Shire of East Pilbara

Infobox Australian Place | type = lga
name = Shire of East Pilbara
state = wa


imagesize= 180
caption = Location in Western Australia
pop = 6,544 (2001 census)
density =
area = 379571
est =
seat = Newman
mayor = Lynne Craigie
region = Pilbara

url = http://www.eastpilbara.wa.gov.au/
stategov = Pilbara
fedgov = Kalgoorlie
near-nw = Broome
near-n = Derby-West Kimberley
near-ne = Halls Creek
near-e = Northern Territory
near-se = Ngaanyatjarraku
near-s = Wiluna
near-sw = Meekatharra
near-w = Ashburton

The Shire of East Pilbara is one of the four Local Government Areas in the Pilbara region of Western Australia, and with an area close to convert|380000|km2|sqmi|-3, is claimed to be the largest of its kind in the world (until January 2009, when two new municipalities in Greenland will be larger (Qaasuitsup and Sermersooq, each around 650,000 km² [http://www.kanukoka.gl/12630] ). The Shire's seat of government, and home to slightly over half the Shire's population, is the town of Newman in the shire's south-west.

History

In 1896, Bamboo Road Board (renamed Marble Bar Road Board in 1904) was gazetted, and in 1898 Nullagine Road Board followed. On 1 July 1961, both became Shire Councils following changes to the Local Government Act.

On 27 May 1972 the two merged to form East Pilbara Shire.

Wards

The Shire is divided into 6 wards, most with one councillor:

* South Ward (5 councillors)
* North
* North West
* Central
* Lower Central
* East

Towns

*Newman
*Jigalong (Aboriginal community)
*Marble Bar
*Nullagine
*Telfer

Former towns

*Goldsworthy
*Shay Gap

External links

* [http://www.eastpilbara.wa.gov.au/ Shire of East Pilbara]