The Shire of Collie is a

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in the

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region of

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, about east of Bunbury and about south of the state capital,

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. The Shire covers an area of , and its seat of government is the town of

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History

The Shire of Collie originated in the amalgamation of the

Municipality of Collie The Municipality of Collie was a local government area in Western Australia, centred on the town of Collie. It covered an area of 1,170 acres in the Collie and Worsley townsites in 1950. It was established on 17 May 1901, separating the town of ...

(1901) and the

Collie Road District The Collie Road District was an early form of local government area in the Collie region of Western Australia Western Australia (commonly abbreviated as WA) is a state of Australia occupying the western percent of the land area of Australia ...

(1900) to form the Collie Coalfields Road District on 2 March 1951. It was declared a shire and named the Shire of Collie with effect from 1 July 1961 following the passage of the ''Local Government Act 1960'', which reformed all remaining road districts into shires.

Wards

The shire is no longer divided into wards and the eleven councillors sit at large.

Towns and localities

* Allanson *

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* Collie Burn * Collie Cardiff *

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* Lyalls Mill * Muja * Mungalup *

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* Preston Settlement *

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* Yourdamung Lake

Notable councillors

* John Ewing, Collie Roads Board chairman 1905; also a state MP * Herbert Wells, mayor of Collie 1908–1909, 1911–1913; later a state MP * Bob Pike, Collie Shire Council 1957–1970, shire president 1962–1970; later a state MP

Heritage-listed places

As of 2021, 198 places are heritage-listed in the Shire of Collie, of which eight are on the

State Register of Heritage Places The State Register of Heritage Places is the heritage register of historic sites in Western Australia deemed significant at the state level by the Heritage Council of Western Australia. History In the 1970s, following its establishment of the ...

, among them Wellington Dam.

References

External links

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