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Shire of Yilgarn

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Established
  
1891

State electorate(s)
  
Eyre

Shire of Yilgarn
  
Coolgardie

Founded
  
1891

Council seat
  
Southern Cross

Federal division
  
Division of Kalgoorlie

Region
  
Eastern Wheatbelt

Website
  
Shire of Yilgarn

Area
  
30,720 km²

Population
  
1,912 (2001)

Mayor
  
Onida Truran


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.

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Map of Yilgarn, WA, Australia

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.

Wards

The shire is divided into three wards.

  • Town Ward (four councillors)
  • North Ward (two councillors)
  • South Ward (three councillors)

    • 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

    Shire of Yilgarn Wikipedia
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