The original Shire of Ashburton was a
local government area
A local government area (LGA) is an administrative division of a country that a local government is responsible for. The size of an LGA varies by country but it is generally a subdivision of a State (administrative division), state, province, divi ...
in
Western Australia
Western Australia (commonly abbreviated as WA) is a state of Australia occupying the western percent of the land area of Australia excluding external territories. It is bounded by the Indian Ocean to the north and west, the Southern Ocean to th ...
from 1887 to 1972. It was based in the town of
Onslow.
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It was established on 1 January 1887 as the Ashburton Road District.
It was declared a shire and named the Shire of Ashburton with effect from 1 July 1961 following the passage of the ''Local Government Act 1960'', which reformed all remaining road districts into shires.
The shire absorbed
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* Barrow Island (Western Australia), Australia
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, Double Island and Pasco Island from the
Shire of Roebourne
The City of Karratha is one of the four local government areas in the Pilbara region of Western Australia. It covers an area of and had a population of about 21,500 as at the 2016 Census, most of which is located in its seat of government, the ...
on 21 January 1966.
It was amalgamated with the
Shire of Tableland
The Shire of Tableland was a local government area in the Pilbara region of Western Australia.
It was based in the Hamersley Range and had an office at Tambrey Station until the 1940s, met at Coolawanyah Station in the late 1940s, and met at W ...
to form the
Shire of West Pilbara
The Shire of Ashburton is one of the four local government areas in the Pilbara region of Western Australia, covering an area of . It is named after the Ashburton River.
The shire's administration centre is in the town of Tom Price. It had a ...
(later renamed Ashburton) on 27 May 1972.
References
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Former local government areas of the Pilbara