Shire of Donnybrook-Balingup

LGAs around Shire of Donnybrook Balingup:
Dardanup	Collie	Collie
Capel	Shire of Donnybrook Balingup	Boyup Brook
Nannup	Bridgetown Greenbushes	Boyup Brook

The Shire of Donnybrook-Balingup is a local government area in the South West region of Western Australia, about 35 kilometres (22 mi) southeast of Bunbury and about 220 kilometres (137 mi) south of the state capital, Perth. The Shire covers an area of about 1,560 square kilometres (602 sq mi), and its seat of government is the town of Donnybrook.

History

The Upper Capel Road District (renamed to Balingup Road District in 1905) was gazetted in 1899, while the Preston Road District was gazetted in 1896. On 1 July 1961, they became the Shires of Balingup and Donnybrook respectively under the Local Government Act 1960. On 26 March 1970 the two shires were merged, with the new council being administered from Donnybrook.

The Shire of Donnybrook-Balingup is also home to a number of heritage-listed historic properties including Ferndale Homestead and Southampton homestead.

Wards

In 2001 the Shire abolished wards and all nine councillors represent the entire shire.

Prior to this, four wards made up the council;

Donnybrook (including Argyle, Irishtown and Beelerup);
Preston (area east of Donnybrook including Lowden, Mumballup and Noggerup);
Central (including Kirup, Upper Capel, Brazier, Newlands, Brookhampton and Thompsons Brook);
Balingup (including Mullalyup, Grimwade, Upper Balingup, Southampton and Ferndale[Lower Balingup])

Towns

Donnybrook
Argyle
Balingup
Brookhampton
Grimwade
Kirup
Lowden
Mullalyup
Mumballup
Newlands
Noggerup
Yabberup

References

↑ "3218.0 Regional Population Growth, Australia. Table 5. Estimated Resident Population, Local Government Areas, Western Australia". 3 April 2014. Retrieved 11 September 2014.

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: 33°34′37″S 115°49′16″E / 33.577°S 115.821°E / -33.577; 115.821

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