The Town of Port Hedland is a

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in the Pilbara region of Western Australia containing the twin settlements of Port Hedland and

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and the industrial precinct of Wedgefield. It had a population of approximately 14,500 as at the

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of which only a few hundred live outside the settlement boundaries.

History

The Pilbara Road District was gazetted on 22 June 1894. It lost some territory to the new Nullagine Road District on 8 July 1898. It was renamed the Port Hedland Road District on 18 March 1904. It became the Shire of Port Hedland on 1 July 1961 under the ''Local Government Act 1960'', which reformed all remaining road districts into shires. It underwent substantial boundary changes on 28 April 1972, losing approximately 5,669 square kilometres to the

Shire of Marble Bar The Shire of Marble Bar was a local government area in the Pilbara region of Western Australia. It was established as the Bamboo Road District on 4 September 1896, and was based in the now-former town of Bamboo Creek. The first election was held ...

and gaining approximately 18.3 square kilometres 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 ...

. It assumed its current name when it gained town status on 18 March 1989. In June 2019 the Council was suspended by the state government and replaced with a commissioner. In October 2019, the government of Western Australia announced that there would be no further residential development of the West End of Port Hedland to protect sensitive population groups from health effects caused by dust generated by Port activities.

Wards

The town has eight councillors and no wards.

Towns

* Port Hedland * Finucane Island *

Mundabullangana Mundabullangana is a settlement in Western Australia, located approximately 100 km south-west of Port Hedland. It is the site of a 225,000 hectare cattle station. Mundabullangana is more commonly known as Munda Station. In 1872, brothers ...

* Condon (a.k.a. Shellborough) *

* Wedgefield

Heritage-listed places

As of 2021, 81 places are heritage-listed in the Town of Port Hedland, of which six are on the State Register of Heritage Places.

References

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* {{Coord, -20.310, 118.601, type:adm2nd_region:AU-WA, format=dms, display=title Port Hedland Port Hedland, Western Australia