The Shire of Laverton is a
local government area
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in the
Goldfields-Esperance region of
Western Australia
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, about northeast of the city of
Kalgoorlie
Kalgoorlie is a city in the Goldfields–Esperance region of Western Australia, located east-northeast of Perth at the end of the Great Eastern Highway. It is sometimes referred to as Kalgoorlie–Boulder, as the surrounding urban area includ ...
and about east-northeast of the state capital,
Perth
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. The Shire covers an area of , and its seat of government is the town of
Laverton.
History
The Mount Margaret Road District was gazetted on 17 August 1906. It absorbed the
Municipality of Mount Morgans on 28 February 1913. On 13 November 1925, it absorbed some land from neighbouring road districts, most notably Lawlers.
It was renamed the Laverton Road District on 20 January 1950. It was made a shire on 1 July 1961 following the passage of the ''Local Government Act 1960'', which reformed all remaining road districts into shires.
The residents of the Shire are represented by 7 Councillors.
Towns and localities
The towns and localities of the Shire of Laverton with population and size figures based on the
most recent Australian census
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Ghost towns
Ghost towns of the Shire of Laverton:
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Beria
Lavrentiy Pavlovich Beria (; rus, Лавре́нтий Па́влович Бе́рия, Lavréntiy Pávlovich Bériya, p=ˈbʲerʲiə; ka, ლავრენტი ბერია, tr, ; – 23 December 1953) was a Georgian Bolshevik ...
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Burtville
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Duketon
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Euro
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Mount Margaret
Mount Margaret was an abandoned town located northeast of Perth and southwest of Laverton in the Goldfields-Esperance region of Western Australia.
The first European to visit the area was government surveyor John Forrest who passed throug ...
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Mount Morgans
Heritage-listed places
As of 2021, 38 places are heritage-listed in the Shire of Laverton, of which two are on the State Register of Heritage Places, the former Hotel Australia and the Mt Margaret Mission Hospital ruin.
References
External links
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Laverton