Shire of Wickepin

The Shire of Wickepin is a local government area in the Wheatbelt region of Western Australia, east of Narrogin and about 220 kilometres (137 mi) southeast of the state capital, Perth. The Shire covers an area of 2,042 square kilometres (788 sq mi), and its seat of government is the town of Wickepin.

History

In 1909, the Wickepin Road District was created. The Road Board consisted of a chairman, secretary and seven members. On 1 July 1961, it became a shire under the Local Government Act 1960.^[2]

Wards

The Shire is at present undivided with its nine councillors representing the entire shire.

Until 20 October 2007 the shire was divided into 5 wards:

Townsite Ward (2 councillors)
North Ward (2 councillors)
Central Ward (2 councillors)
South Ward (2 councillors)
East Ward (1 councillor)

Towns and localities

Wickepin
Gillimanning
Harrismith
Malyalling
Tincurrin
Toolibin
Wogolin
Yealering

Population

Year	Population
1911	1,146
1921	1,454
1933	1,598
1947	1,153
1954	1,334
1961	1,276
1966	1,380
1971	1,144
1976	1,076
1981	1,018
1986	951
1991	915
1996	833
2001	713
2006	716

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 3.0), 31 July 2007.

External links

Media related to Shire of Wickepin at Wikimedia Commons

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: 32°46′48″S 117°30′18″E / 32.780°S 117.505°E / -32.780; 117.505

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