The Shire of Moora is a
local government area in the northern
Wheatbelt region of
Western Australia
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, and generally lies between the
Brand Highway
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and
Great Northern Highway
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about north of
Perth
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, the state capital. The Shire covers an area of and its seat of government is the town of
Moora.
History
The Moora Road District was gazetted on 11 December 1908, created from part of the
Victoria Plains Road District. The first election for the Moora Road Board was on 12 February 1909.
Henry Lefroy
Sir Henry Bruce Lefroy (24 March 1854 – 19 March 1930) was the eleventh Premier of Western Australia.
Biography
Lefroy was born in Perth, Western Australia on 24 March 1854. His father was Anthony O'Grady Lefroy, Colonial Treasurer of Wes ...
was elected Chairman at the first meeting of the Road Board on 19 March 1909. Lefroy had previously been elected Chairman of the Victoria Plains Road Board in 1876.
On 1 July 1961, Moora became a Shire under the ''Local Government Act 1960'', which reformed all remaining road districts into shires.
Wards
The shire is undivided and the nine councillors represent the entire shire.
Until 20 October 2007, the shire was divided into wards, most with 1 councillor each:
* Moora Town Ward (4 councillors)
* Bindi Bindi
* Coomberdale
* Koojan
* Miling
* Watheroo
Towns and localities
*
Bindi Bindi
*
Coomberdale
*
Koojan
*
Miling
*
Moora
*
Walebing
*
Watheroo
Watheroo is a small town in the Wheatbelt region of Western Australia. There are 137 residents, according to the .
History
Land in the area was settled by James Oliver in 1851, the area was surveyed in 1871 and the name Watheroo was charted fo ...
Population
Notable councillors
*
Edgar Lewis
Edgar Henry Mead Lewis (12 February 1902 – 26 April 1992) was an Australian politician who was a Country Party member of the Legislative Assembly of Western Australia from 1958 to 1974, representing the seat of Moore.
Lewis was born in Fr ...
, Moora Roads Board member 1936–1939; later a state MP
*
Ray Jones, Moora Roads Board member 1948–1952; later a state MP
In popular culture
In January 2017, a video emblazoned with the seal of Shire of Moora was uploaded to
YouTube
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. The video, showing a road being built, went viral, bringing unexpected attention to the area.
Heritage-listed places
As of 2021, 229 places are heritage-listed in the Shire of Moora, of which five are on the
State Register of Heritage Places
The State Register of Heritage Places is the heritage register of historic sites in Western Australia deemed significant at the state level by the Heritage Council of Western Australia.
History
In the 1970s, following its establishment of the ...
.
References
External links
*
Moora Cemetery
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Moora
Moora, Western Australia