Shire of Menzies

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

Location in Western Australia
Population 231 (2011 est)[1]
 • Density 0.001853/km2 (0.004800/sq mi)
Area 124,635 km2 (48,121.8 sq mi)
Council seat Menzies
Region Goldfields-Esperance
State electorate(s) Kalgoorlie
Federal Division(s) O'Connor
Website Shire of Menzies
LGAs around Shire of Menzies:
Leonora Laverton Outback Areas (SA)
Sandstone Shire of Menzies Outback Areas (SA)
Coolgardie Kalgoorlie-Boulder Outback Areas (SA)

The Shire of Menzies is a local government area in the Goldfields-Esperance region of Western Australia located to the north of Kalgoorlie. It covers an area of 124,635 square kilometres (48,122 sq mi), and its seat of government is the town of Menzies.

History

The Menzies Municipality was gazetted in 1895. It was dissolved and included in the North Coolgardie Road District in 1912, which was itself dissolved the same year to form the Menzies, Kookynie and Mount Malcolm Road Districts. In 1918, Kookynie was merged into Menzies, which on 1 July 1961 became a shire under the Local Government Act 1960.[2]

Wards

The shire is divided into three 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. ↑ WA Electoral Commission, Municipality Boundary Amendments Register (release 2.0), 31 May 2003.

Coordinates: 29°41′17″S 121°02′13″E / 29.688°S 121.037°E / -29.688; 121.037

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