The Shire of Wiluna is 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
Mid West
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region of
Western Australia
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, about 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
Wiluna.
History
The Wiluna Road District was gazetted on 29 October 1909, largely formed out of part of the abolished
Nannine Road District The Nannine Road District was an early form of local government area on the Western Australian goldfields of the Mid West
The Midwestern United States, also referred to as the Midwest or the American Midwest, is one of four Census Bureau Reg ...
. On 1 July 1961, it became a shire following the passage of the ''Local Government Act 1960'', which reformed all road districts into shires. On 1 July 1993, the eastern half of the Shire abutting the State's border with the
Northern Territory
The Northern Territory (commonly abbreviated as NT; formally the Northern Territory of Australia) is an states and territories of Australia, Australian territory in the central and central northern regions of Australia. The Northern Territory ...
was incorporated as the
Shire of Ngaanyatjarraku
The Shire of Ngaanyatjarraku is a remote local government area in Western Australia near the Northern Territory/South Australian border. It is from Perth.
It was formed on 1 July 1993 following a report of the Local Government Boundaries Commi ...
.
The shire is predominantly mining and pastoral land. There are 27 pastoral leases within the shire; 15 of which are owned by families or pastoral companies, ten of which are owned by mining companies, two are owned by the
Department of Environment and Conservation (DEC). Both of the stations that are owned by the DEC are destocked and run as nature reserves; many of the leases owned by mining companies have also been destocked.
Wards
The Shire is no longer divided into wards and the seven councillors sit at large.
Towns and localities
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Wiluna
Heritage-listed places
As of 2021, 38 places are heritage-listed in the Shire of Wiluna, of which two 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
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Wiluna