The Shire of Tableland was a

local government area A local government area (LGA) is an administrative division of a country that a local government is responsible for. The size of an LGA varies by country but it is generally a subdivision of a State (administrative division), state, province, divi ...

in the

Pilbara The Pilbara () is a large, dry, thinly populated region in the north of Western Australia. It is known for its Aboriginal peoples; its ancient landscapes; the red earth; and its vast mineral deposits, in particular iron ore. It is also a glo ...

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 ...

. It was based in the

Hamersley Range The Hamersley Range is a mountainous region of the Pilbara region of Western Australia. The range was named on 12 June 1861 by explorer Francis Thomas Gregory after Edward Hamersley (senior), Edward Hamersley, a prominent promoter of his explo ...

and had an office at Tambrey Station until the 1940s, met at

Coolawanyah Station Coolawanyah Station, also spelt as Coolawaya Station, is a pastoral lease and sheep station located approximately north of Tom Price, Western Australia, Tom Price, south east of Karratha and south west of Port Hedland, in the Shire of Ashbur ...

in the late 1940s, and met at Wittenoom from the 1950s. It was established as the Tableland Road District on 3 January 1896. It was declared a shire and named the Shire of Tableland with effect from 1 July 1961 following the passage of the ''Local Government Act 1960'', which reformed all remaining road districts into shires. It amalgamated with the original

Shire of Ashburton The Shire of Ashburton is one of the four local government areas in the Pilbara region of Western Australia, covering an area of . It is named after the Ashburton River. The shire's administration centre is in the town of Tom Price. It had a ...

to form the

Shire of West Pilbara The Shire of Ashburton is one of the four local government areas in the Pilbara region of Western Australia, covering an area of . It is named after the Ashburton River. The shire's administration centre is in the town of Tom Price. It had a ...

(later renamed Ashburton) on 27 May 1972.

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{{coord missing, Western Australia Former local government areas of the Pilbara