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Shire of West Arthur

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History
Wards
Towns
Population
References
External links

{{Infobox Australian place | type = lga
| name = Shire of West Arthur
| state = wa
| image = West arthur LGA WA.png
| image_upright = 0.81
| caption = Location in Western Australia
| pop = 887
| pop_year = 2013 est
| pop_footnotes =^[1]
| area = 2834.2
| est = 1896
| seat = Darkan
| mayor =Raymond Harrington
| mayortitle =President
| region = Wheatbelt
| logo = West Arthur logo.png
| url = http://www.westarthur.wa.gov.au
| stategov = Roe
| fedgov = O'Connor
| near-nw = Collie
| near-n = Williams
| near-ne = Narrogin
| near-w = Collie
| near-e = Wagin
| near-sw = Boyup Brook
| near-s = Kojonup
| near-se = Woodanilling
}}

The Shire of West Arthur is a local government area in the Wheatbelt region of Western Australia, generally to the west of Albany Highway about {{convert|200|km|mi|0}} south-east of Perth, the state capital. The Shire covers an area of {{convert|2834|km2|sqmi|0}} and its seat of government is the town of Darkan. Industries within the Shire, worth approximately $45 million per year to the State's economy,^[2] are dominated by wool and sheep, and also include timber, grain, forestry, beef, pigs, cattle hide tanning, engineering and earthmoving.

History

The West Arthur Road District was created on 10 January 1896. On 1 July 1961, it became the Shire of West Arthur under the Local Government Act 1960.^[3] The name relates to its position with respect to the former Arthur Road District, which was renamed to Wagin in 1905.

Wards

The ward system was discontinued on 20 October 2007 and all nine councillors represent the entire shire.

Previously, the shire was divided into four wards:

North West (three councillors)
North East (two councillors)
South East (two councillors)
South West (two councillors)

Towns

Darkan
Arthur River
Bokal
Boolading
Bowelling
Cordering
Duranillin
Moodiarrup
Trigwell

Population

Year	Population
1911	674
1921	624
1933	1,047
1947	876
1954	1,295
1961	1,398
1966	1,427
1971	1,303
1976	1,293
1981	1,288
1986	1,118
1991	973
1996	985
2001	863
2006	858
2011	868

References

1. ^{{cite web|url=http://www.abs.gov.au/ausstats/subscriber.nsf/log?openagent&32180ds0003_2003-13.xls&3218.0&Data%20Cubes&811CDB2C6F0319E3CA257CAE000ECBD6&0&2012-13&03.04.2014&Latest|title=3218.0 Regional Population Growth, Australia. Table 5. Estimated Resident Population, Local Government Areas, Western Australia|date=3 April 2014|accessdate=11 September 2014}}
2. ^{{cite web|url=http://agspsrv34.agric.wa.gov.au/programs/srd/agplan/regionstats/WestArthur2.pdf|title=Agriculture Statistical Overview 96/97 - Shire of West Arthur|author=Agriculture WA|date=July 2000|accessdate=2006-11-15|format=PDF |archiveurl = https://web.archive.org/web/20060917160250/http://agspsrv34.agric.wa.gov.au/programs/srd/agplan/regionstats/WestArthur2.pdf |archivedate = 2006-09-17}}
3. ^WA Electoral Commission, Municipality Boundary Amendments Register (release 3.0), 31 July 2007.

External links

{{Official website}}
West Arthur Telecentre includes community information.

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1 : Local government areas of the Wheatbelt region of Western Australia

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