The Shire of Leonora is a
local government area
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in the
Goldfields-Esperance region of
Western Australia, about north of the city of
Kalgoorlie
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and about northeast of the state capital,
Perth. The Shire covers an area of , and its seat of government is the town of
Leonora.
History
Leonora was originally part of the
North Coolgardie Road District when that entity was gazetted in 1898. The town of
Leonora was gazetted as the
Municipality of Leonora
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The term ''municipality'' may also mean the go ...
with its own mayor in 1900.
The Shire of Leonora originated from the Mount Malcolm Road District, which was established on 31 May 1912, when the North Coolgardie Road District was abolished and broken up into three separate road districts: Mount Malcolm, Kookynie and
Menzies. (The North Coolgardie Road District had absorbed three municipalities in March 1912, including the
Municipality of Malcolm; however, the amalgamation had not been successful.)
Mount Malcolm absorbed the Municipality of Leonora on 1 July 1917 and became the Leonora-Mount Malcolm Road District.
On 16 August 1929, a neighbouring district, the Lawlers Road District, was dissolved and split between Mount Margaret (later
Laverton) and Leonora-Mount Malcolm. The Leonora-Mt-Malcolm Road District was renamed the Leonora Road District on 20 June 1930.
On 1 July 1961, it became the Shire of Leonora under the ''Local Government Act 1960'', which reformed all remaining road districts into shires.
Wards
As of the 2003 election, the Shire is divided into two wards:
* North Ward (four councillors)
* South Ward (five councillors)
From 1979 until 2003, the Shire was divided into Leonora (3), Leinster (4) and Country (2) wards.
Towns and localities
*
Leonora
*
Agnew
*
Eulaminna
*
Gwalia
Gwalia is an archaic Welsh name for Wales. It derives from the Medieval Latin ''Wallia'', which in turn is a Latinisation of the English 'Wales'. (For the Germanic etymology of this name see Walha.) Although never as widely used as ''Cymru'', Gw ...
*
Kathleen
*
Kurrajong
* Lake Darlot
*
Lawlers
*
Leinster
*
Malcolm
*
Mertondale
*
Murrin Murrin
*
Sir Samuel
Sir Samuel is an abandoned town located between Leinster and Wiluna in the Goldfields-Esperance region of Western Australia.
Gold was discovered in the area in 1895. Officials lobbied for a townsite to be created in 1896 following the realis ...
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Vivien
Vivien may refer to:
* Vivien (name), variant spelling
* Vivien, Western Australia, an abandoned town in Australia
* , a British destroyer launched in 1918 and sold in 1947 for scrapping
See also
* Saint-Vivien (disambiguation)
* Vivienne
* ...
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Woodarra
*
Yundamindera (known as "The Granites")
Heritage-listed places
As of 2021, 95 places are heritage-listed in the Shire of Leonora, of which 47 are on the State Register of Heritage Places, the majority of those around the former mining town of
Gwalia
Gwalia is an archaic Welsh name for Wales. It derives from the Medieval Latin ''Wallia'', which in turn is a Latinisation of the English 'Wales'. (For the Germanic etymology of this name see Walha.) Although never as widely used as ''Cymru'', Gw ...
.
References
External links
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Leonora