- Shire of Wyndham-East Kimberley
Infobox Australian Place | type = lga
name = Shire of Wyndham-East Kimberley
state = wa
imagesize=180
pop = 6,596 (2006 census)
area = 117514
est =
seat = Kununurra
mayor = Michele Pucci
region = Kimberley
url = http://www.thelastfrontier.com.au/
stategov = Kimberley
fedgov = Kalgoorlie
near-nw = "Cocos"
near-n = "Christmas Island"
near-ne = "Timor Sea "
near-e = "Victoria River-Daly (proposed)"
near-se = "Victoria River-Daly (Proposed)"
near-s = Halls Creek
near-sw = Derby-West Kimberley
near-w = Derby-West KimberleyThe Shire of Wyndham-East Kimberley is one of the four Local Government Area in the Kimberley Region of northern
Western Australia , covering an area of convert|117514|km2|sqmi|0 at Western Australia's northeastern corner. The Shire's seat of government is the town of Kununurra, which is home to over half of the Shire's permanent population of 8,300 (ABS 2001), while a council office is located at Wyndham.El Questro Wilderness Park,
Drysdale River National Park ,Lake Argyle , theArgyle diamond mine and about half ofGibb River Road are located within the Shire's boundaries.History
In 1887, the East Kimberley Road Board was gazetted. In 1896, its name was changed to the Wyndham Road District. On 1 July 1961, it became the Wyndham-East Kimberley Shire Council following changes to the Local Government Act. [WA Electoral Commission, "Municipality Boundary Amendments Register" (release 2.0), 31 May 2003.]
Wards
All nine councillors represent the whole of the Shire. [Shire of Wyndham-East Kimberley website. Accessed
2006-10-27 ]Towns
* Kalumburu
* Kununurra
* Oombulgurri
* WyndhamExternal links
* [http://www.thelastfrontier.com.au/ Shire of Wyndham-East Kimberley]
References
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