The Shire of Meekatharra is a
local government area
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in the
Mid West
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region of
Western Australia
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, about halfway between the town of
Port Hedland
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and the state capital,
Perth
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, Western Australia. The Shire covers an area of , and its seat of government is the town of
Meekatharra.
History
The Meekatharra Road District was established on 31 October 1909 out of the abolished Peak Hill Road District and
Nannine Road District The Nannine Road District was an early form of local government area on the Western Australian goldfields of the Mid West
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. It lost much of its territory to a reconstituted Nannine Road District on 7 December 1913, but regained much of that when the Nannine district was abolished for a second and final time on 24 January 1930. It became a shire on 1 July 1961 following the passage of the ''Local Government Act 1960'', which reformed all remaining road districts into shires.
Wards
The shire is divided into three wards:
* Town Ward (five councillors)
* Nannine Ward (two councillors)
* Peak Hill Ward (two councillors)
Towns and localities
The towns and localities of the Shire of Meekatharra with population and size figures based on the
most recent Australian census
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:
Ghost towns
Ghost towns in the Shire of Meekatharra:
*
Gabanintha
Gabanintha is a ghost town located in the Mid West region of Western Australia approximately 40 km south east of Meekatharra on the Meekatharra-Sandstone road. The town is situated within the Murchison goldfields.
The name of the town i ...
*
Horseshoe
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*
Nannine
*
Peak Hill
*
Porlell
Heritage-listed places
As of 2021, 102 places are heritage-listed in the Shire of Meekatharra, of which three 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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Meekatharra