Shire of Roebourne

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


imagesize= 180
caption = Location in Western Australia
pop = 16,423 (2006 census)
area = 15234
est = 1910
seat = Karratha
mayor = Brad Snell
region = Pilbara

url = http://www.roebourne.wa.gov.au/
stategov = North West
fedgov = Kalgoorlie
near-nw = "Indian Ocean"
near-n = "Indian Ocean"
near-ne = Port Hedland
near-e = Port Hedland
near-se = Port Hedland
near-s = Ashburton
near-sw = Ashburton
near-w = "Indian Ocean"

The Shire of Roebourne is one of the four Local Government Areas in the Pilbara region of Western Australia. The Shire covers an area of convert|15882|km2|sqmi|0 and has a population of about 15,900 (ABS 2001), most of which is located in its seat of government, the town of Karratha, and the major towns.

History

In 1887, Roebourne Municipal Council, Cossack Road Board and Roebourne Road Board were all gazetted. As the Roebourne region's population declined, the three merged into the Roebourne Road Board in 1910. On 1 July 1961, it became the Roebourne Shire Council following changes to the Local Government Act. [WA Electoral Commission, "Municipality Boundary Amendments Register" (release 2.0), 31 May 2003.]

Wards

The Shire is divided into wards:

* Karratha (6 councillors)
* Wickham, Point Samson and Cossack (2 councillors)
* Dampier (2 councillors)
* Roebourne/Pastoral (1 councillor)

Towns

* Cossack
* Dampier
* Karratha
* Point Samson
* Roebourne
* Wickham

References

External links

* [http://www.roebourne.wa.gov.au/ Shire of Roebourne]