The Shire of Manjimup is a
local government area
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in the
South West
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region of
Western Australia
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, about south of the state capital,
Perth
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. The Shire covers an area of , and its seat of government is the town of
Manjimup.
History
The Shire area was first included in the
Plantagenet
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, Wellington and Sussex Road Districts in 1871. Later the area was included in the
Nelson Road District.
The Shire of Manjimup originated as the Warren Road District, which was gazetted on 3 July 1908, initially consisting of seven elected members. It was renamed the Manjimup Road District on 23 January 1925. On 1 July 1961, it became the Shire of Manjimup following the passage of the ''Local Government Act 1960'', which reformed all remaining road districts into shires.
Wards
The Shire is divided into six wards, most of which were renamed at the 2003 election. The shire president is elected from amongst the councillors.
* Central Ward (Manjimup) (four councillors)
* Coastal Ward (Northcliffe) (one councillor)
* East Ward (Perup) (one councillor)
* North Ward (one councillor)
* South Ward (Walpole) (one councillor)
* West Ward (Pemberton) (two councillors)
Localities
The Shire of Manjimup is divided into 36 localities:
Heritage-listed places
As of 2021, 270 places are heritage-listed in the Shire of Manjimup, of which 16 are on the
State Register of Heritage Places
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History
In the 1970s, following its establishment of the ...
.
References
External links
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Manjimup