The Shire of Narrogin is a local government area in the Wheatbelt 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 excluding external territories. It is bounded by the Indian Ocean to the north and west, the Southern Ocean to th ...

, about south-east of the state capital,

Perth Perth is the capital and largest city of the Australian state of Western Australia. It is the fourth most populous city in Australia and Oceania, with a population of 2.1 million (80% of the state) living in Greater Perth in 2020. Perth i ...

. The seat of government is in the town of Narrogin. Until 2016, when the two entities merged, the Narrogin townsite was governed by a separate local government area, the

Town of Narrogin The Town of Narrogin was a local government area of Western Australia for the town of Narrogin in the Wheatbelt region of Western Australia, south-east of the capital, Perth along Great Southern Highway. It amalgamated with the Shire of Narro ...

History

On 19 May 1892, the Narrogin Road District came into being. On 1 July 1961, it became a Shire under the ''Local Government Act 1960''. In 1999 and 2004, proposals to merge the Shire with the

were defeated at

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. In 2016, on July 1, the Shire of Narrogin amalgamated with the Town of Narrogin. The new entity retained the designation of Shire.

Wards

Both the Shire and the Town of Narrogin had wards, but they have since been abolished. Nine elected members now sit at large.

Towns and localities

* Boundain * Dumberning *

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* Hillside * Minigin * Narrogin * Narrogin Valley * Nomans Lake * Yilliminning

Population

Heritage-listed places

As of 2021, 169 places are heritage-listed in the Shire of Narrogin, of which 23 are on the

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References

External links

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