Shire of Coolgardie

The Shire of Coolgardie is a local government area in the Goldfields-Esperance region of Western Australia, lying roughly west and south of the city of Kalgoorlie. The Shire covers an area of 30,400 square kilometres (11,738 sq mi), and its seat of government is the town of Coolgardie, although the twin towns of Kambalda and Kambalda West contain two-thirds of the Shire's population.

History

The Shire began life as two entities - Coolgardie Municipality (1894), and Coolgardie Road District (1896). As the gold rush waned in the area, the former was merged into the latter in 1921, and on 1 July 1961, it became a shire under the Local Government Act 1960.^[2]

Wards

In 2007, the ward system was abolished. Prior to this, the Shire had eight councillors and four wards:

Kambalda West (three councillors)
Kambalda (two councillors)
Coolgardie (two councillors)
Country (one councillor)

Towns

Photos

Shire of Coolgardie office.

References

↑ "3218.0 Regional Population Growth, Australia. Table 5. Estimated Resident Population, Local Government Areas, Western Australia". 3 April 2014. Retrieved 11 September 2014.
↑ WA Electoral Commission, Municipality Boundary Amendments Register (release 2.0), 31 May 2003.

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: 30°57′11″S 121°09′50″E / 30.953°S 121.164°E / -30.953; 121.164

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