 1918, it merged with the Municipality of Southern Cross (gazetted 1892). On 1 July 1961, it became a shire under the Local Government Act 1960.[2]

Wards

The Shire of Yilgarn has no wards. The Shire of Yilgarn has 7 councillor.

Towns and localities

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

Notable councillors

  • William Oats, Southern Cross Municipality mayor 1895–1896; later a state MP
  • Harold Seddon, Southern Cross Municipality councillor late 1910s; later a state MP
  • Lionel Kelly, Yilgarn Road Board member 1929–1932, 1932–1943; later a state MP
  • John Panizza, Shire of Yilgarn councillor 1975–1987, president 1982–1987; later a senator

References

  1. ↑ "3218.0 Regional Population Growth, Australia. Table 5. Estimated Resident Population, Local Government Areas, Western Australia". 3 April 2014. Retrieved 11 September 2014.
  2. ↑ WA Electoral Commission, Municipality Boundary Amendments Register (release 3.0), 31 May 2007.

Coordinates: 31°15′14″S 119°20′38″E / 31.254°S 119.344°E / -31.254; 119.344

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