Shire of East Pilbara facts for kids
Quick facts for kids Shire of East PilbaraWestern Australia |
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Population | 10,591 (2016 census) | ||||||||||||||
• Density | 0.0284268/km2 (0.073625/sq mi) | ||||||||||||||
Established | 1972 | ||||||||||||||
Area | 372,571 km2 (143,850.5 sq mi) | ||||||||||||||
Shire president | Anthony Middleton | ||||||||||||||
Council seat | Newman | ||||||||||||||
Region | Pilbara | ||||||||||||||
State electorate(s) | Pilbara | ||||||||||||||
Federal Division(s) | Durack | ||||||||||||||
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Website | Shire of East Pilbara | ||||||||||||||
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The Shire of East Pilbara is one of the four local government areas in the Pilbara region of Western Australia. With an area of 372,571 square kilometres (144,000 sq mi), it is the largest local government region in Australia. The Shire's seat of government, and home to nearly half the Shire's population, is the town of Newman in the shire's south-west.
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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
- Noel Butcher, Nullagine Road Board member 1945, later a state MP
- Arthur Bickerton, Marble Bar Road Board member 1956–1958, later a state MP
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