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Shire of Victoria Plains
Western Australia
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Victoria Plains shire offices, Calingiri, 2014
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Location in Western Australia
Established 1871
Area 2,569 km2 (991.9 sq mi)
Shire President Pauline Bantock
Council seat Calingiri
Region Wheatbelt
State electorate(s) Moore
Federal Division(s) Durack
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Website Shire of Victoria Plains
LGAs around Shire of Victoria Plains:
Dandaragan Moora Wongan-Ballidu
Gingin Shire of Victoria Plains Wongan-Ballidu
Chittering Toodyay Goomalling

The Shire of Victoria Plains is a local government area in the Wheatbelt region of Western Australia, about 160 kilometres (100 mi) north of the state capital, Perth. It covers an area of 2,569 square kilometres (992 sq mi), and its seat of government is the town of Calingiri.

History

The Victoria Plains Road District was gazetted on 24 January 1871 covering an area extending as far north as Carnamah and east to the South Australian border. These areas gradually obtained their own local government over the next 40 years.

The Melbourne Road District separated on 10 February 1887.

On 11 December 1908, Moora Road District was gazetted and also separated.

As a result of the WA Local Government Act 1960, all remaining road districts became shires, including the Shire of Victoria Plains, on 1 July 1961.

Towns and localities

The towns and localities of the Shire of Victoria Plains with population and size figures based on the most recent Australian census are as follows:

Locality Population Area Map
Bolgart 128 (SAL 2021) [convert: needs a number]
Calingiri 198 (SAL 2021) [convert: needs a number]
Carani 29 (SAL 2021) [convert: needs a number]
Gillingarra 49 (SAL 2021) [convert: needs a number]
Glentromie 44 (SAL 2021) [convert: needs a number]
Mogumber 58 (SAL 2021) [convert: needs a number]
New Norcia 57 (SAL 2021) [convert: needs a number]
Old Plains 47 (SAL 2021) [convert: needs a number]
Piawaning 61 (SAL 2021) [convert: needs a number]
Waddington 26 (SAL 2016) [convert: needs a number]
Wyening 19 (SAL 2021) [convert: needs a number]
Yarawindah 23 (SAL 2016) [convert: needs a number]
Yerecoin 67 (SAL 2021) [convert: needs a number]

Presidents

Main article: List of shire presidents of Victoria Plains

Population

Historical population
Year Pop. ±% p.a.
1911 880 —    
1921 1,089 +2.15%
1933 1,241 +1.09%
1947 1,124 −0.70%
1954 1,810 +7.04%
1961 2,030 +1.65%
1966 1,785 −2.54%
1971 1,700 −0.97%
1976 1,493 −2.56%
Year Pop. ±% p.a.
1981 1,332 −2.26%
1986 1,243 −1.37%
1991 1,079 −2.79%
1996 943 −2.66%
2001 963 +0.42%
2006 903 −1.28%
2011 895 −0.18%
2016 910 +0.33%
2021 802 −2.50%

Heritage-listed places

Main article: List of State Register of Heritage Places in the Shire of Victoria Plains

As of 2023, 206 places are heritage-listed in the Shire of Victoria Plains, of which five are on the State Register of Heritage Places.

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