The Shire of Dundas is a

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in the Goldfields-Esperance region of

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. The shire covers an area of and its seat of government is the town of Norseman. Its territory lies between Norseman and the border with

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(including much of the

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), and is between east of the state capital,

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History

The shire was first established as the second Dundas Road District on 21 June 1929, when the

Norseman Road District The Norseman Road District was an early form of local government area on the Western Australian goldfields. It was established on 25 January 1918 with the amalgamation of the original Dundas Road District (1895) and the Municipality of Norseman. ...

was abolished and replaced by a re-established Dundas board. (An earlier Dundas Road District had existed from 1895 to 1918 before amalgamating to form the Norseman district.) It was declared a shire and named the Shire of Dundas with effect from 1 July 1961 following the passage of the ''Local Government Act 1960'', which reformed all remaining road districts into shires.

Towns

* Norseman * Balladonia * Caiguna * Cocklebiddy *

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* Eucla *

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* Mundrabilla *

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Notable councillors

Emil Nulsen Emil Nulsen (9 June 1885 – 3 August 1965) was an Australian politician who was a Australian Labor Party (Western Australian Branch), Labor Party member of the Western Australian Legislative Assembly, Legislative Assembly of Western Australia ...

, Dundas Roads Board chairman 1929–1931; later a state MP

Heritage-listed places

As of 2021, 77 places are heritage-listed in the Shire of Dundas, of which seven are on the State Register of Heritage Places.

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