Shire of Nannup

LGAs around Shire of Nannup:
Busselton	Busselton	Donnybrook- Balingup
Augusta- Margaret River	Shire of Nannup	Bridgetown- Greenbushes
Southern Ocean	Southern Ocean	Manjimup

The Shire of Nannup is a local government area in the South West region of Western Australia, approximately 280 kilometres (174 mi) south of the state capital, Perth and 60 kilometres (37 mi) southeast of the coastal resort town of Busselton. Its seat of government is the town of Nannup, where about half of the Shire's population reside.

The Shire has a land area of 2,935 square kilometres (1,133 sq mi), about 85% of which is covered in hardwood jarrah, karri and marri forests, while the southern coastline is mostly within the D'Entrecasteaux National Park.

History

The Lower Blackwood Road Board (renamed to Nannup Road Board in 1925) was gazetted in 1890. On 1 July 1961, it became the Nannup Shire following changes to the Local Government Act.

Wards

The Shire is divided into three wards.

Central Ward (three councillors)
North Ward (three councillors)
South Ward (two councillors)

Towns

Nannup
Carlotta
Cundinup
Donnelly River (Wheatley)
Jalbarragup
Peerabeelup

Notable councillors

Edmund Vernon Brockman, Nannup Roads Board member 1909–1935, 1937–1938, chairman 1915–1935; also a state MP

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°58′55″S 115°45′54″E / 33.982°S 115.765°E / -33.982; 115.765

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