Shire of Trayning

Infobox Australian Place | type = lga
name =Shire of Trayning
state =wa
region =Wheatbelt


imagesize= 180
caption = Location in Western Australia
area =1651.2
est =1912
seat =Trayning
pop =396 (2006 census)
logo =
logosize =
url =http://www.trayning.wa.gov.au
mayor =Trevor Lamond
fedgov =O'Connor
stategov =Central Wheatbelt
near-nw = Koorda
near-n = Mount Marshall
near-ne = Mukinbudin
near-w = Wyalkatchem
near-e = Nungarin
near-sw = Tammin
near-s = Kellerberrin
near-se = Merredin

The Shire of Trayning is a Local Government Area in the Wheatbelt region of Western Australia, about convert|60|km|mi|0 northwest of Merredin and about convert|240|km|mi|0 east of the state capital, Perth. The Shire covers an area of convert|1651|km2|sqmi|0, and its seat of government is the town of Trayning.

History

Initially, the area was split between the Meckering and Kellerberrin Road Districts. On 30 June 1911, the Korrelocking Road Board was gazetted, covering Trayning, Wyalkatchem and parts of Mount Marshall and Dowerin. This lasted just nine months, becoming the Ninghan Road District in March 1912. Wyalkatchem split away in 1920, and Ninghan split in 1923 and absorbed parts of Nungarin to become Kununoppin-Trayning Road District and Mount Marshall Road District.

On 1 July 1961, it became the Shire of Trayning-Kununoppin-Yelbeni following changes to the Local Government Act, and then was renamed Shire of Trayning on 10 September 1965. [WA Electoral Commission, "Municipality Boundary Amendments Register" (release 2.0), 31 May 2003.] [ [http://aeon.sro.wa.gov.au/Investigator/Details/Agency_Detail.asp?Id=18&SearchPage=Item Agency Detail - Shire of Trayning] , State Records Office of WA, 23 August 2004.]

Wards

The shire has no wards, and all councillors serve 4-year terms. Previously, it was divided into 3 wards.

* Trayning Ward (3 councillors)
* Kununoppin Ward (4 councillors)
* Yelbeni Ward (2 councillors)

Towns/Localities

* Trayning
* Kununoppin
* Yelbeni

References

External links

* [http://www.trayning.wa.gov.au/ Shire of Trayning]