Shire of Leonora

This article is about a local government area. For the town, see Leonora, Western Australia.
Shire of Leonora
Western Australia

Location in Western Australia
Population 1,902 (2011 est)[1]
 • Density 0.059088/km2 (0.15304/sq mi)
Area 32,189.3 km2 (12,428.4 sq mi)
Mayor Graham Dawes
Council seat Leonora
Region Goldfields-Esperance
State electorate(s) Kalgoorlie
Federal Division(s) O'Connor
Website Shire of Leonora
LGAs around Shire of Leonora:
Wiluna Wiluna Laverton
Sandstone Shire of Leonora Laverton
Menzies Menzies Menzies
Leaf gold on calcite, Bronzewing Mine, Shire of Leonora

The Shire of Leonora is a local government area in the Goldfields-Esperance region of Western Australia, about 240 kilometres (149 mi) north of the city of Kalgoorlie and about 830 kilometres (516 mi) northeast of the state capital, Perth. The Shire covers an area of 32,189 square kilometres (12,428 sq mi), and its seat of government is the town of Leonora.

History

Leonora was originally part of the North Coolgardie Road District when that entity was gazetted in 1898. The town of Leonora was gazetted as a municipality with its own mayor in 1900. In 1912, the North Coolgardie Road District was dissolved and the Mount Malcolm, Kookynie and Menzies Road Districts were formed.

Mount Malcolm absorbed the Municipality of Leonora on 1 July 1917 and became the Leonora-Mount Malcolm Road District.[2] In 1929, a neighbouring district, Lawlers, was dissolved and split between Mount Margaret (later Laverton) and Leonora-Mount Malcolm, which was renamed to simply Leonora a year later. On 1 July 1961, it became the Shire of Leonora under the Local Government Act 1960.[3]

Wards

As of the 2003 election, the Shire is divided into two wards:

From 1979 until 2003, the Shire was divided into Leonora (3), Leinster (4) and Country (2) wards.

Towns and localities

References

  1. ↑ "3218.0 Regional Population Growth, Australia. Table 5. Estimated Resident Population, Local Government Areas, Western Australia". 30 March 2012. Retrieved 26 May 2012.
  2. ↑ "Municipal Corporations Act 1906 and Roads Act 1911. Merging of Leonora Municipality into Mount Malcolm Road District, and renaming Leonora-Malcolm Road District. Order in Council (per PW 1461/17)". Western Australia Government Gazette. 23 May 1917. p. 1917:851. Effective 1 July 1917.
  3. ↑ WA Electoral Commission, Municipality Boundary Amendments Register (release 3.0), 31 May 2007.

Coordinates: 28°53′06″S 121°19′52″E / 28.885°S 121.331°E / -28.885; 121.331

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