Shire of Nannup

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


imagesize= 180
caption = Location in Western Australia
pop = 1,192 (2006 census)
area = 2934.6
est = 1890
seat = Nannup
mayor = Barbara Dunnet
region = South West

logosize = 115
url = http://www.nannup.wa.gov.au
stategov = Blackwood-Stirling
fedgov = Forrest
near-nw = Busselton
near-n = Busselton
near-ne = Donnybrook- Balingup
near-e = Bridgetown- Greenbushes
near-w = Augusta- Margaret River
near-sw = Southern Ocean
near-s = Southern Ocean
near-se = Manjimup

The Shire of Nannup is a Local Government Area in the South West region of Western Australia, approximately convert|280|km|mi|0 south of the state capital, Perth and convert|60|km|mi|0 southeast of the coastal resort town of Busselton. Its seat of government is the town of Nannup, where about half of the Shire's population reside.

The Shire has a land area of convert|2935|km2|sqmi|0, about 85% of which is covered in hardwood jarrah, karri and marri forests, while the southern coastline is mostly within the D'Entrecasteaux National Park.

History

The Lower Blackwood Road Board (renamed to Nannup Road Board in 1925) was gazetted in 1890. On 1 July 1961, it became the Nannup Shire Council following changes to the Local Government Act.

Wards

The Shire has been divided into 3 wards.

*Central Ward (3 councillors)
*North Ward (3 councillors)
*South Ward (2 councillors)

Towns

*Nannup
*Cundinup
*Donnelly River (Wheatley)
*Jalbarragup
*Peerabeelup

External links

* [http://www.nannup.wa.gov.au/ Shire of Nannup website]